The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the… — Corey Ford Copy Share Image
When people complain of the decay of manners they have in mind not the impudent abbreviations of the crowd, but the decline… — Robert Wilson Lynd Copy Share Image
“rolf! what? are you really rolling on the floor laughing? well, please stay down there for a sec while I KICK YOUR… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
What modern technology has done has afforded us the luxury of abbreviation and being concise with time, I think. Things that it… — Justin Broadrick Copy Share Image
A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. — Fats Domino Copy Share Image
NOT everyone in this world has the fate to cherish the fullest form of love. some are born ,just to experience the… — Ravinder Singh Copy Share Image
The abbreviations (e.g. NATO, UN, USSR - E.W.) denote that and only that which is institutionalized in such a way that the… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
SM is an abbreviation of both stock market and sadomasochism-- and there are those who think they are one and the same. — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
Artistic accounts involve severe abbreviations of what reality will force upon us. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
"Yog" is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George. — George Michael Copy Share Image
Natural Selection is not Evolution. Yet, ever since the two words have been in common use, the theory of Natural Selection has… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
The proper ending for any story about people it seems to me, since life is now a polymer in which the Earth… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Today when two people decide upon a thoughtless and precipitate abbreviation of the physical space between them, they think, at least at… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of "requiescat in pace", attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the learned Dr. Drigge, however,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Frequently, crashes are followed with a message like 'ID 02'. 'ID' is an abbreviation for idiosyncrasy and the number that follows indicates… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
“These reports that are not explained by natural phenomena or exploding outhouses are known as UFO's, which is the official abbreviation for… — Cuthbert Soup Copy Share Image
I knew chemistry would be worse, because I'd seen a big card of the ninety-odd elements hung up in the chemistry lab,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
