Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point,… — Bill Gaede Copy Share Image
I do so like all-encompassing words. Verb, adjective, noun. Yes, you are shitted. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The history of the past, a hundred years from now, won't be the history of the past that we learned in school… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
If there are a couple of adjectives people use to describe me, anger is usually in there. I've never taken that as… — David Cross Copy Share Image
Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned… — Rosie O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I know I look good. The regular adjectives that come my way - sexy, hot, dusky, bong bombshell I love them. — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
She was a natural blonde, with delicate hands and feet, and in her youthful photographs one saw a girl with mocking eyes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
The adjectives that are in the book ["Win"] - passion, persuasion, persistence, perfection, prioritization, being people-centered - none of them are as… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
There's always an adjective before my name, and it's never a nice one. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
And I hear nothing because it's like the volume button has been turned down on our lives and nobody has anything to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Clothing sizes are weird, they go: small, medium, large and then extra large, extra extra large, extra extra extra large. Something happened… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
My notion about any artist is that we honor him best by reading him, by playing his music, by seeing his plays… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
I can't tell you why I keep getting asked to play gay characters, but I never really considered 'gay' as an adjective,… — John Michael Higgins Copy Share Image
Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular. — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. — Mira Sorvino Copy Share Image
Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way. — Clare Balding Copy Share Image