“Luckily," he went on, "you have come to exactly the right place with your interesting problem, for there is no such word… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
In how few words, for instance, the Greeks would have told the story of Abelard and Heloise, making but a sentence of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary. — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I bought a dictionary. First thing I did was, I looked up the word "dictionary", and it said "you're an asshole". — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In the dictionary, beautiful, love, amazing, and sweet all have the same definition: the definition is you. — Kevin Huizenga Copy Share Image
Now that I can see it's the queen's new clothes Now that I can hear all your poison prose Now that I… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Many journalists become very defensive when you suggest to them that they are anything but impartial and objective. The problem with those… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.' — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
The dictionary says my identity should be all about being separate or distinct, and yet it feels like it is so wrapped… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
Back in the 19th century, our marketing folks decided to play up the refined usage angle because prescriptivism was very popular: our… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“How come "burbled" gets to be in the Oxford English Dictionary but "tulgy" doesn't? Hm?” — Mike Tucker Copy Share Image
Critics I don't understand. They get too intellectual. They're not very well-versed in street talk; it takes them longer to say it.… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
What I do know is, in little more than 30 years, we have gone from a nation where the “quiet enjoyment” of… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
Empty teacups gathered around her and dictionary pages fell at her feet. — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
