With "marriage," the word gets applied to same-sex marriages by proponents and opponents alike. That means the word itself is changing, and… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Ignorance is a treasure of infinite price that most men squander, when they should cherish its least fragments; some ruin it by… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
If you just open your dictionary, "morality" is the sense that separates good from evil. And if you really want to see… — Gaspar Noe Copy Share Image
Next to the word 'luvvie' in the dictionary, there's a picture of me. At least in the American editions. — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means… — William James Copy Share Image
I don't think workaholic is in the dictionary as an affliction, but it's obviously someone who has a disease, and I don't… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled, and, if… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I can't describe the feeling when I go down - it's down down down and there's never going to be an up… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow? — Jennifer Flackett Copy Share Image
A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
I pity the fellow who has to create a dialect or paraphrase the dictionary to get laughs. I can't spell, but I… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around. — Mary Norris Copy Share Image
“Telephone books are, like dictionaries, already out of date the moment they are printed....” — Ammon Shea Copy Share Image
Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Any grand new dictionary ought itself to be a democratic product, a book that demonstrated the primacy of individual freedoms, of the… — Simon Winchester Copy Share Image
We're so special, when you look in the dictionary under short bus, there's a group picture of us,'' Stevie Rae said, sounding… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some People think 'coven' is a word for a group of witches, and it's true that's what the dictionary says. But the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fail, it's not in my dictionary. I've got a good dictionary up there and the words 'fail' and 'failure' have been ruled… — Percy Cerutty Copy Share Image
And that brings us to tonight's word: Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word-police, the 'wordanistas' over at Websters, are gonna… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary. — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
I go to a hotel and try to get there by 5:30 in the morning. I keep a dictionary, a thesaurus, a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
