If anything is guaranteed to annoy a lexicographer, it is the journalistic habit of starting a story with a dictionary definition. — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
For my Oxford degree, I had to translate French and German philosophy (as it turned out, Descartes and Kant) at sight without… — Paul Engle Copy Share Image
At least Lester had the decency to weep at his act of perfidy. Reader, do you know what 'perfidy' means? I have… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
Music is a language, and it's like a dictionary that has a lot of words, but if you limited yourself to a… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
Most of the words you know and love and use every day are not words you learned by looking them up in… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Did you just use juxtaposition in a sentence?" "Yes, Sage" he said patiently. "We use it all the time with art, ...… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend… — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
“ breathtaking , adj . Those mornings when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
What advice do you have for writers working on their first novels?If you feel called to write a book, consider it a… — Kathleen Grissom Copy Share Image
Most people wish they could erase suffering out of the dictionary. Today's culture of comfort and instant gratification has no patience for… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I too turned to Webster's Dictionary and it defined Harvard University as a season for gathering crops. — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
“ corgi 1. n. A high class hound, such as those that accompany the Queen. 2. n. A high class hound ,… — VIZ Copy Share Image
Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
There's no limitation on comics, nothing. From a logical standpoint, how can there be a limitation on comics? You can use any… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
¡Lástima que el Amor un diccionario no tenga donde hallar cuándo el orgullo es simplemente orgullo y cuándo es dignidad! What a… — Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Copy Share Image
The traditional dictionary definition of the difference is that an alcoholic will steal your wallet in a blackout, come to, and apologize… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
The thing is, it's my own fault. I just can't put up with a person that won't go out of his way… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
