He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. — William Faulkner 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
When you look up the definition of 'superstar' in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Shaquille O'Neal. — Jared Dudley Copy Share Image
“I had the dictionary at my elbow. Every now and then I would flip a page, find a large incomprehensible word and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Thank you Urban Dictionary for being there in times of need when I have no earthly clue what people are talking about. — Hannah B Copy Share Image
If you look up the word "gab" in the dictionary, it's insignificant of importance, of no substance. That's what gab is. — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
“I hereby propose the term “miserize”, as a verb for misery – referring to “to cause misery”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
To define is to limit, to set boundaries, to compare and to contrast, and for this reason, the universe, the all, seems… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary… — James Webb Young 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
Many moons ago dictionaries of quotations may have been less needed than they are today. In those good/bad old days, people walked… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Basic dictionaries no longer belong on paper; the greatest, the 'Oxford English Dictionary,' has nimbly remade itself in cyberspace, where it has… — James Gleick 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
Burns from dropped matches, Ms. Lane? Matches one might have dropped while flirting with a pernicious Fae, Ms. Lane? Have you any… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
We are living in a period in which many people have changed their mind about what the use of music is or… — John Cage Copy Share Image
A tattered copy of Johnson's large Dictionary was a great delight to me, on account of the specimens of English versifications which… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
My parents were hippies, and the story is that they went through a dictionary looking for a beautiful word to name me.… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to… — Edward Abbey 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
“Every dictionary contains a world. I open a book of thieves’ slang from Queen Anne’s reign and they have a hundred words… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
My pictures are complex and so am I. When I am almost symbolistic in writing, there is a more limiting difference’s of… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.' — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
I use the dictionary all the time when I'm reading or working on scripts. — Carrie Preston Copy Share Image
A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order. — Anatole France 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
