“It is best, in fact, to assume that every verbal illustration you write will offend someone, somewhere, at some point.” — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
Sydney had been horrified to discover my home library consisted of a bartending dictionary and an old copy of Esquire, and at… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I am not learning definitions as established in even the latest dictionaries. I am not a dictionary-maker. I am a person a… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is intolerance to speak of toleration. Away with the word from the dictionary! — Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau Copy Share Image
Don't you think that's the main reason people find [writing] so difficult? If they can write complete sentences and can use a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of… — Chath Piersath 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
I started by looking everything up in a Star Trek dictionary so I knew what I was talking about, but you can't… — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
Your friend's poetry is terrible," he said. Clary blinked, caught momentarily off guard. "What?" "I said his poetry was terrible. It sounds… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
My erotic poetry is not poetry that uses vernacular words. It is a very erotic poetry, but I never use anything, for… — Maria Teresa Horta Copy Share Image
What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in… — Peter Levi Copy Share Image
If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" Isabelle said. "So you can… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to… — Mukesh Ambani Copy Share Image
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any… — Max Eastman Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated with prostitution. I looked it up in the dictionary as a child, and I remember hearing that Jesus… — Craig Seymour Copy Share Image
Slackers might look like the left-behinds of society, but they are actually one step ahead, rejecting most of society and the social… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
The dictionary has been in the making for several decades, and the result is well worth the wait. MacLean and those who… — Lawrence Kaplan Copy Share Image
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