Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Cantona's expression speaking the whole French dictionary without saying a word. — Barry Davies Copy Share Image
Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. — Michael Arditti Copy Share Image
If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan. — Elgin Baylor Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a useless word. You will find it in a dictionary but not in life. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary. — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh -… — Audrey Niffenegger 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
“Mistake is a single page in a part of Life … but Relation is a book of dictionary ----- So don't lose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wonder now what Ernest Hemingways dictionary looked like, since he got along so well with dinky words that anybody can spell… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
What I didn't say was that each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of… — Sylvia Plath 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
I've been accused of being pretentious and insufferable, and I don't really know what I can say about that. I never got… — Mara Wilson 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 makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous.… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
In a partner I'm looking for an encyclopedia and a dictionary. A bit of the Boy Scouts Handbook. A person who is… — Renee Zellweger Copy Share Image
Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in… — Brandon Mull 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
“People are laughing at me today for having holes in my pockets, and ink blood on my fingers- a thirty-something old writer,… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words,… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
There are so many who know more than I do, who understand the world better than I do. I would be truly… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One dictionary defines denouement as "a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain." By that… — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
Somebody told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made everything Black ugly and evil. Look in your dictionaries… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Constitution has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
A library is many things. It's a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It's a place to go… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
“Though a work of literature can be read in a number of ways, this number is finite and can be arranged in… — W H Auden Copy Share Image
The American Heritage Dictionary defines crucible as "a place, time, or situation characterized by the confluence of powerful intellectual, social, economic, or… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
