Finding the meaning of life is easy. Simply get a dictionary, go to the 'L' section, and find the word 'life.' — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are,… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him. — Les Dawson Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what to call 'Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.' Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/'Star Wars' kid's… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I'm basically a poetry scholar, and I'm happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly,… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages. — Labrinth Copy Share Image
“If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read.” — Ken Scott 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
I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
My work is play. And I play when I design. I even looked it up in the dictionary, to make sure that… — Paula Scher Copy Share Image
We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go… — Z'EV Copy Share Image
The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
One piece of advice can be universally handed out, and it applies equally to speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. If in the… — Mario Pei Copy Share Image
“Far from dampening Araki’s interest, the discovery that his dictionary wasn’t perfect only fanned his ardor. If some definitions weren’t quite successful,… — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's… — John Prine Copy Share Image
“A dream dictionary is a one-size-fits-all-palm-reading-astrology-column-in-the-newspaper-carrot-equals-penis secret-code decoder.” — Blythe Woolston Copy Share Image
“The definition of a hero changes depending on the needs of the person with the dictionary.” — Lindsay Buroker 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
Read the dictionary from A to Izzard today. Get a vocabulary. Brush up on your diction. See whether wisdom is just a… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I have the entire dictionary written on my dick. In case you Want me to put some words in your mouth. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring… — Anthony Marra 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
I bought a dictionary. First thing I did was, I looked up the word "dictionary", and it said "you're an asshole". — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I dont even need a dictionary to find out what a moron is. Ive got the perfect definition standing right in front… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up 'vaudeville' in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says 'Milton Berle' - and… — Alan King Copy Share Image
All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary. — Mae West Copy Share Image
I hate when I ask my mom how to spell something and she sais look it up in the dictionary. I would… — Tanya Bianco Copy Share Image
“ suffuse , v. I don’t like it when you use my shampoo, because then your hair smells like me, not you.” — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“No word has one specific definition.Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life" -Ms.Conyers of Sarah Dessen's Lock and Key” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
There was no word in the dictionary adequate to describe the sensation other than sensational. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I took a dictionary off my shelf to look up the definition of soulmate, and underneath the word soulmate I found you. ~ — Kemis Khan Copy Share Image
Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby. — Jeff B. Davis 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
I looked up the word POLITICS in the dictionary, and it's actually a combination of two words: poli, which means 'many,' and… — Jay Leno 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
