Almost any word can be drafted to serve as a verb, even words we think of as eternal and unchanging, stuck in… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
Wind ought to be a verb or an adverb. It isn't really anything. It's a manner of movement of warmth and cold:… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
The word seek is a verb. Are you treating it as such in your life? If you seek change, success, or love,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.'… — Patti Digh Copy Share Image
The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. — John Wesley Powell Copy Share Image
Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout,… — Bill Owens Copy Share Image
Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of… — Abigail Spencer Copy Share Image
'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“In every ancient religious and sacred text, faith is a verb; a thing to be demonstrated. It is in modern days that… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“Respect the verbs in your life. Life is a verb. Live is a verb. Live Life. Action verbs bring life to writing.… — Jerriann Wayahowl Law Copy Share Image
A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Let me begin by saying that I am one of those naturally wary people who considers the verb 'return' a kind of… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
“This is not the time to be passive. This is the time to shape, sculpt, paint, participate… the time to get sweaty,… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
Leisure is not synonymous with time. Nor is it a noun. Leisure is a verb. I leisure. You leisure. — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
We've been using 'rejuvenate,' meaning to restore youth, to make young again, as a verb for at least 200 years. — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
There is no verb for compassion, but you have an adverb for compassion. That's interesting to me. You act compassionately. But then,… — Dayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
“I'd been treating love like a thing, an achievement, a trophy to be and hung around my neck. People talk about it… — Brian Staveley Copy Share Image
I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Life on earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself. — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
