I wish I had paid more attention in my psych class in college. I would've had a broader vocabulary to draw from. — Phyllis Smith Copy Share Image
As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time on my own working out the physical vocabulary for how Gollum moved. As I say, I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
As a means of motivating people to be cruel or inhumane-as a means of inciting evil, to borrow the vocabulary of the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
We live in a world where terror has become a too familiar part of our vocabulary. The terror of 9/11, in which… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
To feel the soul without explaining it, without vocabulary, and to represent this sensation. — Yves Klein Copy Share Image
“How many words are you having trouble with, sir?" "Just the ones that I've highlighted." "I count at least a dozen, and… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
My vocabulary is vast and expert, and I don't think I overuse any word. — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
For at no time are any events predestined. There should be no such word in your vocabulary, for with every moment you… — Seth Copy Share Image
Over the course of several articles, I will give you the tools to become a sentence connoisseur as well as a sentence… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Style is a continuum. Style never changes. It's a straight line. It's a refinement of the same vocabulary. Style takes you from… — Ralph Rucci Copy Share Image
As slippery as smooth grapes, words exploding in the light like dormant seeds waiting in the vaults of vocabulary, alive again, and… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over. — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image