Alphabetical order Quote by Anatole France Download Open image “A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.” — Anatole France ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alphabetical order Dictionary Order Universe
The dictionary is a closed system in which someone interested in the meaning of a word can go around and around and end up… — Peter Farb Copy Share Image
Most people, if they think at all about the dictionary, think of it as this fixed object given to us from on high. It… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“A dictionary is a ship that crosses the sea of words,” said Araki, with a sense that he was laying bare his innermost soul.… — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a point where… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree… — Anonymous 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 to see… — Will Cuppy Copy Share Image
“My definition of dictionary can’t be found in the dictionary. Dictionary—A linguistic prison, confining words to well-defined cells, with little chance of parole.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“No, let us not conquer the heavens. It is enough to have the power to do so. War engenders war, and victory defeat. God,… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“And what, above all, I blame in you is that you have not married in compliance with the law and given children to the… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
I plan to rearrange the alphabetical order because i think it has a very big error on the parts of the sequence of some… — Patricia Barry Copy Share Image
I love arranging my music, not in alphabetical order but by mood, creating playlists for when I have energy and want to work out… — Natasha Bedingfield Copy Share Image
By the grace of AEC, BNL, God, Green and Hayworth (alphabetical order), we should see neutrinos. — Leon M. Lederman Copy Share Image
She said she thought it [ letter "C"] meant alphabetical order. But nobody bothered to ask did she ever see an "A," a "B,"… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
The other day, I noticed I'd arranged my spices in alphabetical order when I was on the phone, without even realizing, and when I… — Jayma Mays Copy Share Image
I start at the beginning, mentally screaming every obscenity I can in alphabetical order. Then I start setting them to the tune of "Row,… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
I hadn't thought about the balance in mood. You see that we did it in alphabetical order, so if there's any kind of shape,… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
I also wanted remembering the past relevant to the present. Some people wanted me to put the names in alphabetical order. I wanted them… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
One time, Niall sat on the floor for hours trying to find a way of putting his M&M's in alphabetical order. — Louis Tomlinson Copy Share Image