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Adjective Quotes by Guy de Maupassant
- Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life, one adjective only…
- Whatever you want to say, there is only one word to express it, only one verb to give it movement, only one adjective to qualify…
More Adjective Quotes
- Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. — Ambrose Bierce
- Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left. — Ambrose Bierce
- Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake… — Ambrose Bierce
- I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's… — Alison Brie
- Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. — Clifton Fadiman
- Whatever one wishes to say, there is one noun only by which to express it, one verb only to give it life,… — Guy de Maupassant
- Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce. — Alain Ducasse