Adjectives Quotes

137 quotes by 119 authors

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions… — Gregory Bateson
In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names. — Mortimer Adler
I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's very 'Mad Men.'' — Alison Brie
To take a few nouns, and a few pronouns, and adverbs and adjectives, and put them together, ball them up, and throw them against the… — Maya Angelou
We had got as far as this, when who should walk in but the gentleman himself, who had been drinking his beer in the taproom… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under my notice. Its right to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
For anyone who lives in the oak-and-maple area of New England, there is a perennial temptation to plunge into a purple sea of adjectives about… — Hal Borland
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. — Clifton Fadiman
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple,… — Larry McMurtry
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… — Guy de Maupassant
You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder… — Mark Twain
Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it… — Anton Chekhov
Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce. — Alain Ducasse
If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of the New York… — Stephen King
Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing — Norman Mailer
Whatever the thing you wish to say, there is but one word to express it, but one verb to give it movement, but one adjective… — Gustave Flaubert
Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that adjective assigned to my name… — Rosie O'Donnell
There's always an adjective before my name, and it's never a nice one. — Joan Rivers
What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job titleâ€”whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or 'anything actor,' Everybody thinks… — Matt Bomer
When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon… — Rachel Held Evans

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