Adjectives Quotes

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Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the… — Criss Jami
I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes… — Padma Lakshmi
The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.' — Unknown Author
There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used… — Steven Pinker
I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful… — Amy Poehler
I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly… — Karl Rove
Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. — Dick Schaap
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. — Mark Twain
The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It's a slightly bigger moon; I ain't using the adjective 'supermoon.' — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. — Harper Lee
Words are like that, they deceive, they pile up, it seems they do not know where to go, and, suddenly, because of two or three… — Jose Saramago
Christian' makes a poor adjective — Rob Bell
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a… — George Orwell
Once she read a book but found it distasteful because it contained adjectives. — Lois Lowry
I was doing a terrible thing in using the very books you clung to, to rebut you on every hand, on every point! What traitors… — Ray Bradbury
What I have in mind is that art may be bad, good or indifferent, but, whatever adjective is used, we must call it art, and… — Marcel Duchamp
What concerns me is that man, unable to articulate, to express himself adequately, reverts to action. Since the vocabulary of action is limited, as it… — Joseph Brodsky
Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives — Alfred de Musset
I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write Englishâ€•it is the modern way and… — Mark Twain

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