Adjectives Quotes

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As to the adjective: when in doubt, strike it out. — Mark Twain
Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the… — William Strunk, Jr.
But what is memory if not the language of feeling, a dictionary of faces and days and smells which repeat themselves like the verbs and… — Julio Cortazar
His voice was low, charged with unspeakable adjectives. — Frank Herbert
When a girl uses six derogatory adjectives in her attempt to paint the portrait of the loved one, it means something. One may indicate a… — P.G. Wodehouse
Don Basilio was a forbidding-looking man with a bushy mustache who did not suffer fools and who subscribed to the theory that the liberal use… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are… — Gore Vidal
Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of every letter that passed through his hands went every adverb and every adjective. — Joseph Heller
I've got an adjective that just fits you. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the… — David Levithan
I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler. — Rachel Cohn
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable. — William S. Burroughs
I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have… — Melina Marchetta
I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything… — Tina Fey
But the adjectives change,â€ said Jimmy. â€œNothingâ€™s worse than last yearâ€™s adjectives. — Margaret Atwood
I do so like all-encompassing words. Verb, adjective, noun. Yes, you are shitted. — Kim Harrison
Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular. — Portia de Rossi
In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave… — Madeleine L'Engle
When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when… — Mark Twain
What is an adjective? Nouns name the world. Verbs activate the names. Adjectives come from somewhere else. The word adjective (epitheton in Greek) is itself… — Anne Carson

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