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107 Noun quotes by 90 unique authors

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place. — Martha Graham
Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all. — Mary Daly
I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb. — Robert Downey, Jr.
But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun. — Bell Hooks
I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun. — Yoko Ono
I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a… — R. Buckminster Fuller
You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something. — H. L. Mencken
Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? ...We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors.… — Diane Ackerman
What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism'… — Terry Jones
The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title… — Rob Sheffield
Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly… — Fred Rogers
I didn't know what I was. I didn't have a noun. — Rob Sheffield
So you actually need spectacles,” Leo finally said. “Of course I do,” Marks said crossly. “Why would I wear spectacles if I didn’t need them?”… — Lisa Kleypas
parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put into the job,… — Jodi Picoult
Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At… — Vladimir Nabokov
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 do so like all-encompassing words. Verb, adjective, noun. Yes, you are shitted. — Kim Harrison
At least we know we tend to be afraid. If you object to my plural noun, I'll retract it. — Janis Joplin
The soul is a verb." He impales a lit candle on a spike. "Not a noun. — David Mitchell
In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement of stress, a verb can… — Ian Mcewan
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things… — Stephen Fry
Saw you walking barefoot taking a long look at the new moon's eyelid later spread sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair asleep but not oblivious… — Adrienne Rich
Insurgent, he says. Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent. — Veronica Roth

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