Nouns Quotes

120 Nouns quotes by 105 unique authors

And why do we reduce the beauty of relating to relationship? Why are we in such a hurry? - because to relate is insecure, and… — Rajneesh
A true noun, an isolated thing, does not exit in nature. Things are only the terminal points, or rather the meeting points of actions, cross… — Unknown Author
The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place, — William Strunk, Jr.
When the copulative kai [`and'] connects two nouns of the same case, [viz. nouns (either substantive or adjective, or participles), of personal description, respecting office,… — Granville Sharp
There are many similarities between Germans and blacks. The nouns themselves are loaded with so much historical baggage it's impossible for anyone to be indifferent… — Paul Beatty
If the noun is good and the verb is strong, you almost never need an adjective. — J. Anthony Lukas
Game, noun: Any unserious occupation designed for the relaxation of busy people and the distraction of idle ones. It's used to take people to whom… — Unknown Author
A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image. — Elaine de Kooning
A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line,… — Bill Gaede
If you can't illustrate 'it', 'it' doens't belong in Physics as a noun! You can't put an article in front. You can't put a verb… — Bill Gaede
Honesty is an active verb, not a passive noun. Go out of your way to be truthful, beginning with the things that you say to… — Joe Tye
Happiness is not a noun or a verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue. — Eric Weiner
What action could bodies and substances have if they were not named in a further increase of dignity where common nouns become proper nouns? — Gaston Bachelard
But oh! the Latin!-Madame, you can really have no idea of what a mess it is. The Romans would never have found time to conquer… — Heinrich Heine
Theater used to be a verb; it used to be an act. But nowadays it is just a noun. It is a place. — Martha Graham
Think Tank, noun: The shower. — Craig Reucassel
To me, Faith is not just a noun but also a verb — Jimmy Carter
God isn't a noun but a process...a continual, infinitely creative outpouring of love and light onto all living things. — Marianne Williamson
Mindgasm (noun) - An exhilarating neurostorm of intense intellectual pleasure. Fully revelatory understanding of a certain topic. Involuntary contractions of brain muscles usually accompanied by… — Jason Silva
A trick I picked up from reading Frank Miller scripts: ... He tended to always start his panel caps sometimes with a general noun and… — Matt Fraction
Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. — Benjamin Lee Whorf
ANTI-ZIONISTS, last of all, exhibit a distaste for certain words. It was Thomas Hobbes who, anticipating semantics, pointed out that words are counters, not coins;… — Milton Steinberg
Mother is a verb, not a noun. — Shonda Rhimes
Theres only three things [Giuliani] mentions in a sentence—a noun, a verb, and 9/11 — Joe Biden
Love isn't a state of perfect caring, it is an active noun like struggle. — Fred Rogers

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