Verb Quotes

184 Verb quotes by 149 unique authors

I want to rethink 'surrender' as an active verb. — Brian Eno
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
Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all… — Michael Shermer
When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable. — Meg Whitman
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Her majesty is one verb short of a sentence. — Jasper Fforde
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
The Germans have an inhuman way of cutting up their verbs. Now a verb has a hard time enough of it in this world when… — Mark Twain
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If… — Grace Paley
You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something. — H. L. Mencken
The whole life lies in the verb seeing. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and passive. — Michael Pollan
But still, I’d be darned if I was going to be one of those Americans who stomp around Italy barking commands in ever-louder English. I… — Barbara Kingsolver
If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
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
whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other… — Mark Twain
I manage a toast to the Christmas tree and one to the sweet absurdity in the miracle of the verb to be. Lucky you, lucky… — Miller Williams
Love as a verb. Love as a commitment. — Emily Giffin
The streetlight outside my house shines on tonight and I'm watching it like it could give me a vision. James ain't talked ever and he… — Sherman Alexie
And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a… — Edmond Rostand
I’ve heard it said: ‘By his home you shall know him’; and we all know that we must pay attention to anyone who reverses the… — Steven Brust
Compassion is a verb. — Nhat Hanh
What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry. — Oscar Wilde
I use the verb 'to torment,' as I observed to be your own method, instead of 'to instruct,' supposing them to be now admitted as… — Jane Austen

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