Verb Quotes

184 Verb quotes by 149 unique authors

She’s my wife. (Stryker) Was. You seem to have forgotten an important verb tense. (Zephyra) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading… — William Safire
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
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him… — James Joyce
Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt… — Emily Giffin
Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her. Sacrifice. Listen… — Stephen Covey
I do so like all-encompassing words. Verb, adjective, noun. Yes, you are shitted. — Kim Harrison
The soul is a verb." He impales a lit candle on a spike. "Not a noun. — David Mitchell
A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight. — Aberjhani
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
A kiss, when all is told, what is it? An oath taken a little closer, a promise more exact. A wish that longs to be… — Edmond Rostand
The French verb aimer has two meanings. And that’s why he liked her, and loved her. She spoke to him in a language that, no… — John Green
I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of… — Pablo Neruda
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
The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you. — Dashiell Hammett
...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would say… — Ford Madox Ford
I believe in love the verb, not the noun. — Greg Behrendt
Hyacinth,” Lady Bridgerton said in a vaguely disapproving voice, “do try to speak in complete sentences.” Hyacinth looked at her mother with a surprised expression.… — Julia Quinn
This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using… — Maria Semple
Our happiness is completely and utterly intertwined with other people: family and friends and neighbors and the woman you hardly notice who cleans your office.… — Eric Weiner
I am the androgyne, I am the living mind you fail to describe in your dead language the lost noun, the verb surviving only in… — Adrienne Rich
I am very flattered. I have also become a verb as in "I have cumberbatched the UK audience" apparently. Who knows, by the end of… — Benedict Cumberbatch
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every… — Barbara De Angelis
When we "fall" in love, as the expressive verb puts it, the world shakes and changes around us, not only in the way it looks… — Rollo May
Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling? — Stephen Covey

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