Verbs Quotes

209 quotes by 172 authors

The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.'… — Daniele Vare
When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy. — Dennis Miller
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.
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
You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs. — Steven Pinker
I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that… — Steven Pinker
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
The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language. — Erez Lieberman Aiden
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 donâ€™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

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