Dictionary Quote by Dorothy Fields Download Open image “No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.” — Dorothy Fields ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dictionary Give Happen Language Must Out Rhyming Thesaurus Those Words You
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I have my faithful rhyming dictionary that sits up there on my desk, but I have to tell you, there are very few new… — Mary Ann Hoberman Copy Share Image
The earliest English attempts at rhyming probably included words whose agreement is so slight that it deserves the name of mere 'assonance' rather than… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
When you start rhyming, it's hard to find things that rhyme with Yauch, Horovitz and Diamond. — Mike D Copy Share Image
“I like words. I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous,… — Robert Pirosh Copy Share Image
When I did rap and rhyme, it wasn't just a word that rhymed with another one. — Rudy Ray Moore Copy Share Image
One discards rhyme, not because one is incapable of rhyming neat, fleet, sweet, meet, treat, eat, feet but because there are certain emotions or… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary. — William Safire Copy Share Image
Remember the first time I was rhyming for Kan, almost as nervous as the first time I rhymed for my mom. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back,… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
A song doesn't just come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out. 'No thesaurus can give you those words, no… — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother. — Dorothy Fields Copy Share Image
There is no such word as item girl in the dictionary. People have created this word and I don't believe that I am an… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
“I hereby propose the term “miserize”, as a verb for misery – referring to “to cause misery”.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
What's a depression? The dictionary says a depression is a dent. And what's a dent? Everybody knows a dent is a hole. And what's… — Jimmy Durante Copy Share Image
I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary. — Mae West Copy Share Image
Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Weird itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. Im definitely… — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what to call 'Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.' Nonfiction? Movie/toy fiction? But it is any Lego/'Star Wars' kid's dream. Call… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure that if you looked up the word "nuts" in the dictionary, you'll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my… — James Patterson Copy Share Image