"Whatever one wishes to say, there is one……" — Guy de Maupassant

More Adjective Quotes

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• Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce
• Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. — Ambrose Bierce
• Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left. — Ambrose Bierce
• Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake,… — Ambrose Bierce
• Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable. — Ambrose Bierce
• I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this… — Alison Brie
• Goresthorpe Grange is a feudal mansion - or so it was termed in the advertisement which originally brought it under… — Arthur Conan Doyle
• The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. — Clifton Fadiman
• Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce. — Alain Ducasse
• If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting… — Stephen King
• Whatever the thing you wish to say, there is but one word to express it, but one verb to give… — Gustave Flaubert
• Part of the reason why I've never said that I was gay until now was because I didn't want that… — Rosie O'Donnell

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