Quote by Harvard Lampoon

Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are…

— Anonymous

“She’s beautiful, delightful, elegant, exquisite, charming, divine, captivating, gorgeous, stunning, bewitching, admirable, and a million other inadequate words.”

— Jewel E. Ann

“I had recently come into the possession of a Thesaurus. You would not believe how many words there are! When I opened that book,…

— The Harvard Lampoon

Our language needs endless synonyms for beautiful; the eyes could see what the tongue cannot possibly describe.

— Anne Rice

“That's the word he'd used - stunning. It's a difficult word to dismiss. She longed to be that word to someone.”

— Shannon Hale

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

— Vivienne Westwood

“Mr. Sinclair once asked the class to make a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, and the only word…

— Robert Cormier

The faster the word sticks to the thought, the more beautiful is the effect.

— Gustave Flaubert

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.'

— Honore de Balzac

I've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary.

— Lemmy

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

— Gore Vidal