Books Quote by The Harvard Lampoon

“What is another name for a Thesaurus?”

— Steven Wright

“When a child says, “Mr. Roberson, how do you spell this word? What does that word mean?” I’ll look tortured. “Oh,” I’ll exclaim, hand…

— Doug Robertson

“Several times he had to flatten himself against the shelves as a thesaurus thundered by. He waited patiently as a herd of Critters crawled…

— Terry Pratchett

“Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.”

— Eddie Cantor

As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built…

— Anonymous

“I had the dictionary at my elbow. Every now and then I would flip a page, find a large incomprehensible word and build a…

— Charles Bukowski

“Who needs a large vocabulary when you can just make up any word at any time? It makes life a whole lot more emeaglibop.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura

What's another word for Thesaurus?

— Steven Wright

Once you start using a thesaurus, when do you stop?

— Tim Key

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

— Lemmy

“All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond. The…

— Roy Peter Clark