Dictionary Quote by William Safire Download Open image “When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.” — William Safire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dictionary Language Look Looks Meaning Need Needs Purpose Up
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning. — William Safire Copy Share Image
It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain… — Aimee Mann Copy Share Image
Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic… — William Safire Copy Share Image
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I have a very inquisitive mind, and I like to know. Like, if somebody uses a term and I don't understand, I always look… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word. — Stanley Cavell Copy Share Image
Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody. — William Safire Copy Share Image
Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. — William Safire Copy Share Image
What do you call a co-worker these days? Neither teammate nor confederate will do, and partner is too legalistic. The answer brought from academia… — William Safire Copy Share Image
This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and… — William Safire Copy Share Image
A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be… — William Safire Copy Share Image
The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is… — William Safire Copy Share Image
Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that… — William Safire Copy Share Image
To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce. — William Safire 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
“Every dictionary contains a world. I open a book of thieves’ slang from Queen Anne’s reign and they have a hundred words for swords,… — Mark Forsyth 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
“We have control on every word of the dictionary except for the 2:; "Death" and "Heart” — Nikita Tak 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
“A dictionary is a ship that crosses the sea of words,” said Araki, with a sense that he was laying bare his innermost soul.… — Shion Miura Copy Share Image
