Definitions Quote by William Stafford

I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me.

— Zadie Smith

The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its…

— Benjamin Tucker

“My definition of dictionary can’t be found in the dictionary. Dictionary—A linguistic prison, confining words to well-defined cells, with little chance of parole.”

— Jarod Kintz

Most people, if they think at all about the dictionary, think of it as this fixed object given to us from on high. It…

— Kory Stamper

I have more deffinition then a dictionary

— Ashley James Copping

Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys,…

— Anonymous

“LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can…

— Ambrose Bierce

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words.

— Michelle Williams

If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.

— Dave Barry

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think,…

— Drew Barrymore

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

There is more than just words to define a person.

— Lee Zeldin