Adjectives Quote by William Strunk, Jr

If the noun is good and the verb is strong, you almost never need an adjective.

— J. Anthony Lukas

How can something as fragile as a word build the whole world?

— Franny Billingsley

“Adjectives not susceptible to modifiers are: certain, complete, devoid, empty, entire, essential, everlasting, excellent, external, fatal, final, fundamental, harmless, ideal, immaculate, immortal, impossible, incessant,…

— Harold Evans

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

— Horace

“A building is not a sentence, which in principle has the ability to match and express a thought closely. It is not linear, like…

— Rowan Moore

I hate that word dysfunction.

— Jonathan Franzen

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The idea that cannot be converted into words is a bad idea, and the word that cannot be converted into action is a bad…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

— Christopher Morley

Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.

— Fred Hoyle

A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

— Fay Weldon

When you catch an adjective, kill it.

— Mark Twain