#adjective

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#advisable #attributes #expect #interactions #least

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#become #big #big deal #days #deal

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. ↗

— Angela Carter

#changed #haven #heart #i #kinder

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. ↗

— Mark Twain

#character #conversation #habitually #learned #man

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.' ↗

— William Safire

#american #american culture #compound #culture #device

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#clear #cliches #common #days #how

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#cliches #permeated #prose

I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#aggressive #chicago #cold #every #few

I have become an adjective. There is something called a Rovian-style of campaigning and it's meant as an insult. One columnist said it consists mainly of throwing mud until it sticks. One prominent blogger described the elements of a textbook Rovian race as fear-based, smear-based and anything goes. ↗

— Karl Rove

#anything #become #called #campaigning #columnist