#dictionary

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. ↗

— George Chapman

#carry #clock #dictionary #earth #mere

Agatha Christie n. A silent, putrid fart committed by someone in this very room, and only one person knows whodunnit. ↗

— VIZ

#dictionary #humor #swearing #humor

I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don't use - words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom. ↗

— Geoffrey Rush

#certain #dictionary #find #focused #how

elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It’s as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen. ↗

— David Levithan

#kiss #love #the-lover-s-dictionary #love

We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that "thousands" has almost passed out of the dictionary. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#almost #becoming #billions #dictionary #dollars

No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#give #happen #must #out #rhyming

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#greatest #literature #masterpiece #only #order

I used the dictionary very minimally and I just wrote how I speak. And I speak very hateful manner usually. I constantly did that because I think the fans would get more out of it if they understood exactly what I'm saying - exactly where I'm coming from. ↗

— Kerry King

#coming #constantly #dictionary #did #exactly

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#aspirations #bottom #dictionary #erased #india

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan. ↗

— Elgin Baylor

#dictionary #greatness #jordan #look #michael