#dictionary

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition. ↗

— Eva Figes

#against #any #because #considered #definition

Webster’s—the original high definition entertainment.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #high-definition #humor #original #webster-s

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

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#dictionary #i #look #means #model

Telephone books are, like dictionaries, already out of date the moment they are printed.... ↗

— Ammon Shea

#phone-book #telephone-directory #dating

The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#inadequacy-of-words #language #literature #writing #literature

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. ↗

— Dave Barry

#breed #dictionary #fashion #models #more

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ↗

— Steven Wright

#about #dictionary #everything #i #poem

If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? ↗

— Steven Wright

#how #know #misspelled #were #word

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ↗