71 Dictionary Quotes for You to Enjoy

Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant. Julia Roberts

Above Dictionary Just After Republican Repugnant

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombardi

Success Work Before Only Dictionary Place

A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am. Walter Cronkite

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Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Word Would Know Misspelled How Were Dictionary

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

Thought Reading Everything About Poem Poetry Dictionary

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

Joy Pain Dash Poetry Deal Wonder Dictionary

If we go on your iPhone and go to the dictionary and look up 'humble,' 80 per cent of the definition is negative. It's a controlling word. It's a way to control the masses and to control the sheep. Kanye West

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

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I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me. Tom Wolfe

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.' Zig Ziglar

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Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up 'vaudeville' in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says 'Milton Berle' - and he made it just a tremendous party. Alan King

You Made Party Took Tremendous Says Vaudeville He Alongside Look Up Dictionary Just Which Right Milton

I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved. Ashwin Sanghi

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If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.' Bernard Hopkins

You Discipline Definition Bernard Would Would-Be Hopkins Name Read Dictionary

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help. Carl Sandburg

Time Only Poets Scholars Read Dictionary Help Earlier

Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, 'You know, 'gullible' isn't even in the dictionary.' And I said, 'Really?' As I was saying 'Really?' I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that's how bad I am. Carla Gugino

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I use the dictionary all the time when I'm reading or working on scripts. Carrie Preston

Time Reading Dictionary Scripts Working Use

My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so much. She found at least one definition is someone who chooses to put themselves at risk to save another. Chesley Sullenberger

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My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate. China Mieville

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Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game. Craig Brown

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