Verb Quotes

I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun. Yoko Ono

Art Thought Rather Verb Than Noun

After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world. Bertha von Suttner

Love Beautiful World Most Beautiful Most Verb After To Love Help

God is a verb, not a noun. R. Buckminster Fuller

God Verb Noun

God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper. R. Buckminster Fuller

God Me Proper Seems Verb Noun

Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity. Abigail Spencer

To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb. Andre Carson

People Some People Power Others Some Verb Noun

Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word like 'friend' is declared not a verb, the problem isn't that it's confusing; it's that the protester finds it deeply annoying. Erin McKean

Problem Words Word Easily Clarity Finds Objections Tend Like Annoying Verb Understood Motivated Friend Personal Taste Confusing English Deeply

It was not that long ago when the accepted wisdom in football was that the running game had to be established - that was always the obligatory verb: established - before passes could become effective. My, we know how that has changed. Now the pass is established from the get-go, and running is an afterthought. Frank Deford

I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before? Iman

You Hate Before Verb Does Discover Exist Beg Mean Use

Leisure is not synonymous with time. Nor is it a noun. Leisure is a verb. I leisure. You leisure. Mortimer Adler

Time You Synonymous Verb Nor Leisure Noun

When I look at Kickstarter, I see small businesses that have been funded by their customers. I see the acceleration of this shift away from the industrial manufacturing ideology to more of a maker economy. And I also see an idea so powerful that the company name has become a verb. Om Malik

Ideology Become Kickstarter See More Small Small Businesses Idea Powerful Name Economy Look Industrial Also Acceleration Maker Verb Shift Been Customers Manufacturing Businesses Company Away

I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write. Richard Flanagan

Believe Someone Write Writer Verb Am Noun Compelled

'Write' is almost the wrong verb for what I do. I think 'compose' is more accurate because you're trying to make the sounds in your mind and in your voice. So I compose while I'm driving or in the shower. Robert Pinsky

You Mind Think Compose More Voice Write Driving Wrong Almost Make Because Verb Sounds Accurate Trying While Your Shower

'State' can be a word that is a noun or a verb or an adverb - it's kind of why I chose that title. It's not to confound the audience but to keep me from painting myself into a cul-de-sac in the early stages of making a record by having too high concept or having some really strict set of rules I have to adhere to. Todd Rundgren

Myself Me Word Strict Painting Too State Rules Adhere Kind High Record Some Having Concept Verb Audience Making Stages Title Confound Really Noun Keep Chose Why Early Set

For an average noun or an average verb, an average mind can quickly create reference. Where did they hear it? See it? What does it remind them of? What is its connection? When was it last used in conversation? What has been my experience with it? A host of memories appear when you hear a word you remember. Javed Akhtar

You Memories Conversation Experience Remember Word Mind Has-Been See Host Remind Verb Does Hear Been Reference Quickly Did Where Them Average Create Used Noun Connection Appear Last

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