91 Quotes About Dictionary

أما سمعت بالذي طبخ القاموس وأكله ليصبح كاتباً ؟لقد مات المسكين بعسر الهضم وما استطاع أن يكتب حتى وصيته

In the dictionary of those who do not expect anything, there is no expression like ‘shattered expectations.

new performance ongoing where pages of a dictionary are ripped out and thrown on the stage floor, it’s a play on words with the title of the show being ‘Pun’.

It's stupid, really," I began again. "But it was this thing I read someplace, and it really got to me. It said that a dictionary is every book ever written and every book that will be written, just in a different order. And it seemed magical. You could own every book just by owning one book. I loved that. And I just had to have it,

Luckily," he went on, "you have come to exactly the right place with your interesting problem, for there is no such word as 'impossible' in my dictionary. In fact," he added, brandishing the abused book, "everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing.

The word "Enough”! It’s the common word, rather the only word, in the dictionary of satisfaction.

Scholars, I plead with you, Where are your dictionaries of the wind, the grasses?

Aleister Crowley once stated that the most important grimoire, or book of magical instruction, that anyone could ever conceivably own would be an etymological dictionary, and in my opinion he was exactly right. I keep it right here by my desk, and just 10 minutes ago it confirmed for me that I had the spelling of “proprioception” right all along, even though my spell-checker had raised a crinkly red eyebrow.

It is best, in fact, to assume that every verbal illustration you write will offend someone, somewhere, at some point.