28 Quotes About Nouns
- Author Edward Sapir
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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
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- Author Fiona Shaw
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The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.
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- Author Gertrude Stein
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There are a lot of other things besides nouns.
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- Author Gertrude Stein
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When I said. A rose is a rose is a rose. And then later made that into a ring I made poetry and what did I do I caressed completely caressed and addressed a noun.
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- Author Gloria Steinem
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Whoever has power takes over the noun - and the norm - while the less powerful get an adjective.
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- Author Rob Sheffield
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I didn't know what I was. I didn't have a noun.
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- Author Gore Vidal
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"Terrorism" is a metaphor, it's an abstract noun. It's like having a war on dandruff. It's something from advertising, it's meaningless.
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- Author Benjamin Whorf
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Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.
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