Quotes about adjective
adjective amount commentary mild piece single sports
disproportionate amount for the use of one mild adjective in a single piece of commentary in the sports pages.
adjective flitting high kept kicked loved nouns orderly reliable safe tango
I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting pageantry of the adjective and the flitting evanescence of the adverb, all kept safe and orderly by those reliable little policemen, punctuation marks. Wow! Think I got my ass kicked in high school? Dennis Miller
adjectives-and-adverbs fifty cents
Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents. Mary Oliver
adjectives beastly
Eschew all those beastly adjectives... Roald Dahl
adjectives fit
I've got an adjective that just fits you. F. Scott Fitzgerald
adjectives homosexual persons
The word heterosexual is an adjective, the word homosexual is an adjective. They describe an activity. Of course there's a homosexual activity; of course there's a heterosexual activity. But there's no homosexual person. There's no heterosexual person. Everybody is everything. Gore Vidal
adjectives nouns today
To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.
adjectives carry joe knew looking man process
The adjectives about Joe were consistent. Prepared. Smart. Competitive. Communicative, ... We knew as we went through the process that he was the right man for this job. He had the characteristics we were looking for to carry us through '06 and beyond. We're very happy. Larry Beinfest
adjective
I figure anytime you put an adjective before 'writer,' it's a way of dismissing the writer. Stephen Graham Jones
adjectives verbs through-the-looking-glass
They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs... Lewis Carroll
adjectives three needs
If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something. Roger Rosenblatt