Dictionary Quotes - Page 16

• A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.

  Steven Weinberg

  Reflection, Looks, Look Up

  Steven Weinberg (2012). “Facing Up”, p.141, Harvard University Press

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• Symbols and emblems were everywhere. Buildings and pictures were designed to be read like books. Everything stood for something else; if you had the right dictionary, you could read Nature itself. It was hardly surprising to find philosophers using the symbolism of their time to interpret knowledge that came from a mysterious source.

  Philip Pullman

  Book, Symbolism, Philosopher

  Philip Pullman (1995). “Northern lights”

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• It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go to a dictionary and look up starving artist, you'll see my picture.

  Z'EV

  Artist, Looks, Gone

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I couldn't have opened a store without putting books with the clothes. I am still writing as I have always done, and have published my ninth book "L'envers à l'endroit" last year. I am currently working on a dictionary of my favourite words.

  Sonia Rykiel

  Book, Writing, Years

  "Stilorama Magazine Interviews Sonia Rykiel". www.stilorama.com. July 4, 2011.

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• Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Role Models, Understanding, Roles

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• There is a word Kristos in the Greek dictionary, and this word is supposed to be borrowed from the Sanskrit word "Krishna," and Christ is derived from Kristos.

  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

  Greek, Christ, Krishna

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• In the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant.

  Robin Williams

  Redundant

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• Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

  Chath Piersath

  Feelings, Looks, Phrases

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• There was no word in the dictionary adequate to describe the sensation other than sensational.

  Rachel Cohn

  Adequate, Sensational, Sensations

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.238, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• A panda walks into a tea room and ordered a salad and ate it. Then it pulled out a pistol, shot the man in the next table dead, and walked out. Everyone rushed after it, shouting "Stop! Stop! Why did you do that?" "Becuase I am a panda," said the panda. "That's what pandas do. If you don't believe me, look in the dictionary." So they looked in the dictionary and sure enough they found Panda: Racoon-like animal of Asia. Eats shoots and leaves.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Believe, Men, Animal

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• Most people wish they could erase suffering out of the dictionary. Today's culture of comfort and instant gratification has no patience for suffering - most people want to drug it, escape it, divorce it; do anything but live with it.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Divorce, People, Drug

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Writing, Goes On, Matter

  "The Latest Word" by Kurt Vonnegut, www.nytimes.com. October 30, 1966.

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• That's a waste of time. If you really understand Zen... you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could use Alice in Wonderland. You could use the dictionary, because... the sound of the rain needs no translation.

  Alan Watts

  Rain, Book, Sound

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• "...piling up zeros in your bank account, or cars in your driveway, won't in and of itself make you successful. Rather, true success is based on a constant flow of giving and recieving. In fact, if you look up affluence in the dictionary, you'll see its root is a Latin phrase meaning "to flow with abundance". So in order to be truly affluent, you must always let what you have recieved flow back into the world."

  Russell Simmons

  Success, Business, Latin

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