Verbs Quotes - Page 2

Using adverbs is a mortal sin.

Leaves are verbs that conjugate the seasons.

God is a verb, not a noun.

When it's done properly, taco should be a verb.

In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb VACILAR... It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.

Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange.

Root out all the "to be" verbs in your prose and bludgeon them until dead. No "It was" or "they are" or "I am." Don't let it be, make it happen.

Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.

The whole life lies in the verb seeing.

Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents.

Love is a verb. We have to let our love call us to action.

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

The verb 'highly favored' (Luke 1:28) is the same as 'made us accepted' in Ephesians 1:6, referring to all of God's children. All true believers have been 'highly graced' by the Lord.

Love is more than a word. It's a noun and a verb.

There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still.

Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.

Adverbs are a sign that you've used the wrong verb.

James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.

The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.

Writing can be described in two verbs: Throw up and clean up.

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

...to me if it's anything, jazz is a verb-it's more like a process than it is a thing.

All the words in the English language are divided into nine great classes. These classes are called the Parts of Speech. They are Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction and Interjection.