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Verbs Quotes - Page 5

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

Contemplations bk. 1, no. 8 (1856)

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.

"Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.

You must hear the birds song without attempting to render it into nouns and verbs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.794, Harvard University Press

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.

"Lying with the best of them" by Ralph Steadman, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2003.

In these cases, where there is an unjust aggression, I can only say that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor. I emphasize the word: "stop". I'm not saying drop bombs, make war, but stop the aggressor. The means used to stop him would have to be evaluated.

"Apostolic Journey Of His Holiness Pope Francis To The Republic Of Korea On The Occasion Of The 6th Asian Youth Day". In-flight Press Conference, w2.vatican.va. August 18, 2014.

She longed for cutlasses, pistols, and brandy; she had to make do with coffee, and pencils, and verbs.

Philip Pullman (2008). “The Tin Princess”, Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and passive.

Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing

No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format.

Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.

Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting.

"Ten rules for writing fiction" by Jonathan Franzen, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.