Dictionary Quotes

TYPE, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civilization and enlightenment, despite their obvious agency in this incomparable dictionary. - Ambrose Bierce

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India. - Pranab Mukherjee

This is truly a team. If you looked up 'team' in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of the 2005-06 Pinckneyville Panthers. - Dick Corn

This is a dictionary for life. It's not just for looking up words. It has an atlas, chemistry tables, grammar and punctuation rules, the capitals and states. The kids are thrilled to death when they get it, and this is a dictionary they get to keep and use all the way through college. - Betsy Owen

They keep fiddling with the language, and the general tone of the directive keeps getting a little less dovish... Being 'patient' sounds a little less like they're keeping rates on hold than a 'considerable period' -- though you'd need to study a dictionary closely to figure that out. - Ethan Harris

They keep fiddling with the language, and the general tone of the directive keeps getting a little less dovish, ... Being 'patient' sounds a little less like they're keeping rates on hold than a 'considerable period' -- though you'd need to study a dictionary closely to figure that out. - Ethan Harris

These guys have intelligence and great desire to work. For the young guys, 'patience' is not in their dictionary. They want to play right away. They're on track. - Wes Suan

There's not enough superlatives in the dictionary to describe what he's meant to Cecil Community College men's basketball. He's been a marked man his whole career here, but nothing phases him. He still performs at the highest level. - Bill Lewit