Quotation Explorer - 'Vocabulary'

some of the first words a child learns are brand names, because they don’t have to sound them out. It becomes part of your environmental vocabulary [Whitney Curry Wimbish & , "The Binary Companion," LA Review of Books, January 22, 2015]. - Sarah Gerard
Cussing doesn’t come from a lack of vocabulary I know all the other words. None of them speak the same language that my fucking heart does. - Anis Mojgani
Richard Papen: As it happened, I knew Gartrell. He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, gutteral verbs, and the world "postmodernist. - Donna Tartt
Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary. - Evan Esar
When I was a child, I read books. My reading was not indiscriminate. I preferred books that were old and thick and hard. I made vocabulary lists. - Marilynne Robinson
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. - James D. Nicoll
With my sometimes blunt indecent vocabulary & very vivid imagination, I wonder if I should be writing "other" kinds of content. - April Mae Monterrosa
We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them. - Christopher Reeve
Be a good guide, tell me what you see, are sure is that?Please try to describe the picture as much vocabulary as possible! - Deyth Banger
There is a need for promoting women's sexual agency in today's society, because if it wasn't an issue, terms such as 'female sexual empowerment' would be made redundant. The fact that we merely have this vocabulary is indicative of that. - Miya Yamanouchi
A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character. - Sara Sheridan
The dream vocabulary shaves meanings finer and closer than do the world's daytime dictionaries. - Mark Twain
When you are falling short in vocabulary to explain the emotion in your story.Than you are writing the right story - Tushar Upreti
I will not impress you with words, I will prove to you their definition. It’s a genuine vocabulary. - Soar
Most adults have a vocabulary of around 60,000 words, meaning that children must learn 10 to 20 words a day between the ages of eight months and 18 years. And yet the most frequent 100 words account for 60% of all conversations. The most common 4000 words account for 98% of conversation. - David Miller
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure. - Tommy Lasorda
Stephen King is a powerful guy, will powerful vocabulary. - Deyth Banger
The Internet"not food for thought, just chewing gum put out by people who know the vocabulary of thought but not it's syntax - Michael Hecht
There are two words that I believe could be completely eradicated from our vocabulary I can’t. These two words are so definite that they leave absolutely no room for hope. Instead, I suggest we use the phrase, How can I? - Daniel Willey
Normal, average and ordinary are not a part of my vocabulary. I am an artist after all! - Paul S. Lynch
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. - J.K. Rowling
Normal is not a part of my vocabulary. I am an artist after all. - Paul S. Lynch
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