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If you look up 'atheism' in the dictionary, you will probably find it defined as the belief that there is no God. Certainly many people understand atheism in this way. Yet many atheists do not, and this is not what the term means if one considers it from the point of view of its Greek roots. In Greek 'a' means 'without' or 'not' and 'theos' means 'god.' From this standpoint an atheist would simply be someone without a belief in God, not necessarily someone who believes that God does not exist. According to its Greek roots, then, atheism is a negative view, characterized by the absence of belief in God. ~ Michael Martin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Michael Martin
Who will consider that no dictionary of a living tongue ever can be perfect, since, while it is hastening to publication, some words are budding, and some falling away; that a whole life cannot be spent upon syntax and etymology, and that even a whole life would not be sufficient; that he, whose design includes whatever language can express, must often speak of what he does not understand. ~ Samuel Johnson
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Samuel Johnson
Aleister Crowley once stated that the most important grimoire, or book of magical instruction, that anyone could ever conceivably own would be an etymological dictionary, and in my opinion he was exactly right. I keep it right here by my desk, and just 10 minutes ago it confirmed for me that I had the spelling of "proprioception" right all along, even though my spell-checker had raised a crinkly red eyebrow. ~ Alan Moore
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Alan Moore
Where would you be without etymology'? Lea asked sarcastically.
'I think I might find words a little less interesting,' said Mr Ruche. ~ Denis Guedj
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Denis Guedj
My definition of dictionary can't be found in the dictionary. Dictionary - A linguistic prison, confining words to well-defined cells, with little chance of parole. ~ Jarod Kintz
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Jarod Kintz
Serendipity (n.) finding something good without looking for it ~ Dictionary
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If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read. ~ Ken Scott
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ken Scott
It is obvious that 'Algiz' is a pure Semitic word. The presence of the definite article is one indication. Another sign for us lies in its shared etymology with the name of 'Giza' - the location of the Scales/Balance whose Semitic word is derived from that very same etymology. ~ Ibrahim Ibrahim
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ibrahim Ibrahim
We think people go to a dictionary to find out what a word means. Most people go to the dictionary because they don't want to look stupid. ~ Erin McKean
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Erin McKean
I used to keep a dictionary and work with it and then I realized there are more words that exist in the English language than there are in this dictionary. ~ Nas
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Nas
The word 'sin' is derived from the Indo-European root 'es-,' meaning 'to be.' When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, 'to be' in the fullest sense is 'to sin'. ~ Mary Daly
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mary Daly
To open the dictionary of the Beyond and discover what one suspected, that the only word in it is nothing. ~ Mark Strand
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mark Strand
I bought a dictionary. First thing I did was, I looked up the word "dictionary", and it said "you're an asshole". ~ Demetri Martin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Demetri Martin
You do not find knowledge in a dictionary, only information. ~ W. Edwards Deming
Etymology Dictionary quotes by W. Edwards Deming
My dictionary has no such expression as a violent fight. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary. ~ Fabrice Muamba
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Fabrice Muamba
This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship. ~ Kathleen Norris
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kathleen Norris
The dictionary is a wonderful thing, but you can't let it push you around. ~ Mary Norris
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mary Norris
In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help. ~ Carl Sandburg
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Carl Sandburg
Cantona's expression speaking the whole French dictionary without saying a word. ~ Barry Davies
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Barry Davies
A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words. ~ Maxine Kumin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Maxine Kumin
I didn't even know what the word lesbian meant until I was called one ... and then I had to look it up in the dictionary. ~ Kathleen Hanna
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kathleen Hanna
Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary. ~ Philippe Petit
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Philippe Petit
Impossibility is a dictionary word. ~ Sri Chinmoy
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Sri Chinmoy
Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old. ~ Evan Esar
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Evan Esar
There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. ~ Dave Barry
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Dave Barry
Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ambrose Bierce
Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of all things to fulfill its own. ~ Anthony Marra
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Anthony Marra
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
I am not learning definitions as established in even the latest dictionaries. I am not a dictionary-maker. I am a person a dictionary-maker has to contend with. I am a living evidence in the development of language. ~ William Stafford
Etymology Dictionary quotes by William Stafford
A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motor show - full of potential but temporarily inactive. ~ Anthony Burgess
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Anthony Burgess
Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing in a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank. ~ Eddie Cantor
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Eddie Cantor
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary. ~ William Safire
Etymology Dictionary quotes by William Safire
When I see a dictionary on my desk I feel like I'm looking at some strange dog leaving a twisty piece of poop on our lawn out back. ~ Haruki Murakami
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Haruki Murakami
Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. ~ Gertrude Stein
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Gertrude Stein
Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden. ~ Homer
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Homer
Mizuko loved reading the dictionary. She liked it when there were multiple meanings for words and when opposite meanings could be contained. ~ Olivia Sudjic
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Olivia Sudjic
No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you. ~ Dorothy Fields
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Dorothy Fields
I have observed gratitude to be a principle, that bears the smallest share in the hearts of those where it ought to be most strongly resident, so that I begin to imagine one half of the world don't understand the real etymology of the word. ~ Charlotte Charke
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Charlotte Charke
Learning is the dictionary, but sense the grammar of science. ~ Laurence Sterne
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Laurence Sterne
Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mignon McLaughlin
Could an explosion in a printing shop produce a dictionary? ~ Russell M. Nelson
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Russell M. Nelson
If you actually look at the etymology of the word 'hallucination', what it's come to mean in English is a delusion. But what it really means in the original language is to wander in the mind. That's the meaning of 'hallucination', to wander in the mind. ~ Terence McKenna
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Terence McKenna
You're like a dictionary. You know the word is in there, but you need to know how to spell what you want first ~ Aaron Withers
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Aaron Withers
My lad chewed and swallowed a dictionary. We gave him Epsom salts - but we can't get a word out of him. ~ Les Dawson
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Les Dawson
A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order. ~ Anatole France
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Anatole France
In the secret pocket, she often kept a small
pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know. ~ Lemony Snicket
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Lemony Snicket
Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time). ~ Ernest Hemingway,
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ernest Hemingway,
Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how much you used the dictionary before you read it. ~ Alexander Theroux
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Alexander Theroux
Larousse Gastronomique is a veritable dictionary of cooking terms for the French kitchen. If a chef were allowed only one book, this would have to be it. ~ Mario Batali
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mario Batali
We're so special, when you look in the dictionary under short bus, there's a group picture of us,' Stevie Rae said, sounding weak but definately alive. ~ Kristin Cast
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kristin Cast
Since you cannot always carry and display your diploma. Kindly act like you have one. Professionalism. Include that to your dictionary. ~ Joshua De Vera Bautista
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Joshua De Vera Bautista
In my dictionary, and everyone's dictionary in the 1970s, the word 'queer' did mean strange and unusual. There was no slur to it. ~ Joe Wurzelbacher
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Joe Wurzelbacher
The dictionary is based on the hypothesis
obviously an unproven one
that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Jorge Luis Borges
He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.
(on Ernest Hemingway ~ William Faulkner
Etymology Dictionary quotes by William Faulkner
'Unbelievable' is the stupidest word in the dictionary. ~ Matthew McConaughey
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Matthew McConaughey
Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible ... ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
I never understood whether the word 'amnesty' is correct or not. Maybe I am not very intelligent but I checked the dictionary to find the meaning. ~ Kapil Dev
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kapil Dev
I too turned to Webster's Dictionary and it defined Harvard University as a season for gathering crops. ~ Andy Samberg
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Andy Samberg
Cynicism has all the smart words on it's side; idealism uses a nursery school dictionary. ~ Michael Arditti
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Michael Arditti
For a desert island, one would choose a good dictionary rather than the greatest literary masterpiece imaginable, for, in relation to its readers, a dictionary is absolutely passive and may legitimately be read in an infinite number of ways. ~ W. H. Auden
Etymology Dictionary quotes by W. H. Auden
In all its myriad manifestations, the language of anti-Semitism through the ages is a dictionary of non-sequiturs and antonyms, a thesaurus of illogic and inconsistency. ~ Paul Johnson
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Paul Johnson
If you look in the dictionary under 'perfectionist,' you see Henry Selick correcting the definition of perfectionist in the dictionary. I mean, he is so meticulous. ~ John Hodgman
Etymology Dictionary quotes by John Hodgman
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted. ~ Vivienne Westwood
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Vivienne Westwood
Nephilim, meaning giants, the Hebrew word left untranslated by the Revisers. The Revisers have , however, translated the Hebrew gibborim, in gen. 6:4, "Mighty Men"

Were the Nephilim fallen angels? ~ Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Success brings poise, especially avoirdupois. Success comes before work only in the dictionary. ~ William Cranch Bond
Etymology Dictionary quotes by William Cranch Bond
I looked up the word POLITICS in the dictionary, and it's actually a combination of two words: poli, which means 'many,' and tics, which means 'bloodsuckers.' ~ Jay Leno
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Jay Leno
We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary. ~ Everett Dirksen
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Everett Dirksen
The dictionary also invites a playful reading. It challenges anyone to sit down with it in an idle moment. There are worse ways to kill time. ~ Mortimer J. Adler
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mortimer J. Adler
And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary: a mere articulate clock. ~ George Chapman
Etymology Dictionary quotes by George Chapman
Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model. ~ Shaquille O'Neal
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Shaquille O'Neal
The word mortgage originates in French. it literally means 'death grip'. ~ Michael McGirr
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Michael McGirr
The word should be thinkering. ~ Michael Ondaatje
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Michael Ondaatje
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. ~ Henry Rollins
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Henry Rollins
Weird itself, even in the dictionary, is just something that is different and unexplainable. A weirdo is someone who follows their heart. Im definitely weird, aint nothing wrong with that. ~ Kid Cudi
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kid Cudi
The nice guys are all over there, in seventh place. ~ Leo Durocher
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Leo Durocher
All the words you need are to be found in the dictionary. All you have to do is put them in the right order. ~ Emma Darcy
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Emma Darcy
Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors. ~ Walter Lippmann
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Walter Lippmann
The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned. ~ Anais Nin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Anais Nin
A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language. ~ Giacomo Leopardi
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Giacomo Leopardi
The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary. ~ Guy De Maupassant
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Guy De Maupassant
One's freedom is one's love and one's love
is one's undoing, it's all in the dictionary... ~ Duncan McNaughton
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Duncan McNaughton
It is intolerance to speak of toleration. Away with the word from the dictionary! ~ Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Victor De Riqueti, Marquis De Mirabeau
I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything. ~ Mukesh Ambani
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Mukesh Ambani
If you look up the word "gab" in the dictionary, it's insignificant of importance, of no substance. That's what gab is. ~ Malachy McCourt
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Malachy McCourt
The bold and discerning writer who, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense has no following and is tartly reminded that 'it isn't in the dictionary' - although down to the time of the first lexicographer no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary. ~ Ambrose Bierce
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ambrose Bierce
You weasel, good-for-nothing, scumbag, swine,
sleazebag, scumbucket, scoundrel, son-of-a-bitch!"
In the midst of everything, we all looked at Rosina,
who smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry. I was reading the Dictionary the other day."
I stared at her with incomprehension. ~ Kelly Batten
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Kelly Batten
The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition. ~ Eva Figes
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Eva Figes
That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year."
"Why?" Isabelle said.
"So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means. ~ Cassandra Clare
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Cassandra Clare
I opened up a dictionary
And tried to find a meaning in a hurry.
Turned the pages to look for the word -- "Perfect"
And saw you listed there, coz I know you're worth it! ~ Ritika Chhabra
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ritika Chhabra
Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
And so, there is something interesting about the word gove. The OED defines it as "to stare stupidly." So do Funk and Wagnalls, the Century Dictionary, and the Imperial Dictionary. In fact, every dictionary I have checked defines this word as "to stare stupidly" except for Webster's Third New International, which defines it as "to stare idly." I am quite sure that the fact that the editor of Webster's Third was named Gove had nothing to do with this decision. also ~ Ammon Shea
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Ammon Shea
You know, Lillian, someday I will sit down and write a little dictionary for you, a little Chinese dictionary. In it I will put down all the interpretations of what is said to you, the right interpretation, that is: the one that is not meant to injure, not meant to humiliate or accuse or doubt. And whenever something is said to you, you will look in my little dictionary to make sure, before you get desperate, that you have understood what is said to you. ~ Anais Nin
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Anais Nin
Milton took vaudeville, which, if you look up 'vaudeville' in the dictionary, right alongside of it, it says 'Milton Berle' - and he made it just a tremendous party. ~ Alan King
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Alan King
Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary. ~ Joss Whedon
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Joss Whedon
Though it's true that (dictionary-maker Samuel) Johnson sometimes seem to feel that the language was in decline, he didn't rail against it with (Jonathan) Swift's anger. Instead, he hoped the example of his dictionary would temper that change by providing a distinguished literary example ~ Robert Lane Greene
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Robert Lane Greene
Sound is the vocabulary of nature ... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary ... Opposing the world of sound is the world of music. ~ Pierre Schaeffer
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Pierre Schaeffer
The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow it to find a place in the dictionary or encycl ~ Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
I used to teach. I quote American history and I love words. I've read the dictionary I don't know how many times throughout my life. People say, "You read the dictionary?" I say, "Yes, and you can really believe it." ~ Jackee Harry
Etymology Dictionary quotes by Jackee Harry
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