Nouns Quotes

• I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Verbs, Earth, Process

  "I Seem to Be a Verb". Book by Buckminster Fuller, 1970.

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

  Edward Sapir

  Simplicity, Verbs, Glory

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.268, Walter de Gruyter

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• Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Mean, Men, Expression

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• All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a double, trebleor centuple use and meaning.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Use, Facts, Language

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). “The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.75, North Atlantic Books

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• The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.

  William Strunk, Jr.

  Adjectives, Weak, Built

  WILLIAM STRUNK, JR. (1959). “THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE”

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• When I said.
  A rose is a rose is a rose.
  And then later made that into a ring I made poetry and what
  did I do I caressed completely caressed and addressed
  a noun.

  Gertrude Stein

  Rose, Poetry, Language

  Gertrude Stein (2012). “Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein”, p.22, Vintage

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• Life is a verb, not a noun.

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Love, Verbs, Life Is

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1904). “Human Work”, p.203, Rowman Altamira

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• I wanted to write rather than do anything else. But 'cause I left school at 15, I didn't know what a noun was, still don't.

  Nick Frost

  Writing, School, Causes

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• If the noun is good and the verb is strong, you almost never need an adjective.

  J. Anthony Lukas

  Strong, Writing, Needs

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• Think Tank, noun: The shower.

  Craig Reucassel

  Thinking, Tanks, Showers

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• Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

  Martha Graham

  Verbs, Theater

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  I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Girl, Witty, Women

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2003). “The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National protection for national citizens, 1873 to 1880”, p.491, Rutgers University Press

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• Why indeed must 'God' be a noun? Why not a verb - the most active and dynamic of all.

  Mary Daly

  God, Faith, Spiritual

  Mary Daly (2015). “Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation”, p.52, Beacon Press

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• Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Marriage, Verbs

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• God is a verb, not a noun.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Verbs

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

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Verbs, Statistics, Biodiversity

  No More Secondhand God (1963) p. 28 (poem written in 1940)

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• Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

  Marianne Moore

  Poetry, Verbs, Language

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• The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

  Fiona Shaw

  Obsession, Obsessed, Clear

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Mother is a verb, not a noun.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Inspirational, Mother, Verbs

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• Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

  John Dryden

  Tree, Verbs, Language

  John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.353

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• Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns.

  J. Patrick Lewis

  Writing, Hunting, Perfect

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• Art is a Verb, not a Noun.

  Ernest West Basden

  Art, Verbs, Art Is

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• Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.

  Benjamin Lee Whorf

  Europe, Verbs, Language

  Benjamin Lee Whorf, John Bissell Carroll (1964). “Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf”, p.61, MIT Press

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• I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Hero, Thinking, Verbs

  "The Complete Robert Downey Jr". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 16, 2012.

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• Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior. If a man lies to you, he is behaving badly and unlovingly toward you. He is disrespecting you and your relationship. The words “I love you” are not enough to make up for that. Don't kid yourself that they are.

  Susan Forward

  Lying, Love You, Passion

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