Quotes by Adjectives Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable. Adam Driver adjectives political acting Cuisine has become too complicated - this is about subject, verb, adjective: duck, turnips, sauce. Alain Ducasse adjectives ducks cooking Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives Alfred de Musset romanticism adjectives abuse Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability. Amitabh Bachchan adjectives icons jobs I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. Angela Carter adjectives heart years Invisible, repetitive, exhausting, unproductive, uncreative - these are the adjectives which most perfectly capture the nature of housework. Angela Davis invisible adjectives capture 'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music. Artie Shaw adjectives swings musician The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding. Benjamin Lee Whorf passive-voice nouns adjectives A relativist is an individual who doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb. Bill Gaede adjectives individual differences A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line, curved into geodesic. Bill Gaede adjectives location infinity I have been called 'Bongshell' the day I stepped into showbiz. So, any adjective coming my way, I take it positively. Sometimes it's also entertaining, but I don't feel bad about it. I'm a proud woman. Bipasha Basu adjectives proud way Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. Brian Eno populist populism adjectives I am still studying verbs and the mystery of how they connect nouns. I am more suspicious of adjectives than at any other time in all my born days. Carl Sandburg nouns adjectives verbs Millennials are often portrayed as apathetic, disinterested, tuned out and selfish. None of those adjectives describe the Millennials I've been privileged to meet and work with. Chelsea Clinton millennials adjectives selfish I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way. Clare Balding adjectives ambitious thinking The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. Clifton Fadiman adjectives vocabulary inspiration Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective. Criss Jami adjectives genius people Green is a process, not a status. We need to think of 'green' as a verb, not an adjective. Daniel Goleman adjectives needs thinking You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun. David Levithan nouns adjectives doors I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler. David Levithan adjectives used people 12345»