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A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge Picture Quote #1

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring Picture Quote #1

It was in the shady groves of dictionaries that Jack fell in love Picture Quote #1

Dictionaries stop where the heart starts Picture Quote #1

To make dictionaries is dull work Picture Quote #1

Reasonable men are the best dictionaries of conversation Picture Quote #1

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LEXICOGRAPHER - a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge Picture Quote #1

Dull... Not exhilarating; not delightful; as, to make dictionaries is dull work Picture Quote #1

Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words Picture Quote #1

I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center Picture Quote #1

I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before I was 14, and I learnt to like abroad. I’m not scared of change Picture Quote #1

Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a point where alphabetical order has gone obsolete. Wikipedia is ostensibly in alphabetical order, but, when you think about it, it’s not in any order at all. You use a search engine to get into it Picture Quote #1

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I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center Picture Quote #1

All quotation dictionaries stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, which must be consulted as part of the effort to make sure that no famous quotations are missed Picture Quote #1

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries Picture Quote #1

People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time Picture Quote #1

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it Picture Quote #1

One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms Picture Quote #1

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The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist’s definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth cannot be increased or its error diminished by its acceptance by the lexicographer. Each definition must stand on its own merits Picture Quote #1

Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries Picture Quote #1

Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities Picture Quote #1

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction Picture Quote #1

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true Picture Quote #1

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A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge (Dictionaries Quotes) Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring (Dictionaries Quotes) It was in the shady groves of dictionaries that Jack fell in love (Dictionaries Quotes) Dictionaries stop where the heart starts (Dictionaries Quotes) To make dictionaries is dull work (Dictionaries Quotes) Reasonable men are the best dictionaries of conversation (Dictionaries Quotes) LEXICOGRAPHER - a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge (Dictionaries Quotes) Dull... Not exhilarating; not delightful; as, to make dictionaries is dull work (Dictionaries Quotes) Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words (Dictionaries Quotes) I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center. (Dictionaries Quotes) I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before I was 14, and I learnt to like abroad. I’m not scared of change. (Dictionaries Quotes) Alphabetical order had to be invented to help people organize the first dictionaries. On the other hand, we may have reached a point where alphabetical order has gone obsolete. Wikipedia is ostensibly in alphabetical order, but, when you think about it, it’s not in any order at all. You use a search engine to get into it. (Dictionaries Quotes) I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center (Dictionaries Quotes) All quotation dictionaries stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, which must be consulted as part of the effort to make sure that no famous quotations are missed (Dictionaries Quotes) The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries (Dictionaries Quotes) People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time (Dictionaries Quotes) We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it (Dictionaries Quotes) One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at the same time defining its terms (Dictionaries Quotes) The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist’s definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth cannot be increased or its error diminished by its acceptance by the lexicographer. Each definition must stand on its own merits (Dictionaries Quotes) Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries (Dictionaries Quotes) Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities (Dictionaries Quotes) At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction (Dictionaries Quotes) Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true (Dictionaries Quotes)