American Lexicographer Quotes

William Dwight Whitney

Adoniram Judson

Erin McKean

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.

William Dwight Whitney

See yourself as a small child, fragile and vulnerable, and breathe in. Smile with love to this small child within yourself, and breathe out.

Barbara Ann Kipfer

And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.

We see what we want to see, and observation conforms to hypothesis.

Success and vocabulary go hand in hand. This has been proven so often that it no longer admits of argument.

Wilfred J. Funk

The confident surgeon is like a military captain who by a well-timed advance changes defeat into victory, returning with the priceless trophy of life and health.

Adoniram Judson