#adjectives

I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#any #better #character #clothes #hide

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#cliches #permeated #prose

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps. ↗

— Angela Carter

#changed #haven #heart #i #kinder

If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives, and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge

#american #any #description #drop #else

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. ↗

— Mark Twain

#character #conversation #habitually #learned #man

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days. ↗

— Dick Schaap

#clear #cliches #common #days #how

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#different #different kinds #distinct #distinguish #english

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

#actor #adjectives #always #best #doing

To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at least two sets of interactions in time. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#advisable #attributes #expect #interactions #least