Adj Quotes

Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice. (Ambrose Bierce)
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. View quote
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RATIONAL, adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation, experience and reflection. View quote
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GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest. View quote
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SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. View quote
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INCOMPOSSIBLE, adj. Unable to exist if something else exists. Two things are incompossible when the world of being has scope enough for one of them, but not enough for both as Walt Whitman's poetry and God's mercy to man. View quote
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ALONE, adj. In bad company. View quote
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CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. View quote
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TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate. View quote
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study of themselves; at odds with the majority; in short, unusual. It is noteworthy that persons are pronounced mad by officials destitute of evidence that they themselves are sane. View quote
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Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standards in matters of thought and conduct. To be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be detested. (Ambrose Bierce)
UN-AMERICAN, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish. View quote
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WHITE, adj. and n. Black. View quote
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SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else. View quote
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breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word. View quote
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only adj. thats the dilemma isn't it? when you're single, there's the sadness and joy of only me. And when you're paired, there's the sadness and joy of only you. View quote
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elliptical, adj. The kiss I like the most is one of the slow ones. It's as much breath as touch, as much no as yes. You lean in from the side, and I have to turn a little to make it happen. View quote
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fraught, adj. Does every "I love you” deserve an "I love you too”? Does every kiss deserve a kiss back? Does every night deserve to be spent on a lover? If the answer to any of these is "No,” what do we do? View quote
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yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect. View quote
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adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: "What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to. View quote
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. (Ambrose Bierce)
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. View quote
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Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left. View quote
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Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable. View quote
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Absent, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another. View quote
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