“His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action.”
Source: Charlie All Night
Source: Love Is a Mix Tape
“His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action.”
Source: Charlie All Night
I Seem to Be a Verb (1970)
1970s
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.”
“I believe in love the verb, not the noun.”
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
"Poetry and Grammar"
Lectures in America (1935)
"Poetry and Grammar"
Lectures in America (1935)
The Sounds of Taqwa (2006)
Context: When it comes to "Islam" — I look at the word as the verbal noun it is: an action word. I see Islam as something someone does, not something someone "belongs to". I believe that "religion", as the world commonly knows it today, is a divisive factor in community. When I was about 15 years old, I renounced a belief in the importance of "religion", seeking rather to find answers to life's questions. My spiritual quest has always been to bring me closer to my purpose in life, a better relationship with the force that brought me into existence, and how to relate to fellow human beings. When I was 17, I started reading scriptures from around the world and the more I read the more commonality I saw between them all. When I discovered the Qur'an at the age of 20, it seemed to be the most organic in its message. I got out of "religion" and got into life. To this day, I renounce a trust in the institutions of "religion".
Language Education in a Knowledge Context (1980)