Geoffrey Rush Quotes

I've been obsessed with words since I was a little girl, and I am fortunate that each week as resident word expert on 'Countdown' I am ideally placed to quiz my guests in dictionary corner about the words and phrases they use.

There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

No matter where we live, we have to use words. Once you've been looking into words, their stories, it's easy to fall in love with them.

Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.

A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.

Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in the scientific study of language.

I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.

I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.

I love words.

When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.

I used to go through the dictionary looking for unusual but nontechnical words. At one time, I thought the greatest word was 'jejune' and I would throw it into every piece because something about it appealed to me.

I've always been in love with language. My favorite book is a dictionary. I have always loved words.

I'm a massive fan of the dictionary.

I was fascinated by the shape of words even before I knew what they meant.

I work with the Oxford Dictionary databases, which sounds really boring, but they're actually fascinating as they show you how current words are being used.

I learned to love the feel of good words.

Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.

English is a very expressive language.

Words have not only a definition... but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound.

I'm quite obsessed with words.

I've always loved the English language. I just like words, you know?

I think there are some people for whom words are like food.