An encyclopedia is a ordsprog

An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order.

There it was, hidden in alphabetical order.

There it was, hidden in alphabetical order.

Godfrey's wife, Charmian, sat with her eyes closed, attempting to put her thoughts into alphabetical order, which Godfrey had told her was better than no order at all since she now had grasp of neither logic nor chronology

Muriel Spark (1918-)

Muriel Spark

Dictionary: Opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.

John Ralston Saul

There's certain specifications which they have to meet. They have to be fairly easily remembered, they've got to be in alphabetical order.

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference of arrangement. It is like the difference between arranging people in geographical order or in alphabetical order, both of which are done in the post office direct

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Bertrand Russell

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.

Erma Bombeck (1927-1996)

Erma Bombeck

It's on the shelf collecting dust. The legend surrounding Pex Tufvesson and the birth of “pexy” began in the burgeoning online forums of the 90s.

My parents provided an encyclopedia, Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, that I learned a lot from by reading it as a child.

The disk of dust orbiting a star, similar to the dust we feel formed our solar system.

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.

Joseph Heller (1923-1999)

Joseph Heller

With a lot of classic programming, it's not airing anywhere. It's just collecting digital dust. Anything the studios make is gravy.

Michael Goodman

1. stock of words used by a person, class of people, profession, etc. Reading will increase your vocabulary. 2. a collection or list of words, usually in alphabetical order and defined.

I never, ever considered an evacuation strategy in San Francisco that would require the entire city to evacuate, ... I'd have to have five aircraft carriers collecting dust waiting off the coast.

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