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Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a word like 'friend' is declared not a verb, the problem isn't that it's confusing; it's that the protester finds it deeply annoying.
I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.
I believe in the verb, not the noun - I am not a writer, but someone compelled to write.
Life on earth is more like a verb. It repairs, maintains, re-creates, and outdoes itself.
God is a verb, not a noun.
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.
Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.
After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.
Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
