For the hackneyed art of lying without injury to anyone…

Fifty years," I hackneyed, "is a long time." "Not when you're looking back at them," she said. "You wonder how they vanished so quickly.

— Isaac Asimov

“The men leaned back on their heels, put their hands in their trousers-pockets, and proclaimed their views with the booming profundity of a prosperous…

— Sinclair Lewis

“IT seems a stupid hackneyed sort of thing to say—a thing whose point by much wear is worn out, a thing which everybody says,…

— Rhoda Broughton

My coach once told me "there's no "I" in "team." I responded there's also no "I" in "hackneyed." Then I had to run 12 laps.

— Lev L. Spiro

“There's something not quite Christian about it," Tony said. He sat back in his chair and looked up to where his Bible sat on…

— Joey Comeau

“Shut up, you fool...Really. I’m running out of things to throw at you.”

— K.M. Parr

The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either…

— Mark Twain

In the olden days in England, you could be hung for stealing a sheep or a loaf of bread. However, if a sheep stole…

— Mike Harding

“Some women walk towards a better future. Others have chauffeurs.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.…

— Dorothy Parker

“Is there any holy beings like human beings?”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Every child is born as angel.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Holy hell, Trev! What kind of move was that?” Trevor leaned over her with a big smile on his face. “You really thought I…

— Cecilia Aubrey & Chris Almeida

“One of the classier features of this home was the padded toilet seat. It was high-mileage puffy brown vinyl-colored foam and made that weird…

— Adam Carolla