Phantoms do not wear round hats.

Superstitions, bigotries, hypocrisies, prejudices, these phantoms, phantoms though they be, cling to life; they have teeth and nails in their shadowy substance, and we…

— Victor Hugo

Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.

— Robert Pollok

There are those who would love each other if once they were to speak to each other; when they spoke they would discover their…

— Ernest Hello

By [age] 93, I had shrunk quite a lot. My car was known as the Phantom Cadillac. People would see it whizzing by and…

— George Burns

Now we must remark, that there are two parts in the Commandment-the first forbids the erection of a graven image, or any likeness; the…

— John Calvin

This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state but against…

— Chris Hedges

Truth is a necessary phantom.

— Mason Cooley

“People do not put their faith in phantoms.”

— Marissa Meyer

Sit, Phantom!" Ivy cooed. "On your bottom!" "Oh, for goodness' sake!" Gabriel put down his book and pointed a longer finger at Phantom. "Sit,"…

— Alexandra Adornetto

As far back as she could remember, a phantom life had mocked her with its impenetrable “something else,” but now it was the opposite.…

— Laini Taylor

I did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone…

— Duncan Sheik

There are few of us who have not sometimes wakened before dawn, either after one of those dreamless nights that make one almost enamoured…

— Oscar Wilde

I know that whenever a group of women are gathered together, the grandmother always makes a phantom appearance, hovering above them.

— Angela Carter

Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays.…

— Billy Bob Thornton

“Women's regular bleeding engenders phantoms.”

— Paracelsus