“She looked so disappointed, so grieved and desperate that Clem longed to comfort her, only he couldn't think of thing to say… — Judith Clarke Copy Share Image
“ Do You Come Here Often?' and 'Be Part of the Action' Have Become Clichéd "Coast Guard Sees Increasing Need for Icebreakers"—headline,… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
If you look around, 90 percent of marriages are cliches - people aren't genuinely happy even if they look happy together. — Rahul Dev Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I believe that love dies but hope springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that hope dies but love springs eternal. Sometimes I… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Sadly, for those who are busy sawing off their feet to escape the trap of cliches, every story is chock full of… — Rafael Yglesias Copy Share Image
“My life as well as my writing are guided by creed in lieu of clichés Carl Henegan” — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
“Now, it is frequently asserted that, with women, the job does not come first. What (people cry) are women doing with this… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of the utmost importance… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“And sometimes, even though Dad said Dr. Snow was the best psychologist in the city and a very famous man, Jess thought… — Judith Clarke Copy Share Image
“One of the most common platitudes we heard was that “words failed.” But words were not failing us at all. It was… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
“Indeed it may be said with some confidence that the average man never really thinks from end to end of his life.… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“So we all know the cliché characters: the Irish cop, the prostitute with a heart of gold, the writer with a drinking… — Craig Hart Copy Share Image
“What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“rather babble away and at least partially express something difficult than reproduce impeccable clichés” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“[S]ince you are angry at me without reason, you attack me harshly with, "Oh outrageous presumption! Oh excessively foolish pride! Oh opinion… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make… — Eric Braeden Copy Share Image
“When people dis fantasy—mainstream readers and SF readers alike—they are almost always talking about one sub-genre of fantastic literature. They are talking… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
