Paraphrasing Quotes

20 quotes from 17 authors

Paraphrasing lets us reshape ideas without losing their core, a skill that surfaces in politics, art, and everyday banter. With just 20 succinct reflections, this page gives a quick glimpse of how writers, speakers, and humorists spin original thoughts into fresh phrasing. If you’re curious, you might also check out Communication or Writing sections for broader examples.

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I am paraphrasing Einstein. I love to do that: nobody dares contradict me.

Studs Terkel

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Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious.

Sigmund Freud

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I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.

Jason Calacanis

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Paraphrasing Plato's Republic: "Only people who have allowed themselves to be reformed by reality have it in themselves to reform their polis…

Rebecca Goldstein

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Lily Tomlin said something years ago, and I'm paraphrasing, that you have to find humor in everything, because by finding humor, you…

Morgan Spurlock

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paraphrasing.."Science is the language of the intellect of society. Art is language of the entire human personality.

Naguib Mahfouz

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“I have led you down a road of deception just to correct you and make you look like an uneducated ass”

Ashley Newell

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The way [Donald Trump] is dealing with this now is to say (paraphrasing), "I don't want these A-listers here. I'm not asking…

Rush Limbaugh

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Donald Trump for his part's out there saying it's outrageous for a religious leader to say that he's not a Christian. Trump's…

Rush Limbaugh

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I love Thich Nhat Hahn. One of my favorite quotes of his (and I’m paraphrasing), he’s talking about cultivating happiness, and he…

Moby

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When John Adams - when - James Madison was writing - pretty much writing the Constitution, he got a letter from Thomas…

Nat Hentoff

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June Jordan once said something which is just wonderful. I'm paraphrasing her-that her function as a poet was to make revolution irresistible.…

Audre Lorde

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“The next morning I had Twentieth-Century American Poetry at MCC. This old woman gave a lecture wherein she managed to talk for…

John Green

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“Flannery O'Connor ... points out that 'a story really isn't good unless it successfully resists paraphrase. ...' ... Paraphrasing can force us…

Karen Salyer McElmurray

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Since many people have been asking me to elaborate on why I think "Inglourious Basterds" is akin to Holocaust denial, I'll try…

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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In nonviolent communication, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and…

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to…

Georges St-Pierre

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Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind…

Jason Mraz

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New York congressmen have recently been plagued by a string of embarrassing scandals. Shirtless craigslist hunk Chris Lee, nonconsensual staff tickle monster,…

Rachel Maddow

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Undoubtedly, our path is not of the easiest; but, just as undoubtedly, we are not to be frightened by difficulties. Paraphrasing from…

Joseph Stalin

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