The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures.… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I guess if I had to put it into a single phrase, the moral of the Frank stories is that the hammer… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
Disinterested public service has become, just so... what's the phrase, 'old school.' — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I've been, for want of a better phrase, a supporting actress so much of my life. — Marian Seldes Copy Share Image
Whenever you hear news about jobless claims or the unemployment rate, you should translate that in your mind to one simple phrase:… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
'Globalization' has become the great tag phrase, but when we talk about it, it's nearly always in terms of the global marketplace… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
In terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.' — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
I'm a fiction writer, and I do write essays, but I am not a poet. And I absolutely reject the phrase 'woman… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned… — Charles D. Broad Copy Share Image
When the vast baby-boom generation exploded into adolescence in the 1960s, marketers exulted. Advertising consultants, always eager to coin a phrase, began… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
A lot of the websites built through the 1990s used Perl. The first webmaster of Sun Microsystems coined a wonderful phrase. He… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Every single one of us who has been a 'Woman in Film' for more than five minutes is sick of the phrase… — Lynda Obst Copy Share Image
I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people… — Takashi Murakami Copy Share Image
In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One phrase I would dearly like to consign to the can is 'Out of the Box.' The thinking that told us we… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips. — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
There are photographers who don't really engage with their subject. It's a really unfortunate phrase, but they take their photo and they… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic - battles so formative that, among other… — Nick Turse Copy Share Image
Videogames based on golf have often been viewed as, to mangle a phrase, a good walk through a virtual world spoiled. Connecting… — Rob Manuel Copy Share Image
A great deal has been written in recent years about the purported lack of motivation in the children of the Negro ghettos.… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
You know the phrase 'Jesus laughed' isn't ever used in the Gospels. So, most people walk away with the idea that Jesus… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was discouraged from telling personal stories. My dad often used the phrase 'Don't tell anyone.' But not about creepy… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
