Phrases Quotes · Page 22

All this [Paul's writing] is nothing better than the jargon of a conjurer who picks up phrases he does not understand to…

— Thomas Paine

Certain individual words do possess more pitch, more radiance, more shazam! than others, but it's the way words are juxtaposed with other…

— Tom Robbins

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

— Anatole France

No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the…

— Herbert Spencer

Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him…

— Chip Kelly

Eventually you'll take the phrases and rhythm patterns you've copped and begin to put your own mark on them

— Eddie Van Halen

The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It…

— Stephen Colbert

If I can invent a phrase then this Democrat [Bernie] Sanders takes her [Hillary Clinton] off the hook on the emails. Could…

— Joe Biden

Careful listening to current country and western and rock music with the help of an interpreter for coded phrases shows that young…

— Virgil Miller Newton

I went to Harvard and immediately fell into the theater gang, and I was already an experienced actor, so you go with…

— John Lithgow

Have you ever said, 'I can't do that! I'm just not like that!'? If you've ever used this phrase, you've hit the…

— Tony Robbins

The phrase ‘the Internet never forgets’ is complete bollocks

— Jeremy Keith

I don't suggest that the observations are surprising or profound. Rather, they seem to me the merest truisms. I was not aware…

— Noam Chomsky

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must,…

— Joseph Story

By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of…

— James Joyce

I really wish there had been a way to phrase this as 'A thunder of worms.' Because I like that phrase. That's…

— Ursula Vernon

France was a land, England was a people, but America, having about it still that quality of the idea, was harder to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're…

— John Fogerty

Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but…

— John Wesley

I would do anything for you. Anything." With that, he pushed his way out...and as the door eased shut, she realized that…

— J.R. Ward

Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.

— William Fleming

I hate the phrase “One thing led to another”. What kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't it your job as a…

— Brian Regan

Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion'. Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes,…

— Salman Rushdie

In ancient times there was no public education, except that of the forum, the theater, and the street, and the general degree…

— George Sarton

Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out…

— Eddie Condon