My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well,… — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and… — George Sand Copy Share Image
There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more depressing than to expose, naked to the light of thought, the hideous growth of argot. Indeed it is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I'm an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I fall asleep, it is because I am overloaded. I sleep because one hour with Henry contains five years of my… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Live in the moment, just do it - those are phrases thrown around by people who don't know what they mean. Just… — Gregory Galloway Copy Share Image
The token of a true cosmos is in fact a particular kind of design, referred to in the book of Genesis in… — Rodney Collin Copy Share Image
There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Also, when on a campaign to convince a stranger that you aren't a few fries short of a Happy Meal, throwing around… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor… — Brian McDonald Copy Share Image
Actually, the phrase "national security" is barely used until the 1930s. And there's a reason. By then, the United States was beginning… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Kaylee and Nash are like those rocks that ancient cave people used to make fire. Bang them together, and you get sparks."… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
What a strange phrase — –not seeing other people. As if it’s been constructed to be a lie. We see other people… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind.’ It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind. — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
A conditioned mind may be inventive; it may think up new ideas, new phrases, new gadgets; it may build a dam, plan… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
"Lambe them, lads! lambe them!" a cant phrase of the time derived from the fate of Dr. Lambe, an astrologer and quack,… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Obama wants people, as many people as he can get, covered by the government, exchanges, however you want to phrase it, and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Tick, tock,” whispers Wiress. I guide her in front of me and get her to lie down, stroking her arm to soothe… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word.… — Harriet Doerr Copy Share Image
The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to… — Brion Gysin Copy Share Image
