Term Quotes · Page 9

I've grown quite tired of the term 'superfood.'

— John Whaite

Holy War is a contradiction of terms...

— Elie Wiesel

I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron.

— Barbara Park

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

— Esther Perel

...i think of friendship in terms of love...

— David Levithan

Love: A term which has no meaning if defined.

— John Ralston Saul

We need term limits desperately in this country.

— Tyrus

A good man enlarges the term of his own existence.

— Martial

I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,

— Daniel Radcliffe

For a Russian to be chivalrous with an American is a spiritual impossibility, a conradiction in terms.

— Kurt Vonnegut

If you see long term benefit in doing something, but short term pain then you should do it.

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.

— Andrew Garfield

It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.

— George W. Bush

I see things in terms of paint, all else is irrelevant.

— Fred Williams

There's going to be some joyful lifting for us if you will in terms of some of the tasks we have to…

— Mike Tomlin

Einstein ... always spoke to me of Rutherford in the highest terms, calling him a second Newton.

— Chaim Weizmann

I've just always been a fan of really fringy, outsider things, and I've always been a balloon in the wind, in terms…

— Chris Bauer

The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you…

— Hill Harper

The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see…

— E. M. Forster

["Aquarius"] it had a bit of a rocky arrival in cinemas because we were given the 18+ rating, which did not make…

— Sonia Braga

Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I…

— Anonymous

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms…

— Jeb Bush

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever.

— Cynthia Ozick

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment,…

— Jen Lancaster

The privilege of privilege is that the terms of privilege are rendered invisible. It is a luxury not to have to think…

— Michael Kimmel

Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorising…

— Tom Hiddleston

I did come up with the term "sack" to describe the devastation I was bringing on the poor, cringing quarterbacks in the…

— Deacon Jones

One thing you might suggest to a young band is don't get involved in any kind of long-term contract because everything changes…

— Eddie Vedder

In terms of content, a lot of rap is crap, with all the sexism and homophobic bullshit. It's incredible how rappers are…

— Nellie McKay

Generally, Putin thinks of himself as Christian. I don't think he is, but he pretends to think that he is. In terms…

— Ilya Ponomarev

There is but one freedom, To put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe…

— Albert Camus

Through inculcating the notion that sacrifice is a virtue, Christianity has succeeded in convincing many people that misery incurred through sacrifice is…

— George H. Smith

There is only one thing I want to say about Ohio that has a political tinge, and that is that I think…

— William Howard Taft

The culture in which you parent, mentor, or educate boys exhorts them to be individualistic and group-oriented at once, but does not…

— Michael Gurian

I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than…

— George Pattison

These people also tended to pretend to care deeply about the blind and otherwise disabled. I am sympathetic to the needs of…

— Jamie Zawinski

It has been obvious all along, to anyone paying attention, that the politicians shouting loudest about deficits are actually using deficit hysteria…

— Paul Krugman

Cinema and theater - it's apples and oranges. You can't really beat movies. Yeah, when you're on an Oliver Stone set everybody…

— John Buffalo Mailer

I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more…

— James Madison