Euphemism Quote by Bobbie Gentry Download Open image “Euphemism is a euphemism for lying.” — Bobbie Gentry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Euphemism Lying
“Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.” — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier — Kate Burridge Copy Share Image
Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive — Kate Burridge Copy Share Image
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright. — Elias Lyman Magoon Copy Share Image
A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies. — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
Lying is a false significance of speech, with a will to deceive, which cannot be cured but by shame and reason; it is a… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
“A lie means saying something with a deliberate intent to deceive, and what I did is more like embellish the truth.” — Debbie Mason Copy Share Image
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you! — Moliere Copy Share Image
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Planned Parenthood's entire existence is basically based on keeping people in the dark through euphemism. You don't call it genocide, you call it reproductive… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
There's a grosser irony about Politically Correct English. This is that PCE purports to be the dialect of progressive reform but is in fact… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In practice [monetary management] is merely a high-sounding euphemism for continuous currency debasement. It consists of constant lying in order to support constant swindling.… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
When I heard you could get a disease from playing with your prairie dog, I thought, 'Wow, what a euphemism.' I thought playing with… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action... — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I'm waxed clean - hairless as the day as I was born. But don't say 'Tia has no pubic hair.' That's so clinical. Use… — Tia Carrere Copy Share Image
When I went to medical school, I was taught about two basic kinds of diabetes: juvenile onset and adult onset. From the time I… — David Katz Copy Share Image
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