Euphemisms Quotes
21 quotes by 19 authors
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The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo…
— Richard Dawkins
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Users of clichés frequently have more sinister intentions beyond laziness and conventional thinking. Relabelling events often entails subtle changes of meaning. War produces many euphemisms,…
— Patrick Cockburn
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The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway…
— Dale Dauten
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Euphemisms, vague terminology or calls for discussions with Turkey to get at the truth are just some of the dodges Congress and the administration have…
— Adam Schiff
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Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense.
— Byron Dorgan
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Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in the mass…
— Martin Esslin
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Euphemisms are for the differently brained.
— Spider Robinson
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The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize that the seemingly…
— Thomas Szasz
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Devising a vocabulary for gardening is like devising a vocabulary for sex. There are the correct Latin names, but most people invent euphemisms. Those who…
— Diane Ackerman
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The Good Book - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined.
— Ashley Montagu
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Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on…
— Quentin Crisp
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
— Quentin Crisp
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
— Quentin Crisp
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms.…
— Sam Harris
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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 documented…
— Steven Pinker
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Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading…
— William Safire
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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
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She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never…
— Tove Jansson
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Every individual needs revolution, inner division, overthrow of the existing order, and renewal, but not by forcing them upon his neighbors under the hypocritical cloak…
— Carl Jung
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Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on…
— Quentin Cris
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