Phrase Quotes

624 Phrase quotes by 519 unique authors

It was Herbert Spencer, not Charles Darwin, who coined the phrase Survival of the Fittest. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The difficulty of saying I-a phrase from the East German novelist Christa Wolf. But once having said it, as we realize the necessity to go… — Adrienne Rich
Because isnâ€™t that the point of every relationship: to be known by someone else, to be understood? He gets me. She gets me. Isnâ€™t that… — Gillian Flynn
Friends have asked how I came to engender this American antagonism. My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not… — Charlie Chaplin
All this we see, and, therefore, instead of inanely repeating the old formula, Respect the law, we say, Despise law and all its Attributes! In… — Peter Kropotkin
A man of letters, merely by reading a phrase, can estimate exactly the literary merit of its author. — Marcel Proust
Hillary does nothing without careful calculation. She knows that politicians - provided they have real power - who bash entire industries tend to raise huge… — Donald Luskin
I'm coming back to what you said about seeing and listening and hearing. I had to think of a remark that I heard yesterday, somebody… — Alfred Brendel
I mean, when you think about it, it's 'bombs bursting in air,' 'rocket's red glare,' it's all kinds of - you know a lot of… — Bill Press
... it's Bush's baby, even if he shares its popularization with Gorbachev. Forget the Hitler 'new order' root; F.D.R. used the phrase earlier. — William Safire
I hate the phrase â€œOne thing led to anotherâ€. What kind of lazy writing is that? Isn't it your job as a writer to tell… — Brian Regan
The Haitians, who knew something about suffering and survival, had a beautiful phrase... The Translation is not perfect, but the nut of it was: 'The… — Rick Bragg
Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase. — Nella Larsen
I have a catch-phrase to describe my plot-generation technique -- 'What's the worst possible thing I can do to these people?' — Lois McMaster Bujold
The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it… — M. Russell Ballard
The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is… — Ayn Rand
You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will… — Sergey Brin
It's always funny to me when people use the phrase 'Best guitar player in the world'. There are too many variables such as technique, uniqueness,… — Steve Vai
The American Dream is a phrase we'll have to wrestle with all of our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I… — Rita Dove
You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could do nothing. But… — Steven Brust

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