Phrase Quotes

624 Phrase quotes by 519 unique authors

We now know that the way to help a child develop optimally is to help create connections in her brainâ€”her whole brainâ€”that develop skills that… — Daniel J. Siegel
The keys that unlock the heart are made of funny materials: a disarming phrase that comes out of the blue, nowhere, a certain sexy walk… — Jonathan Carroll
Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you. — Anatole France
Stories are the collective wisdom of everyone who has ever lived. Your job as a storyteller is not simply to entertain. Nor is it to… — Unknown Author
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. — George Orwell
I always had plenty of ideas. I didnâ€™t exactly have them. They grewâ€”little by little, a half an idea at a time. First, part of… — Carol Emshwiller
The phrase 'I can't' doesn't mean anything to me anymore, not because of my ego but because I know anything is possible. — Joe De Sena
Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase, "Form is emptiness." That… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within… — Shunryu Suzuki
The catch-all phrase "the war on terrorism", in all honesty, has no more meaning than if one wants to wage a war against "criminal gangsterism".… — Ron Paul
Nobody Beats Us! served as our main trigger... We practiced using trigger words, private verbal keys, which unlocked certain thoughts for us. We had a… — Brad Alan Lewis
Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!… — George Eliot
Hegel understood the Heisenbergian reality of knowing: yes, it would be nice if we could somehow delicately capture the truth and bring it closer to… — Kenny Smith
He's a boating enthusiast, although that phrase seems too weak to describe the level of his interest, kind of like describing someone as a heroin… — Dave Barry
Choice word and measured phrase above the reach Of ordinary men. — William Wordsworth
There is a phrase in Chinese, 'Resolve is victory.' — Yao Ming
The phrase 'teen hottie' literally makes me want to throw up. I'm a pop princess at heart. Pop is about distilling what you want to… — Lorde
I found I'm quite happy working on a sentence for an hour or more, searching for the right phrase, the right word. I compare it… — Harriet Doerr
I do not know is a phrase which becomes us. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I can take a phrase that's rarely heard/Flip it - now it's a daily word — Rakim

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