Phrase Quotes

624 Phrase quotes by 519 unique authors

Rock star do not jump!" The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the English language as… — Peter Lerangis
This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no answer. He threw… — Virginia Woolf
Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world, about which I… — Mark Epstein
I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to… — Ilona Andrews
Nothing could go wrong because nothing had...I meant "nothing would." No - Then I quit trying to phrase it, realizing that if time travel ever… — Robert A. Heinlein
An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add, as though poems were stored in the bloodstream. — A. S. Byatt
Funny the only two times we use the phrase "seeing someone" are when we are referring to being in a a relationship or getting psychological… — Deb Caletti
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that… — George Sand
Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters… — Jennifer Egan
I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts. — Marilynne Robinson
Perriwickturned to Penelope as he set the tray down on a table. "If I might be so bold, my lady-" "Perriwick!" Blake roared. "If I… — Julia Quinn
Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat… — Jeff Lindsay
I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me… — Nicholas Sparks
Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it… — Vince Flynn
..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it. — Henry James
I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals,… — Laini Taylor
And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so… — Andrew Clements
The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time. — Kate DiCamillo
My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said “our world.” He always said “your world.” But he called… — Karen Marie Moning
Betty died of a broken heart. Some people laugh when they hear that phrase, but that's because they don't know anything about the world. People… — Paul Auster
Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if you've spoken or… — Muriel Barbery
There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet… — Michelle Sagara
...people like to say things like 'all work is prostitution'. Most work is exploitation, but most work is not prostitution. Prostitution is prostitution, a very… — Michelle Tea
I'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I… — Philip Larkin
Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing… — John Green

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