Phrase Quotes

624 Phrase quotes by 519 unique authors

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and… — John Bright
Sometimes I'll hear a phrase or a word and write it down in my little black notebook (a writer's best mate), then come back to… — Paul Kane
When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew. — Tracey Emin
I don't know what 'operational control' of the border means, but I do understand the English language. And as I understand that phrase, that's not… — John Cornyn
For years, I sort of would try to write a story that somehow fit the title. And I don't think it happened for maybe another… — Jhumpa Lahiri
He told me he was working as an interpreter in a doctor's office in Brookline, Massachusetts, where I was living at the time, and he… — Jhumpa Lahiri
I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. — Ogden Nash
When people say 'love to hate', they actually mean 'love to be appalled by' - if they truly hated them, they'd never repeat a catch… — Chris Morris
Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers. — Jef I Richards
When you're writing about people that are not very well off, you seem to see the kitchen sink. So it was a bit of a… — Timothy West
Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what? — David Sanborn
Cause it's Barbie b****, you can join the wave. I done penny, nickel, dime, I done coined the phrase. — Nicki Minaj
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny' — Isaac Asimov
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear — Douglas Adams
Cause it's Barbie bitch, you can join the wave. I done penny, nickel, dime, I done coined the phrase. — Nicki Minaj
The phrase, working mother, is redundant. — Unknown Author
The English idiom don't judge a book by its cover is a metaphorical phrase which means you shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something,… — Unknown Author
Early on in this book, I quoted Socrates's famous dictum that, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' Let me now turn the phrase inside… — Jo Coudert
Stay far from timid, only make moves if ya hearts in it, and live the phrase the skys the limit. — Wiz Khalifa
Stay far from timid, only make moves if your hearts in it, and live the phrase the skys the limit — Wiz Khalifa
Did Cornelius Vanderbilt coin the phrase, to wit: — Cornelius Vanderbilt
The longest word in the english language is the one that follows the phrase, 'And now a word from our sponsor'. — Unknown Author
The phrase bite my head off was not entirely a figure of speech when it came to Leah. - Bella Swan — The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
It's funny how all these people; let me re-phrase... it's funny how all these hoes be hatin' on — Ashley Audacity
Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart's in it, and live the phrase — Notorious Big

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