Phrase Quotes

624 Phrase quotes by 519 unique authors

If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I’d probably be able to bridge… — Ray Kroc
Better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all. Whoever came up with that phrase I wanted his greasy head on… — Sean Paul
The other night I searched (the Web) for 'self-transforming elf machines.' There were 36 hits! It surprised me. I sort of use the search engine… — Terence McKenna
I always have a pad of paper and a pencil within reach, to catch on the wing this turn of phrase which strikes me as… — Roger Martin
Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer. — Jeannette Walls
Potential does not always ensure success. The greatest players have not always been the most endowed. In athletics, we often hear the phrase, "He has… — LaVell Edwards
Sometimes I see players that think, and you can tell they're thinking of the next phrase to play or the next thing to do, the… — Sonny Sharrock
Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion'. Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect. — Salman Rushdie
Here is one optimists reason for believing unity will prevail ... within the next hundred years ... nationhood as we know it will be obsolete;… — Strobe Talbott
I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history,… — Romeo LeBlanc
My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the… — Neil Postman
Neither Kierkegaard nor Nietzsche had the slightest interest in starting a movement – or a new system, a thought which would indeed have offended them.… — Rollo May
Nudity is a state of fact; lewdity, to coin a phrase, is a state of mind — Paul Outerbridge
Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written… — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
I'm an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not. — Jack Black
The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your heart. The two… — Robben Ford
Every year at this time, an important phrase marks the season: peace on earth and goodwill towards men. It's so common we sometimes forget about… — Dennis Kucinich
I'd like to name my kid a whole phrase. You know, something like Ladies and Gentlemen. That'll be a cool name for a kid. This… — Louis C. K.
I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day's stint, and not… — Albert Payson Terhune
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But… — Paul Desmond
The universe is so immense that it appears immutable, and that the duration of a planet such as that of the earth is only a… — Camille Flammarion
Never use the phrase: 'buy my book' - ever. — Heather Hart
So about 80 years after the Constitution is ratified, the slaves are freed. Not so you'd really notice it of course; just kinda on paper.… — George Carlin
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that… — Vilfredo Pareto
In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.' — Karen Joy Fowler

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