Phrases Quotes

769 Phrases quotes by 619 unique authors

If the same phrase in the same place created the right effect, I was perfectly prepared to use it every time. I wasn't worried that… — Alexis Korner
I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with,… — Tavis Smiley
He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind.… — Joost Meerloo
I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is more real than… — Samuel Beckett
I have never been able to understand the compelling phrase, 'keeping up with the Joneses.' It does not matter very much whether I keep up… — Eknath Easwaran
In a groundbreaking move, the Associated Press, the largest news-gathering organization in the World, will no longer use the term 'illegal immigrant'. They will now… — Jay Leno
But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or… — Melissa Bean
You know just because the majority thinks something is right, doesn't make it right. So, that is up to us, the people that see the… — Otep Shamaya
A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is… — Paul Rusesabagina
By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education. Psychologist Herbert Gerjuoy of the Human Resources… — Alvin Toffler
It was the single forgiving phrase in the syntax of weaponry I had strapped about me. The rest were unequivocal sentences of death. — Richard K. Morgan
Under Confucianism, the use of precisely measured court music, prescribed steps, actions, and phrases all added up to an extremely complex system of rituals, each… — Benjamin Hoff
There is a value in repetition. When we repeat certain phrases and even actions, like fingering prayer beads, we create a quiet rhythm within our… — Stephen J. Binz
Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a book.… — Rebecca Mead
We now know that the way to help a child develop optimally is to help create connections in her brain—her whole brain—that develop skills that… — Daniel J. Siegel
And a lot of the technique and the little T-Bone phrases that define his style, Chuck Berry, when he rearranged the beat, they became rock… — Duke Robillard
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 didn’t exactly have them. They grew—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
Lao Tsu doesn't seem to hold to much stock for words or phrases or teachings. — Frederick Lenz

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