Phrases Quotes

769 Phrases quotes by 619 unique authors

Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. — Brian Tracy
I need a little language such as lovers use, words of one syllable such as children speak when they come into the room and find… — Virginia Woolf
Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the… — Julia Cameron
A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have… — Steve Vai
Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with… — Ajahn Chah
You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for… — Susan Cain
What lasts in the reader's mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase created: laughter, tears, pain, joy. If the phrase is not… — Isaac Asimov
Have you ever said, 'I can't do that! I'm just not like that!'? If you've ever used this phrase, you've hit the boundary of how… — Tony Robbins
Sometimes a single phrase of testimony can set events in motion that affect someone's life for eternity. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop… — Dogen
The phrase, 'You must die before you die,' is found in most of the world religions. If you don't learn how to die early, you… — Richard Rohr
This solo piano exploration (Beyond The Sky) by Rob Schwimmer is full of passion and love...his execution and ideas flow with a beautiful sense of… — Joe Lovano
You never have to buy an issue of Cosmo again to be the 'Best Lover He's Ever Had.' Just remember this phrase: 'Oh my goodness,… — Lisa Ann Walter
Those who would practice magic must be scrupulously honest in their personal lives. In one sense, magic works on the principle that 'it is so… — Starhawk
Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that… — Helen Mirren
The technology that threatens to kill off books as we know them - the 'physical book,' a new phrase in our language - is also… — Art Spiegelman
Both Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King used these phrases ("playing out of one's mind," or "over one's head") to describe their performances while winning… — Timothy Gallwey
"On my honor" - what an ennobling phrase! Three short words, nine letters, but the summation of all we call character. From the Boy Scout's… — Ezra Taft Benson
I have an idea that the phrase weaker sex was coined by some woman to disarm some man she was preparing to overwhelm. — Ogden Nash
In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: 'This too will pass.' — Benjamin Graham
If the bible were published as fiction, no reviewer would give it a passing grade. There are some vivid scenes and quotable phrases but there's… — Penn Jillette
Indeed Christianity passes. Passes - it has gone! It has littered the beaches of life with churches, cathedrals, shrines and crucifixes, prejudices and intolerances, like… — H.G. Wells
And that phrase - 'sleeping like a baby.' Some blonde said it blithely on the subway the other day. I wanted to lie down next… — Jenny Offill
Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph. — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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