Phrases Quotes

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I want every fan of Rand to hear [Polaha] say the classic Galt phrase: “I swear by my life and my love of it that… — John Galt
This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by… — George Gissing
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
A writer ... whittles at the words and phrases of today and makes of them forms to set the mind of tomorrow's generation. — John Dos Passos
One of the most extraordinary things about industrial society of the present day is its idiot lack of memory. Tabloids and movies take the place… — John Dos Passos
Musing on the phrase 'waste of time.' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are imperatives. — Tom Peters
All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be… — George Steiner
A phrase begins life as a literary expression; its felicity leads to its lazy repetition; and repetition soon establishes it as a legal formula, undiscriminatingly… — Felix Frankfurter
The phrase "singular incredible life" seems to me that it applies more appropriately to Jane Goodall or David Attenborough, people I regard with awe and… — Merrill Markoe
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination. — Al Gore
You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself… — Ellie Goulding
I have heard my fill of hurtful words. I think it's especially egregious when citizens like me, who point out abuses in their country, are… — Gunter Grass
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person. — Mason Cooley
The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always… — Robert Cormier
The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by… — Sloane Crosley
I think the rule of thumb should be this: if you preface a sentence about a friend with the phrase, 'I love X, but... '… — Sloane Crosley
Unless we're talking about old-school, witchcraft-trial violence, can we please phase out the phrase 'girl crush?' While we're at it, if we can axe 'like,… — Sloane Crosley
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it. — Bette Davis
Ideas improve. The meaning of words participates in the improvement. Plagiarism is necessary. Progress implies it. It embraces an author's phrase, makes use of his… — Guy Debord
The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears… — Joe DiMaggio
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern. — Benjamin Disraeli
Emotionally, I was affected a lot by Rage Against the Machine, not specifically the literal intention of the words or what it was about, but… — Fred Durst
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. — George Eliot
I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my… — Brian Eno

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