Phrases Quotes

769 Phrases quotes by 619 unique authors

She had told him that she loved him. He had known that, but hearing it in the traditional phrase had affected him in new and… — Jacquelyn Frank
The poets are supposed to liberate the words – not chain them in phrases. Who told the poets they were supposed to think? Poets are… — Brion Gysin
Every human occupation has it repertoire of stock phrases, within which every man twists and turn until his death. His vocabulary, which seems so lavish,… — Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Who ya gonna call?" "Ghostbusters!" "That phrase is ruined forever. — James Patterson
The word "metaphor" means carrying something from one place to another . . . and it is when you describe something by using a word… — Mark Haddon
Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but too wise to… — David Levithan
Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours… — Banksy
The fate of peoples is made like this, two men in small rooms. Forget the coronations, the conclaves of cardinals, the pomp and processions. This… — Hilary Mantel
Dizzy with excitement is no mere phrase. — Truman Capote
I believe that the imagination is the passport we create to take us into the real world. I believe the imagination is another phrase for… — John Guare
The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many… — Mitch Albom
I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers - where you repeat what you've already said with phrases like 'In summation', and 'To conclude'. — John Green
Iggy: "Now what? Who you gonna call?" A quiet voice in the hallway outside: "Ghostbusters!" (Captain Perry and John groan) John: "That phrase is ruined… — James Patterson
Perhaps, as we say in America, I wanted to find myself. This is an interesting phrase, not current as far as I know in the… — James A. Baldwin
This is how great intellectual breakthroughs usually happen in practice. It is rarely the isolated genius having a eureka moment alone in the lab. Nor… — Steven Johnson
Some words have multiple meanings. Scholastic, aware that I'm allergic to preservatives, kindly got someone to translate the phrase "I can only eat food without… — Maggie Stiefvater
I still care for you, you know.. That phrase again. Everyone cares for me. They just don't know how to love me. — Ellen Hopkins
There was a warmth of fury in his last phrases. He meant she loved him more than he her. Perhaps he could not love her.… — D. H. Lawrence
I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most… — David Gemmell
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that… — Ira Gershwin
The phrase 'I just turn on my monkey and it makes me feel good' sounds very dirty, but I can't explain why. It's great to… — Stephan Pastis
Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, apparently… — Boris Pasternak
To be the father of growing daughters is to understand something of what Yeats evokes with his imperishable phrase 'terrible beauty.' Nothing can make one… — Christopher Hitchens
A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing… — Daniel Handler
The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is… — Milan Kundera

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