Phrases Quotes

769 Phrases quotes by 619 unique authors

This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should be… — Moderata Fonte
One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning. — Mark Twain
You know that old phrase ‘Those who don’t remember the past are condemned to repeat it’? Well, I think those who remember the past are… — Chuck Palahniuk
Rock star do not jump!" The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the English language as… — Peter Lerangis
This self now as I leant over the gate looking down over fields rolling in waves of colour beneath me made no answer. He threw… — Virginia Woolf
Meditation did not relieve me of my anxiety so much as flesh it out. It took my anxious response to the world, about which I… — Mark Epstein
I've read your summary." "And?" "It's not incompetent." Be still, my heart, so I don't faint from such faint phrase. "Did you expect it to… — Ilona Andrews
Nothing could go wrong because nothing had...I meant "nothing would." No - Then I quit trying to phrase it, realizing that if time travel ever… — Robert A. Heinlein
An odd phrase, "by heart," he would add, as though poems were stored in the bloodstream. — A. S. Byatt
Funny the only two times we use the phrase "seeing someone" are when we are referring to being in a a relationship or getting psychological… — Deb Caletti
Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that… — George Sand
Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters… — Jennifer Egan
I have always liked the phrase "nursing a grudge " because many people are tender of their resentments as of the thing nearest their hearts. — Marilynne Robinson
Perriwickturned to Penelope as he set the tray down on a table. "If I might be so bold, my lady-" "Perriwick!" Blake roared. "If I… — Julia Quinn
There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I… — Charlotte Bronte
Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat… — Jeff Lindsay
I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me… — Nicholas Sparks
I have made up thousands of stories; I have filled innumerable notebooks with phrases to be used when I have found the true story, the… — Virginia Woolf
I am tied down with single words. But you wander off; you slip away; you rise up higher, with words and words in phrases. — Virginia Woolf
I went from one to the other holding my sorrow - no, not my sorrow but the incomprehensible nature of this our life - for… — Virginia Woolf
Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it… — Vince Flynn
..her smile, which was her pretty feature, was never so pretty as when her sprightly phrase had a scratch lurking in it. — Henry James
It bothered me that he was right. Without Sir Stuart's intervention, I'd have been dead again already. That's right--you heard me: dead again already. I… — Jim Butcher
The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays… — Soren Kierkegaard
I don't know many rules to live by,' he'd said. 'But here's one. It's simple. Don't put anything unnecessary into yourself. No poisons or chemicals,… — Laini Taylor

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