Phrases Quotes
769 Phrases quotes by 619 unique authors
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Art and religion, carnivals and saturnalia, dancing and listening to oratory - all these have served, in H. G. Wells's phrase, as Doors in the…
— Aldous Huxley
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Naturally Shirley had known, as they slid stock words and phrases back and forth between them like beads on an abacus, that Howard must be…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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The phrase what I want struck me. It contains so much entitlement, so many complications, but encompasses only what a person doesn't have.
— Tiffanie DeBartolo
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It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that…
— Francis Chan
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Every single answer starts with the phrase 'I don't know.' But most of the time she does know, if I give her the time and…
— David Levithan
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You may be right,' she said, a phrase which here meant 'I’m wrong, but I don’t have the courage to say so.
— Daniel Handler
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I still think of myself as a house. Ravan tried to fix this problem of self-image, as he called it. To teach me to phrase…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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The interesting thing about grief, I think, is that it is its own size. It is not the size of you. It is its own…
— Stephen Colbert
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Now that you're an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book.…
— Susan Cain
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World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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The phrase 'sodomized by a bratwurst poltergeist' suddenly flew through my mind.
— David Wong
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Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.
— Caitlin Moran
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See? You’re the crazy one, you redheaded freak. I’ve been attempting to translate the phrase into Latin. If I ever succeed, I shall make it…
— Kirsten Miller
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Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from…
— Terry Pratchett
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Kaylee and Nash are like those rocks that ancient cave people used to make fire. Bang them together, and you get sparks." Sabine said. "Let's…
— Rachel Vincent
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He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, "Do you serve anything aside from…
— Cassandra Clare
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Many Introverts are also "highly sensitive," which sounds poetic, but is actually a technical term in psychology. If you are a sensitive sort, then you're…
— Susan Cain
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I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley Full of Clouds."…
— Terry Pratchett
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It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.
— Veronica Roth
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In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which it brings to…
— James Freeman Clarke
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There are those who regard this history of past strife and exile as better forgotten. But, to use the phrase of Yeats, let us not…
— John F. Kennedy
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Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in…
— Larry Page
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The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
— Carrie P Snow
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Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our…
— J. William Fulbright
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Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl…
— Eddie Condon
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