Phrases Quotes

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I am told that there is a proverbial phrase among the Inuit: 'a long time ago, in the future.' Let the children see our history,… — Romeo LeBlanc
My argument is limited to saying that a major new medium changes the structure of discourse; it does so by encouraging certain uses of the… — Neil Postman
Neither Kierkegaard nor Nietzsche had the slightest interest in starting a movement – or a new system, a thought which would indeed have offended them.… — Rollo May
Sometimes when an idea flashes, you distrust it because it seems too easy. You qualify it with all kinds of evasive phrases because you’re timid… — Saul Bass
Nudity is a state of fact; lewdity, to coin a phrase, is a state of mind — Paul Outerbridge
Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written… — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
The bulletproof vest--'bullet resistant,' technically--is made of two double panels of a synthetic material called Kevlar, inside a cloth carrier that holds it around your… — Edward Conlon
I'm an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You're either a writer or you're not. — Jack Black
The most important thing is that you make sure you follow the music, which is a musician's way of saying follow your heart. The two… — Robben Ford
Every year at this time, an important phrase marks the season: peace on earth and goodwill towards men. It's so common we sometimes forget about… — Dennis Kucinich
Live in the moment, just do it - those are phrases thrown around by people who don't know what they mean. Just do it -… — Gregory Galloway
I'd like to name my kid a whole phrase. You know, something like Ladies and Gentlemen. That'll be a cool name for a kid. This… — Louis C. K.
I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as… — Evan Dando
I know all the new phrases: 'cowabunga,' 'radical,' cat's pajamas,' 'duh,' and 'hey, homie don't play that. — Si Robertson
I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day's stint, and not… — Albert Payson Terhune
Complexity can be a trap. You can have a ball developing a phrase, inverting it, playing it in different keys and times and all. But… — Paul Desmond
The universe is so immense that it appears immutable, and that the duration of a planet such as that of the earth is only a… — Camille Flammarion
Never use the phrase: 'buy my book' - ever. — Heather Hart
There is hardly any mental misery worse than that of having our own serious phrases, our own rooted beliefs, caricatured by a charlatan or a… — George Eliot
So about 80 years after the Constitution is ratified, the slaves are freed. Not so you'd really notice it of course; just kinda on paper.… — George Carlin
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that… — Vilfredo Pareto
In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.' — Karen Joy Fowler
One should not interpret the word “Revolution” in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of… — Bhagat Singh
Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit designed and dug… — Maxwell Maltz
If you notice phrases, ideas, and anecdotes that closely resemble those that appear elsewhere in my writing, it's not a matter of sloppy editing. I'm… — Robert Fulghum

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