Divorced Quote by George Carlin Download Open image “The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is” — George Carlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Divorced Euphemism Reality Syllables
Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep… — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the contrast between adjacent syllables has lessened and the result is an over-reliance on enjambment. Now enjambment is a… — Christopher Logue Copy Share Image
We're in a world of truncated sentences, soundbites and Twitter... [Language] is being eroded -- it's changing. Our expressiveness and our ease with some… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
a single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Beyond the first few thousand words of English, many words are expansions of more basic words through the addition of morphemes” — Grabe Copy Share Image
“Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun. One word.… — Aly Martinez Copy Share Image
I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. Not true. Today is another day. We have no idea what tomorrow is going to be. It might turn out… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“If you guys want to get a MOM tattoo and save a little money, just get two letters done. Get about a one-inch capital… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! — George Carlin Copy Share Image
It ended suddenly for Brenda, more slowly for me. My runs began getting shorter and less pleasurable. I'd feel bad after only one day,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think limits the… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why… — Banks Copy Share Image
Don't get divorced after your first argument! I have a lot of friends that have one fight and that's it, they get divorced. I… — Kelly Ripa Copy Share Image
The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
My parents are divorced, and that was the last thing I wanted for myself. I waited until I was 36 to propose, and I'm… — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have to write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I have a son, and I was married for twenty years, and I got divorced, and there's a new woman in my life, and… — Gary Kraftsow Copy Share Image
Characterization is not divorced from plot, not a coat of paint you slap on after the structure of events is already built. Rather characterization… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
I always worry that people are going to be very confused; sometimes timelines get confused with how movies get made. So when I say,… — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about being at Sony was not the travel; it was being divorced from the public and private life I had in… — Howard Stringer Copy Share Image
