Idioms Quote by Terry Pratchett

“But I did not return until half past four this morning and I distinctly remember stubbing my toe on the stairs. I am as…

— Terry Pratchett

“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying our future…

— Anthon St. Maarten

Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according…

— Joshua Foer

“Ouma Nella’s quotes p 144 -146 “Man, if you don’t know where you going, any road will bring you there.” “It don’t matter how…

— andre brink

I don't understand why people never say what they mean. It's like the immigrants who come to a country and learn the language but…

— Jodi Picoult

Idioms are a big thing in Ireland. They want to fill the time, to show how good they are at talk - it's a…

— Dylan Moran

“He had a penchant for idioms, sayings, proverbs and the like; some of which he invented or used in a way that was incomprehensible…

— Javier Marías

If idioms are more to be born than to be selected, then the things of life and human nature that a man has grown…

— Charles Ives

I do not believe in pure idioms. I think there is naturally a desire, for whoever speaks or writes, to sign in an idiomatic,…

— Jacques Derrida

“I'm a project. I manage myself. I'm a project manager.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while others are brand new.”

— Gail Brenner

Gopal was sharp as a knife-edge where mathematical matters were concerned, but, poor fellow, he was very dumb and stupid in other matters.

— RK Narayan