184 Quotes About Phrases

Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.

For myself, I favored the abstract. I collected not just obsolete terms and words, but ideas.

Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake.

Every word, every phrase, wants to be in a sentence, when it is written for you.

In 5 minutes, 1 minute and many other phrases most of them are a lie..., but why do we say them?

There are few phrases that annoy me more than 'I won’t bite'. The only line that pisses me off faster is when some drunk, ham-faced dude in a bar sees me trying to get past him and barks: 'Smile, it can’t be that bad!' Yeah, actually, it can, jackwad.

In the era of surveillance of the masses, I like to use phrases like terrorists, assassinate, bomb, explosions, attack, weapons of mass destruction, and so on in my on-line activities to screw up the automated government surveillance software.

—¿Puedes oírme? Quiero que sepas algo. —dijo, su voz ronca y gruesa, sonando bastante lejos, pero llena de urgencia—. Te amo, Layla. ¿Me escuchas? Te he amado desde el primer momento que escuché tu voz y seguiré amándote. No importa lo que pase. Te amo.

A truce to idle phrases!