#coin

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#disarm #i #idea #man #overwhelm

I coined a word the other day, but I forgot what it was. It was a good one, it came to me in a dream. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#coined #day #dream #forgot #good

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#almost #being #books #case #coincidence

A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

#fortunate #improvising #just #person #second

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. ↗

— George Orwell

#coincides #facts #foresee #future #grossly

If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins. ↗

— Patton Oswalt

#gold #head #hit #into #midget

EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals! ↗

— Rachael Ray

#coined #cooking #cooking show #extra #extra virgin olive oil

Maruman does not loll. ↗

— Isobelle Carmody

#accidental #cat #coincidence #funny #humor

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created. ↗

— Ida Pauline Rolf

#coin #created #enhance #exist #form

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#around #aware #coincidences #dreams #emotions