#paraphrase

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#humor #paraphrased #parody #dating

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#paraphrased #humor

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#life

Familiarity breeds complacency. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life

It's a truth universally acknowledged that an FBI special agent in possession of great skill and talent is likely to engage in trash talk every now and then. ↗

— Julie James

#paraphrased #love

There is no God and we are his prophets. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#paraphrased #religion #religion

Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#paraphrased #influence

Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#paraphrased #charity

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#did #dissolution #economy #i #intention

The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much. ↗

— A. J. Jacobs

#eat #foods #mostly #much #paraphrase