#phrase

I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made. ↗

— James Hillman

#fathers #few #founding #founding fathers #happiness

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying. ↗

— David Antin

#before #between #children #distinction #frequently

The catch phrase for the day is 'Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.' ↗

— Harvey Ball

#catch #catch phrase #day #for the day #help

My diminished girth, in tailor phraseology, was hardly conceivable even by my own friends, or my respected medical adviser, until I put on my former clothing, over what I now wear, which is a thoroughly convincing proof of the remarkable change. ↗

— William Banting

#change #clothing #conceivable #convincing #diminished

My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care." ↗

— James Caan

#english #english language #favorite #i #language

When I am seriously composing, sometimes a phrase will come into my head, a catch phrase. When I was writing pop songs for a few years, as a career, separate from my folksinging career, I used to write songs for pop singers. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#career #catch #catch phrase #come #composing

There are things that Scotsmen get and other people don't get in the dialogue. Scottish characters can be pinpointed by a phrase, targeted very quickly. ↗

— Bill Forsyth

#dialogue #get #other #people #phrase