#phrases

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

#corner #current #found #his #merely

No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like I do in English. ↗

— Junior Seau

#forget #i #i do #know #like

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#always #any #fancy #life #phrases

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything. ↗

— Evan Dando

#decent #down #everything #experiences #find

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#conforms #consistent #groove #pattern #person

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr. ↗

— Einstein MLK

#phrases #profound #quotes-to-live-by #read #words-of-wisdom

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#bad #books #course #craving #duty

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite. ↗

— Peter Straub

#been #clumsy #copy #could #dozens

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#how #line #look #obliged #particular

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