“I mangle phrases constantly. The other day I was chatting with my boyfriend and I said to him, 'He really sold him under the bus.' And he said, 'I think you meant 'threw him under the bus,' or 'sold him up the river.” ThinkingSaidRiversPhrasesBusMy BoyfriendChatting Author:Cristin Milioti
“One of the silliest lines ever said in a feature film came from Love Story, the 1970s hit, which immortalized the phrase, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." There are few people who would actually want to share a life with someone who held that concept near and dear.” PeopleWantMeanSaidStoriesFilmLinesShareConceptsSorryDearLove StoryFeaturesPhrasesCompanionshipLove Means Author:Marge M. Kennedy
“The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The most beautiful description of a woman is by understatement. Remember, all Tolstoy ever said to describe Anna Karenina was that she was beautiful and could see in the dark like a cat. Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree.” MenMindSaidIdeasDifferentHandsBeautifulRememberWomenDarkTreeShapesShadowIdealsCatEvery ManPhrasesBranchesDescriptionGesturesWristsAnnaDifferent IdeasUnderstatementIdeal Woman Author:William Faulkner
“So every artist and would-be artist makes this same phrase: 'I knew, I never got it said.” SaidWould BeArtistPhrases Author:Philip Wylie
“I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.” ThinkingSaidSawsFamiliarPhrasesSpecialists Author:Bob Monkhouse
“[Coining phrase "null hypothesis"] In relation to any experiment we may speak of this hypothesis as the "null hypothesis," and it should be noted that the null hypothesis is never proved or established, but is possibly disproved, in the course of experimentation. Every experiment may be said to exist only in order to give the facts a chance of disproving the null hypothesis.” GivingShouldMaySaidFactsOrderCoursesSpeakChanceRelationExperimentsPhrasesHypothesisExperimentationNull Author:Ronald Fisher
“How often have I rattled on with God and said nothing at all? Relying on clichés, throwaway phrases, and high language I'd never use in everyday conversation, I took prayer for granted and lost sight of the wondrous opportunity to draw close to God.” SaidUseOpportunityLostLanguagePrayerConversationDrawsSightEverydayGrantedPhrasesWondrous Author:Margaret Feinberg