Colloquial Examples Quotes & Sayings

I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing. — Keith David

If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth. — Patricia Cornwell

In English the expression 'ancient Greece' includes the meaning of 'finished,' whereas for us Greece goes on living, for better or for worse; it is in life, has not expired yet. — Budd Schulberg

In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative. — Gore Vidal

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then. — Thomas Haden Church

But in order to be strong, you have to love yourself, and in order to love yourself, you need thorough self-knowledge, you need to know everything about yourself, including your most hidden secrets, the ones most difficult to accept. — Susanna Tamaro

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth. — Ambrose Bierce

These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual. — Steven Pressfield

Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them. — Shaun Alexander