Colloquialism Examples Quotes & Sayings

When you grow up, your heart dies. — Ally Sheedy

Four times I was honked at for having the temerity to proceed through town without the benefit of metal. — Bill Bryson

I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life. — Tina Turner

Considering a work program at this time is quite simply out of touch with the reality we confront. — John Negroponte

Jack. He'd never give us a phone, or a window. "Ma takes my thumbs and squeezes them. "We are people in a book, and he wont let anybody else read it. — Emma Donoghue

Of course we all know people who aren't cut out for college, but I know it's a mistake to think of education only as a route to a better career. Reading books, studying history - all these things contribute to making us better citizens, too. — Rebecca Mead

A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering. — Erik Naggum

Lionpaw glared over his shoulder at the three cats, wishing he could ignore the stupid truce and rip a piece of fur from each of them. — Erin Hunter

Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it. — Vince Lombardi

A hungry stomach cannot hear. — Jean De La Fontaine

But storytelling always changes time. At least it does in my world. — Stephen King

Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard. — Bob Seger

If a guy works, and he has children, it's good, and he doesn't feel the same guilt about not being there for the children as a woman would. With a woman, there's that pull: 'Oh, I should be home,' when she's at work, and 'Oh, I should be at work,' when she's at home. — Melanie Mayron

In a world where we seem to be beset by a trend towards 'manualising treatment modalities' the person-centred approach stands and says NO, that is not the way forward. — Richard Bryant-Jefferies

You know, [women] do not really condemn any weakness: rather, they try to humiliate or disarm our strengths. That is why women arethe reward, not of the warrior, but of the criminal. — Albert Camus