Foregrounding In Stylistics Quotes & Sayings

Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire. — P. J. O'Rourke

Why can you see the stars at night, but not the light ... — A. Witness

He hasn't even eaten at Olive Garden, so I doubt he's a connoisseur of hotels." - Kat
"No Olive Garden? Man, we've got to get that boy some endless breadsticks and salad. Travesty." - Daemon — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess Of Blessington

Reality is far more vicious than Russian roulette. First, it delivers the fatal bullet rather infrequently, like a revolver that would have hundreds, even thousands of chambers instead of six. After a few dozen tries, one forgets about the existence of a bullet, under a numbing false sense of security. Second, unlike a well-defined precise game like Russian roulette, where the risks are visible to anyone capable of multiplying and dividing by six, one does not observe the barrel of reality. One is capable of unwittingly playing Russian roulette - and calling it by some alternative "low risk" game. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I never see these things coming. They happen too fast. One second you're proposing an escape plan and the next ... — Suzanne Collins

I try to write 1,000 words. Some people say it's not about the quantity but about the quality. I disagree. You need to write a lot in order to figure out what's good and what's crap. — Nathaniel Rich

With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died. — Mercedes McCambridge

Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth. — Lily Tomlin

He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet. — Anna Katharine Green

You know, people ask, "How does the chemistry happen?" It's like being in a bar when you're drunk. You see the person, and you don't know why, it just works. And it's like everything goes in slow-motion. — Sandra Bullock

Often when she liked a picture she found that she was liking some part of herself, some part of her that was in accord with the picture — Jeanette Winterson