Misnomer Examples Quotes & Sayings

I'd rather have an enemy who admits that they hate me, than a friend who secretly puts me down. — Karen Salmansohn

Man knows that there is love, but he does not know what love is. — Emanuel Swedenborg

New York was a city where you could be frozen to death in the midst of a busy street and nobody would notice. — Bob Dylan

There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it — Kathy Acker

And maybe that's all a ghost is, in the end. Regret, grown legs, gone walking. — Nicole Kornher-Stace

I thought I was leading this kiss, but I'm not anymore, because he's claiming me, tracing his tongue across my top lip, then nipping at the bottom lip, then kissing me so deeply and with so much heat that I shudder. — Lauren Blakely

My hand is entirely the implement of a distant sphere. It is not my head that functions but something else, something higher, something somewhere remote. I must have great friends there, dark as well as bright. They are all very kind to me. — Paul Klee

When pain and suffering hit, the heart does one of two things: opens or closes. Those who keep their hearts open after experiencing pain are some of the most loving, kind people you will ever meet. They do their best to alleviate the suffering of others, because they know how it feels. Those who shut their hearts away become cold; their pain turns to ice; bitterness and resentment rule them. They'll often inflict pain on others without remorse - and they are some of the most dangerous people you will ever know. — Sarah Brownlee

I just love movies. — Edward Norton

And, indeed, what is the State anyway but organized banditry? What is taxation but theft on a gigantic, unchecked, scale? What is war but mass murder on a scale impossible by private police forces? What is conscription but mass enslavement? Can anyone envision a private police force getting away with a tiny fraction of what States get away with, and do habitually, year after year, century after century? — Murray N. Rothbard

Looking up at the stars, he had accepted life as a medium for action. Something to wield like a tool. One's own life: an instrument for the shaping of the world. — Laini Taylor

Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across. — Melissa Joan Hart

You might have noticed that Edward was a bit of a sexist. You can't blame him, really, since all his young life he'd been greatly exalted for simply having been born a boy. — Cynthia Hand

Generational bonds are easily formed and rarely broken. — David Jeremiah

And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that. — John W. Snow