Parodied Synonym Quotes & Sayings

Janeway enters from her office, which on the USS Voyager was called the captain's ready room, and walks slowly through the bridge, greeting each officer in turn. — Kate Mulgrew

It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of the citizens of big counties-those, that is, that have the status of being "powers" in the world-far from being self-centered or materialistic as they are commonly credited with being, the ordinary citizen and his elected representative all too often turn out to be romantics, ready and eager to sacrifice programs of health, education and welfare for the power and pride of the nation ... — J. William Fulbright

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive. — Confucius

We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers. — Parul Sehgal

Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit. — Walter Lippmann

What can you do how much can you give to bring grace and salvation unto even one soul — Bree Despain

Every banker knows that if he has to prove he is worthy of credit, in fact his credit is gone. — Walter Bagehot

Not all Muslims wish to express themselves in public through a communal religious identity. Identities are multiple, and some may wish to speak instead just as citizens in their professional capacity, through their political party, or their neighborhood body. — Maajid Nawaz

When you're in the shit up to your neck, there's nothing left to do but sing. — Samuel Beckett

Unlimited activity, of whatever kind, must end in bankruptcy. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering. — Jonathan Edwards

Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful? — Laozi

There are as many attitudes to cooking as there are people cooking, of course, but I do think that cooking guys tend - I am a guilty party here - to take, or get, undue credit for domestic virtue, when in truth cooking is the most painless and, in its ways, ostentatious of the domestic chores. — Adam Gopnik