Periphrastic Do Quotes & Sayings

Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn't teach me everything he knows. — Al Unser

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. — Louis Nizer

Give me a little peace.
A little? Why so modest? How about eternal peace? Now, there's a thought. — James Goldman

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range. — Edgard Varese

Billions of women must be out there on this seven-billion-person planet being told that they are not reliable witnesses to their own lives, that the truth is not their property, now or ever. — Rebecca Solnit

Sage shakes her head. "Surely there were some Germans who were better than others, some who didn't want to go along with what Hitler said. If you can't see them as individuals - if you can't forgive the ones who ask for it - doesn't that make you just as bad as any Nazi?""No," I admit. "It makes me human. — Jodi Picoult

I'd love to see Christ come back to crush the spirit of hate and make men put down their guns. I'd also like just one more hit single. — Tiny Tim

That was my way of putting it-not very satisfactory: A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion, Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle With words and meanings. — T. S. Eliot

There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong - deadly wrong - to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this country. There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. — Lyndon B. Johnson

Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of. — George H. W. Bush

The determination in your heroic effort
Will permeate your mind and heart
Even after your success or failure
Is long forgotten. — Sri Chinmoy

A wild animal, when cornered, may suddenly and desperately defend itself. This is why I try not to spend any more time outdoors than is absolutely necessary. — Lemony Snicket

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule. — Ye Xiaowen

ye who deals with death, should be smiling, — Anonymous

In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being by any special name. He is symbolized by what may be termed the heiroglyphic of a pyramid, /. In prayer they address Him by a name which they deem too sacred to confide to a stranger, and I know it not. In conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good. The letter V, symbolical of the inverted pyramid, where it is an initial, nearly always denotes excellence of power; as Vril, of which I have said so much; Veed, an immortal spirit; Veed-ya, immortality; — Edward Bulwer-Lytton

If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless. — Jay Sidhu