Pleonasm Quotes & Sayings

Wright correctly diagnoses the failure of the New Quest (and its current heirs, such as the Jesus Seminar, Crossan and Burton L. Mack)" to fit Jesus' overall life and ministry into sufficiently historical contexts and the broader theological narratives of his day. Wright helpfully observes that the uniquely North American work of the Jesus Seminar members is so idiosyncratic that it is often not even taken seriously in other parts of the world (JVG 35 n. 23). — Carey C. Newman

You never win an argument until they attack your person. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Tea! That's all I needed! Good cup of tea! Super-heated infusion of free-radicals and tannin, just the thing for healing the synapses. — Russell T. Davies

I have a choice. — Margaret Peterson Haddix

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought. — Ambrose Bierce

I have yet to get sued. My father thinks I should get liability insurance. — Jessa Crispin

Struggling writer' e un pleonasm, cuz a writer is always struggling. — Teodor Burnar

The phrase "think for one's self" is a pleonasm. Unless one does it for one's self, it isn't thinking. — John Dewey

It's not words, but years we should be editing. Remember: time spent on bad art is a form of redundancy, doing the same thing twice is a form of tautology, and wasting precious moments complaining about life is a form of pleonasm. We should all learn to live our lives concisely. — Anthony Marais

Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God. — Oswald Chambers

It was truer to my father to let the songs he'd sung die with him, little by little, averse at a time. How could these art-mongers constantly ignore the mortality of beauty, a pleonasm if ever I'd heard one? — Dimitri Verhulst

I was always small. I was a leadoff hitter growing up, until I was 13 or 14 years old and had a little growth spurt and started hitting home runs. — Ryan Braun