Rhetorically Active Verb Quotes & Sayings

The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war. — Albert Camus

Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the ultimate answer to every economic problem lies in some other field. — Kenneth E. Boulding

I don't know if the presidential candidates are running for the White House or Animal House. — Bob Hope

I stand there for just a few seconds before people realize that I'm there. Their conversation peters out. I wipe my palms off on the hem of my shirt. Too many eyes, and too much silence.
Evelyn clears her throat. "Everyone, this is Tris Prior. I believe you may have heard a lot about her yesterday."
"And Christina, Uriah, and Lynn," supplies Tobias. I'm grateful for his attempt to divert everyone's attention from me, but it doesn't work.
I stand glued to the door frame for a few seconds, and then one of the factionless men--older, his wrinkled skin patterned with tattoos--speaks up.
"Aren't you supposed to be dead?"
Some of the others laugh, and I try a smile. It emerges crooked and small.
"Supposed to be," I say.
"We don't like to give Jeanine Matthews what she wants, though," Tobias says. — Veronica Roth

I'd forced books on my kids from the day they were born and, as it turned out, it had been completely unnecessary because all of them liked to read. Or maybe they liked to read because I'd read aloud nearly every children's book in print. — Jeff Shelby

What could be more beautiful than the fact that love exists in a random universe? — Kathleen Tessaro

The untruthful soldier trifles with the lives of his countrymen and the honor and safety of his country. — Douglas MacArthur

I don't really love writing. I don't love the feeling of starting a new file. But I love the feeling of overcoming and accomplishing. — John Branch

He's like a drug, Toreth thought, as Warrick broke the kiss and stood up. Except that no drugs were that good. If he could bottle it and sell it, he'd be a billionaire. — Manna Francis

If you go through any newspaper or magazine and look for active, kicking verbs in the sentences, you will realize that this lack of well used verbs is the main trouble with modern English writing. Almost all nonfiction nowadays is written in a sort of pale, colorless sauce of passives and infinitives, motionless and flat as paper. — Rudolf Flesch

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. — Doug Larson

The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients. — Tony Danza

We chase the reward, we get the reward and then we discover that the true reward is always the next reward. Buying pleasure is a false end. — John Fowles