Noun Phrase Quotes

#1. The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'

William Safire

#2. Only in this world do we laugh: in hell, it won't be possible; and in heaven, it won't be proper.

Jules Renard

#3. Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

Stephen Hawking

#4. I mean, already in the French Revolution, the harpsichord becomes identified with the aristocracy, with the ancien regime. Plus, hey, you know, I mean, harpsichord is a really easy target, isn't it? I mean, it's - it's just how it is.

Mahan Esfahani

#5. Few novelists can be more scrupulous than Jane Austen as to the phrasing of the thoughts of their characters.

Mary Lascelles

#6. DCI Horner's advice to Jack Spratt: "Remember, m'boy," his old boss had said, eyes twinkling, "that if anyone tries to get the better of you, stand up straight and say to yourself in an imperious air, 'I am the new Mrs. de Winter now!' You'll find it works wonders.

Jasper Fforde

#7. You shall use all your senses to monitor very carefully all that goes on about you, inside and outside.

Sandy Woodward

#8. Good questions outrank easy answers.

Paul A. Samuelson

#9. I felt different at 29 because 29, to me, is 30. There are times when I still feel like an actual toddler in a grown-up - well, semi-grown-up - body.

Anna Kendrick