Rephrase Quotes

#1. Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie."
Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in the form of a question?"
"Sure. Can I have some money?

Kristin Hannah

#2. I liked my kitchen. No, let me rephrase. I loved my kitchen with the loyalty of a bulldog to his favorite bone.

Kim Harrison

#3. The only known technique to an imitator is to steal and rephrase, then with a mischievous smile, he said, "i did it", without any confidence and prove.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#4. I belong to a gym now ... well, let me rephrase that: I don't belong there at all, but I go.

Ted Alexandro

#5. Tomorrow night, I'll sink to an all new low! Lemme rephrase that... Tomorrow night, I'll be at rock bottom! No, that doesn't sound good either... Tomorrow night, I'll be in Giovanni Schiaparelli's favorite hole! Okay, I admit I'm just fucking around now.

Andy Weir

#6. The channel got switched to Fox News and a panel of experts was desperately trying to fill airtime by finding ways to rephrase the nothing that they knew, over and over again.

David Wong

#7. To test whether you have learned an idea or a definition, rephrase what you just learned without using the new word.

Richard P. Feynman

#8. I don't hate other women. Let me rephrase that: I hate other women and men - people in general can be annoying - but I've never disliked a woman for being beautiful.

Iliza Shlesinger

#9. If you're mad that I kissed you, I won't apologize for that."
"No, I'm mad you stopped." Her face flushed. "I meant," she tried to rephrase, "I'm mad you left the way you did.

J.L. Sheppard

#10. We could sit around and talk if you'd like."
"Okay." She crossed her arms and tried to look casual. "So what's up?"
"Considering what you're wearing beneath that sheet, and what we just heard in the hallway, you might want to rephrase that particular statement.

Jill Shalvis

#11. If love is the answer, could you rephrase the question?

Lily Tomlin

#12. Communicating is the biggest thing I struggle with. People either totally misunderstand what I am saying or just don't get it. It's tiring trying to explain what you want to say over and over. Even when I rephrase it, I still find it's not how it is in my head.

Tina J. Richardson

#13. If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Lily Tomlin

#14. Beware of identity politics. I'll rephrase that: have nothing to do with identity politics.

Christopher Hitchens

#15. Let me rephrase." He took a seething step toward me. "When it comes to you ... I don't like to share.

Samantha Young

#16. Okay," she drew out. "Let me rephrase that. Did you sleep with Sage yet?"
I blushed furiously.
She smacked my leg and exclaimed, "I knew it! I could smell it on you."
"You can smell it on me?"
She grinned. "When I was hugging you, yeah. Your chest smelled like cologne and man tongue.

Karina Halle

#17. Here it comes - Little Ms. Sassy Panties. Let me rephrase, Little Mrs. Sassy Panties.

Ella Dominguez

#18. I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I ... don't.

Bo Burnham

#19. There is a saying, 'it's never too late to have a happy childhood'. I'd rephrase that. I'd say, it's never too late to stop a difficult childhood from turning us into unhappy adults.

Sally Brampton

#20. This can be your year. No, let me rephrase that: this will be your year. The year you reveal your brilliance. The year you get into world-class health. The year you fall madly in love with life. And make each one of your moments works of art. Keep shining.

Robin S. Sharma

#21. Now the writing in the head, I definitely do every day, thinking about how I want to phrase something or how I'd like to rephrase something I've already written.

Stanley Crouch

#22. Good," said Moobin. "Any questions?"
"Yes," said Tiger. "Why do inflammable and flammable mean the same thing?"
"Sorry, I should rephrase that: Any questions relating to the job at hand?"
There weren't.
"Well," said Moobin with finality, "there it is, then. Rest well.

Jasper Fforde

#23. The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.

Renee Ahdieh

#24. I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.

Karl Ove Knausgaard

#25. The only times you'll see me in terms of the movie business is when I have to go to the premieres of my own movies. I don't go to see ones that aren't mine because I don't even like going to mine.

Billy Bob Thornton

#26. Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

Leland Stanford

#27. In our society, we no longer pride ourselves on being educated, knowledgable, well-read. We prefer, instead, the illusion of erudition.

Michael Perkins

#28. Perish the infamous doctrine that man can have property in man. Let us resent with indignation every effort to put a chain upon our minds.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#29. Worst of all, however, is the devastation wrought by the misuse of religious conviction for political ends. In truth, we cannot sharply enough attack those wretched crooks who would like to make religion an implement to perform political or rather business services for them.

Adolf Hitler