paraphrased

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
5b5fa05	I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.	edison failure inspirational paraphrased	Thomas A. Edison
8784abd	"Do you hate people?" "I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around." --	misanthropy paraphrased	Charles Bukowski
e7651f0	To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.	humor paraphrased parents	Oscar Wilde
9246d9d	You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.	paraphrased people play	Richard Lingard
7eed105	There's none so blind as those who will not listen.	paraphrased stubbornness	Neil Gaiman
a03943e	There is no God and we are his prophets.	paraphrased religion	Cormac McCarthy
cccd81e	"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.	beauty belief book books children-s-books offense paraphrased philip-pullman plot value wisdom young-adult	philip pullman
aaabaa9	Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.	paraphrased	Terry Pratchett
04009a4	Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.	paraphrased weirdness	Dick Francis
b42a012	So many things to see, people to do.	paraphrased	Neil Gaiman
18d2c92	All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.	paraphrased	Kurt Vonnegut
7775599	What doesn't kill us makes us funnier.	paraphrased stories	Marian Keyes
029ee43	Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.	paraphrased	Chinua Achebe
4a5e6c3	Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives.	paraphrased	Amy Sedaris
11fd0b6	You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.	paranormal paraphrased young-teen	Cassandra Clare
05c2752	It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers.	paraphrased simile	Neil Gaiman
efffc53	"And then what?" "I'll burn that bridge when I cross it."	paraphrased	Ilona Andrews
f1a0399	Life is like a box of Hand grenades,You never know what will blow you to kingdom come	paraphrased simile	Mario Puzo
81b03f0	Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.	harry-dresden paraphrased valor	Jim Butcher
885e541	See a pin and pick it up, and, all day long, you'll have a pin.	paraphrased	Terry Pratchett
9afaff6	It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.	paraphrased	Julia Quinn
a72a512	It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.	paraphrased tribute	Charles Stross
10c4fd9	"I gave you all!" screeched Lear, waving a palsied claw at Regan. "And you took your bloody time giving it, too, you senile old fuck," said Regan."	humor king-lear paraphrased shakespeare	Christopher Moore

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

edison failure inspirational paraphrased

Thomas A. Edison

8784abd

"Do you hate people?" "I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around." --

misanthropy paraphrased

Charles Bukowski

e7651f0

To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

humor paraphrased parents

Oscar Wilde

9246d9d

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

paraphrased people play

Richard Lingard

7eed105

There's none so blind as those who will not listen.

paraphrased stubbornness

Neil Gaiman

a03943e

There is no God and we are his prophets.

paraphrased religion

Cormac McCarthy

cccd81e

"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.