Famous Quotations

Personification is a literary device authors use to evoke poetry or sympathy towards objects. Anthropomorphism is a scientific term that implies error on a viewers part when they place human characteristics, motivations or behaviors on nonhuman entities.

1. I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough so I had to quit. That's just how the cookie crumbles!
2. I'm reading a book on anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!
3. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!

"Lend me your ears" figuratively means asking for someone's attention or their willingness to listen to what you have to say. It is a way of requesting that someone focus on and consider the information or message being presented.

Some have always attributed the saying that was inscribed over the courts of Athens, "Know Thyself" to Socrates. However, Giambattista Vico in his famous "New Science," attributed the phrase to Solon, Athenian lawmaker, poet, et cetera. I would venture to agree with the later, as through history so many things that are attributed to Socrates ought to have been attributed to their rightful origin. I believe this is an example of such a case.

When you justify your behavior, you are telling yourself and others that they are wrong and your behavior and motives are right. Until you humble yourself and acknowledge the wrong of what you have done, you won't change.

Charles Mackin 1697?-1797: "Every tub must stand upon its bottom." The Man of the World, act i. sc. 2.

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865 Following the near-disasterous Trent Affair, defeat of the Union Army at First Manassas, and McClelland's notorious 'slows': "It is exceedingly discouraging. General, what shall I do? The people are impatient; Chase has no money and he tells me he can raise no more; the General of the Army has typhoid fever. The bottom is out of the tub. What shall I do?" spoken to Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs, January 10, 1862.

This is a complex topic that involves moral, legal, and ethical considerations. While it is important to hold individuals accountable for their actions, it is also essential to consider rehabilitation and prevention of future crimes. Society benefits from a balance between punishment and efforts to address the underlying causes of criminal behavior.

I agree with this wiki answer: "A sally port is a small, easily secured door in a castle wall or other fortification. During a seige, defending raiding parties would "sally forth" or "sortie" from these ports and attack the besiegers. These raids would attempt to slow the offensive siege process."

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_port

It refers to the difficulty in convincing people of something using only words compared to the use of action. Getting someone to believe "this [thing] can do [whatever]" is a lot easier when the thing actually does do whatever it is claimed to do.

My father used to use the expression after a good meal: "If my sufficiency was suffonsified any more it would be obnoxious to my capacity." I have no idea where he got this from, but it has been a household saying in our family since the early 1960's. Carol

"Saying 'spread your wings as a new nation' generally means to embrace freedom, independence, and growth as a new country. It may symbolize breaking away from the past and exploring new possibilities."

This quote is attributed to Aristotle in his work "Nicomachean Ethics". It means that one small event doesn't necessarily indicate a trend, but an accumulation of similar events can lead to a significant outcome.

I believe that the phrase/quote you're looking for is: "Better a thousand guilty go free than one innocent be executed."

Sure, here is an example of a small excerpt that can be used as a declamation piece about unpardonable crime:

"There are sins that are unforgivable, crimes that stain the soul with a darkness that can never be washed away. How can we seek redemption for deeds that defy the very core of humanity? Unpardonable is the weight of guilt that comes with such transgressions, a burden that can never be cast aside. We must carry the consequences of our actions, for some crimes can never be forgiven."

The phrase "a mean hand" typically refers to someone who is skilled or proficient at a particular activity, especially one that involves using their hands. It suggests that the person is adept or competent in performing tasks with precision or expertise.

In the Middle Ages villagers were granted the right to gather firewood from their landlord's woods on the understanding that they only cut timber from trees which could be reached by a shepherd's crook and cut down with a bill-hook. That original meaning has been replaced by a sense of absolute necessity that one way or another a task will be accomplished or an objective reached. It is interesting to note that whereas the original meaning implied that this was a lawful activity, "by hook or by crook" today implies that almost any means, right or wrong, will be employed to do what is necessary. This is from the book " Lock, Stock & Barrel familiar Sayings and Their Meanings.

There is no antonym for a non-descriptive noun.

One very limited synonym for anthropology could be "folklore".

It's from a poem by William Wordsworth:

MY heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began,

So is it now I am a man,

So be it when I shall grow old

Or let me die!

The child is father of the man:

And I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety

The phrase means that what we are when young gives shape and, in a sense, gives birth to what we are when grown.

"Cradle snatcher" is a colloquial term for someone who is in a romantic relationship with a much younger partner. It is often used in a negative or judgmental way to imply that the older partner is taking advantage of the younger one.

From any people who lived in tents! "Time to fold the tents" means time to pack up and head out. When your home is a piece of cloth or animal hide draped over some poles, it's easy to move the whole thing from place to place. If things at one area got uncomfortable, or if a fight was about to start, it was time to fold the tents!

A Bobo is deserving victim of a practical joke.

The Bobo phenomena started when I dialed a wrong number in New York City in 2001 and reached a rude person with a strong accent on his cell who told me I cost him $.75 and called me an 'Bobo' before hanging up.

AS a result, a growing community of people began calling this person and asking for 'Bobo'.

The calls usually went like this:

- "Is Bobo there?"

- "NO, THERE IS NO BOBO HERE. STOP CALLING FOR BOBO!"

- "So, you are not Bobo? Where is Bobo?""

_"NO! I TOLD YOU THERE IS NO BOBO SO STOP CALLING THIS NUMBER AND TALKING ABOUT BOBO! THERE IS NO BOBO HERE!!"

- "Bobo?"

CLICK!

The phrase "thrown for a loop" originates from the idea of being disoriented or confused, as if metaphorically thrown off course or off balance like a roller coaster "loop." It conveys a sense of surprise or shock at a sudden unexpected turn of events.

The saying "A man without words is a man without thoughts" is attributed to John Steinbeck's novel "East of Eden." It suggests that one's ability to articulate thoughts and ideas is a reflection of their depth of understanding and intelligence.

Kotahi te kohao o te ngira

e kuhuna ai

te miro ma

te miro wherote miro pango ko tera te whakatauaki o Kingi Tawhiao.

"Enano" in Spanish means "dwarf" or "small" when referring to a person's size. It can also be used informally to describe someone as short or as a term of endearment.