"In a really equal democracy," runs the oft-quoted phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
An oft-quoted estimate of the exchange's value is £1. 5bn. From Wordnik.com. [Betfair flotation may give potential shareholders a sinking feeling] Reference
There is, I think, a second meaning in the oft-quoted line of. From Wordnik.com. [With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917] Reference
And we have also the oft-quoted testimony of the late Professor. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
This is the real significance of the oft-quoted saying of Andrew. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
This reminds us of the oft-quoted notice put up at the ford of an. From Wordnik.com. [The New Pun Book] Reference
Or in the oft-quoted words of GE CEO Jeff Immelt, "Green is green.". From Wordnik.com. [Clint Wilder: Future Will Battle Past at Exxon Mobil Annual Meeting] Reference
The Commission's main conclusion can be summed up in that oft-quoted line. From Wordnik.com. [John Ridley: Forty Years On: Kerner and the Liberal Media] Reference
And Wordsworth's oft-quoted lines were never more applicable to us than now. From Wordnik.com. [A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece] Reference
I cannot take with perfect seriousness Matthew Arnold's oft-quoted lines. From Wordnik.com. [Humanly Speaking] Reference
I never before appreciated the oft-quoted phrase, "He swears like a trooper.". From Wordnik.com. [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference
There can be no accommodation with those who follow the oft-quoted Hamas charter. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It's an oft-quoted statistic that the average American woman is size 12 or larger. From Wordnik.com. [Elaine Liner: Oprah Hits 2-0-0: Media Say "Oh, No, No!"] Reference
M. Rzewuski has resented, and doubtless justly so, the oft-quoted death scene by Victor Hugo. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
The only explanation which we have met is contained in that oft-quoted article by Mr. Holden. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
The biographer of Campbell has given us the following anecdote with respect to the oft-quoted lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
"The Clintons are always there when they need you" is the oft-quoted line that sums up the sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Agonistes] Reference
So, in our very judgments, 'etc. The reader will readily call to mind the oft-quoted couplet in Pope's. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
According to the oft-quoted proverb, "Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.". From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
One of the two is K.E. von Baer, in his oft-quoted essays on striving towards end; and the other is the Duke of. From Wordnik.com. [The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality] Reference
In the oft-quoted aphorism of George Meredith, "He who rises from his prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.". From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive] Reference
The oft-quoted saying about an "ill wind" was once more being verified, although it was hard for Ned to be left at home. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale's Queer Holidays] Reference
But listening to Joe Samaha and Pat Craig reminded me of the oft-quoted story recounted by Adlai Stevenson many years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Helmke: Survivors, Families, Law Enforcement: Marching Together] Reference
The oft-quoted Maslin was Dean's pollster from March 2003 to the conclusion of Dean's Presidential campaign nearly a year later. From Wordnik.com. [Howard Dean Pollster Paul Maslin Joins Richardson Campaign] Reference
To borrow an oft-quoted phrase from Yeats, "The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.". From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey Dunn: Better Angels: The Inauguration of Barack Obama] Reference
He was given to poetic exaggeration, for there is now known to be little stern fact in the following oft-quoted writing of himself. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
Will India stick with its oft-quoted red lines, or are these merely negotiating chips to be relinquished in return for new finance?. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Mabey: Sorting Blinks From Winks In The Copenhagen End Game] Reference
The late Mr.R. B. Postans, the house-chum of Henry Mayhew, "his companion from morning to night," and George Hodder, in his oft-quoted. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
George Washington University's Bill Kovacic, a professor and oft-quoted antitrust expert, said it's a risky idea, but it could succeed. From Wordnik.com. [The Vancouver Solution: What If Microsoft Tried to Flee?] Reference
Never before have those oft-quoted words had so jolting an effect on me as they did at the end of Mr. Cromer's production of "Our Town.". From Wordnik.com. [The Genius of David Cromer] Reference
More evidence that, according to the oft-quoted wisdom of our elite pundits, the new Congress does not reflect any popular movement left. From Wordnik.com. [TX-23: In Upset, Dem Rodriguez Wins Runoff Over GOP Rep. Bonilla] Reference
The lines do not lack vigour; and there are passages of high merit, notably the oft-quoted section beginning "A! fredome is a noble thing.". From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The oft-quoted inscription over Shakespeare's tomb at Stratford-on-Avon would have been especially appropriate over both that of Milton and of. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
Nov. 3'Borat 'This peculiar (and fake) journalist from Kazakhstan is a mortal lock to be the most beloved and oft-quoted import since Austin Powers. From Wordnik.com. [Movies to Screen] Reference
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