Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.

Quote by Wolcott Gibbs

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Where it all will end, knows God.

Where it all will end, knows God.

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind.

Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind.

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

It is my indignant opinion that 90 percent of the moving pictures exhibited in America...

It is my indignant opinion that 90 percent of the moving pictures exhibited in America...

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it...

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinfolk are...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion - what a man...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

When people are intimidated about having their own opinions, oppression is at hand.

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never...

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy;...

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no...

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages,...

It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages,...