(18 quotes found)
“The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is”
George Carlin
“Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.”
Quentin Crisp
“Euphemism is a euphemism for lying”
Bobbie Gentry
“Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses”
“Audubon biographers and scholars [have noted], by various euphemisms, that all great men have their flaws, and their man's principal flaw was that he, well, he lied a lot.”
Bill Gilbert
“The Good Book / one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever copied.”
Ashley Montagu
“What we're seeing here is a laying bare of the political process without the euphemisms, without the sugar-coating. People are recoiling.”
David Morrison
“And she's always writing a book. It's always the same book. Slander. Treason. How many euphemisms can you come up with for 'I Hate People'? ... And, believe it or not, there are a number of people who won't do the show with her.”
Bill Maher
“It is really a euphemism for asking the man, 'how are you going to decide particular cases that I care about? It is a kind of smoke screen for asking that question.”
Charles Fried
“One thing that happens because adults are uncomfortable is we use a lot of euphemisms. Those can just serve to confuse kids.”
Nora Gelperin
