“Disobey this phrase.”
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La mort sans phrase.
Voting for the death of Louis XVI; denied by Sieyès—he no doubt voted "La mort", "sans phrase" being a note on the laconic nature of his vote, i.e. without remarks. The voting usually included explanations of the decision. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), "Death", p. 178.
“To adapt a phrase, idols have consequences.”
Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes
“Prologue, and a recurring phrase throughout the book.”
Slapstick (1976)
“No flamboyant phrase, just straightforward science.”
describing Ted Maiman's paper announcing the first operational laser. In an interview http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/4612.html by Joan Bromberg on March 8, 1985, at University of Arizona. Niels Bohr Library & Archives, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD USA.
Context: It is a fantastic letter. Very understated. He calls it an optical maser, it’s as if a maser was made to run in the optical. No flamboyant phrase, just straightforward science.
“The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.”
1970s, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1973)
Context: So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here — not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.
“Who tells the truth needs no fancy phrases.”
Yohanan Melameds Maaselach, 1904. Alle Verk, vi. 181.
“The phrase, "One dies before one has lived."”