Top 13 Euphemism Quotes - MyQuoutes.org

All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier

All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier

Kate Burridge

Easier, Euphemism

Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.

Muriel Spark

Rudeness, Euphemism, Frankness

Muriel Spark (2014). “Loitering with Intent”, p.42, New Directions Publishing

The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is.

George Carlin

Reality, Euphemism, Divorced

A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism.

Fred W. Friendly

Lying, Journalism, Euphemism

"The Interplay of Influence: Mass Media and Their Publics in News, Advertising, Politics (Wadsworth series in mass communication)". Book by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and‎ Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, 1982.

Spoilt is a euphemism for loved.

James Nesbitt

Euphemism, Spoilt

Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.

Robert A. Heinlein

Gratitude, Resentment, Euphemism

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.105, Penguin

Global governance is just a euphemism for global government.

Jacques Attali

Government, Euphemism, Governance

Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.

J. D. Salinger

Writing, Heard, Euphemism

"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction". Book by J. D. Salinger, 1963.