Nigel Rees Quotes

Most popular Nigel Rees Quotes

A soundbite is an engineered quotation.
— Nigel Rees The “Quote-Unquote” Newsletter
It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser [sic]?
— Nigel Rees

euphemism

A quotation should say something in a particular way—perhaps wittily, pithily, vividly—but in such a way that it demands to be repeated by others.
— Nigel Rees Cassell’s Movie Quotations

quotations

Long ago, I coined the term "Churchillian Drift" to describe the process whereby the actual originator of a quotation is often elbowed to one side and replaced by someone more famous.
— Nigel Rees Forbes

quotations