Euphemisms Quotes

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

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses. - Quentin Crisp

This was a mugging couched in euphemisms. - Tom Petersen

The Good Book / one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever copied. - Ashley Montagu

Only in this town, where we make an industry out of creating euphemisms, can we have enough sugar to sugarcoat this nonsense. - Byron Dorgan

One thing that happens because adults are uncomfortable is we use a lot of euphemisms. Those can just serve to confuse kids. - Nora Gelperin

I'm trying to use euphemisms here, trying to avoid saying there was no television for black folks, which they knew was for them. - Don Cornelius

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. - Quentin Crisp