Quotes of Offhand - somelinesforyou

“ My opposition lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language. ”

- James Thurber

“ A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead. ”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“ The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years. ”

- Thomas Hardy

“ Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes. ”

- Alden Nowlan
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