PARAPROSDOKIANS: A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it's still on my list. 3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
12. Whenever I fill out an application in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:"
18. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
21. You're never too old to learn something stupid.
25. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. 26. Where there's a will, I want to be in it. |