--- title: "18 Harry Quotes By Eliezer Yudkowsky" description: "18 Harry quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky. Plus more from Eliezer Yudkowsky and more Harry sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png" --- > [“Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin, wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work in Hufflepuff.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-slytherin-wannabe-heroes-in/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png) > [“In what weird alternative universe would that girl NOT be Sorted into Ravenclaw? If Hermione Granger didn't go to Ravenclaw then there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/in-what-weird-alternative-universe-would-that-girl-not-be-sorted-into/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11e/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_in-what-weird-alternative-universe-would_2494717.png) > [“You have minions! " Harry repeated. "Where do I get minions?" Draco's smirk grew wider. "I'm afraid, Potter, that the first step is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/you-have-minions-harry-repeated-where-do-i-get-minions-draco-s-smirk/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_first-step_you-have-minions-harry-repeated-where-do_425014.jpg) > [“Hermione's eyes lit up with a terrible light of helpfulness and something in the back of Harry's brain screamed in desperate humiliation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/hermione-s-eyes-lit-up-with-a-terrible-light-of-helpfulness-and/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_hermione-s-eyes-lit-up-with-a-terrible-l_1573559.png) > [“But I really am Ravenclaw, you know, not Slytherin. I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/but-i-really-am-ravenclaw-you-know-not-slytherin-i-don-t-want-to-rule/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_but-i-really-am-ravenclaw-you-know-not-s_2551.png) > [“Also Harry was in love. It would be a three-way wedding: him, the Time-Turner, and Professor Quirrell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/also-harry-was-in-love-it-would-be-a-three-way-wedding-him-the-time/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28d/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_also-harry-was-in-love-it-would-be-a-thr_2006282.png) > [“Frigideiro! " said Hermione again from the desk next to him. Her water was solid ice and there were white crystals forming on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/frigideiro-said-hermione-again-from-the-desk-next-to-him-her-water/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_art_frigideiro-said-hermione-again-from-the_241639.png) > [“Did ghosts not require a salary? Was that it? Or was it literally impossible to fire anyone in Hogwarts even if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/did-ghosts-not-require-a-salary-was-that-it-or-was-it-literally/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_did-ghosts-not-require-a-salary-was-that_617983.jpg) > [“Professor McGonagall says that I'm the most Ravenclaw person she's ever seen or heard tell of in legend, so much so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/professor-mcgonagall-says-that-i-m-the-most-ravenclaw-person-she-s/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c13/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_professor-mcgonagall-says-that-i-m-the-m_2260768.png) > [Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would-ever-buy-a-first-aid-kit-don/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_aids_like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would_2278807.png) > [“Without thinking about it at all, Harry stepped in front of Hermione. There was an intake of breath from behind him, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/without-thinking-about-it-at-all-harry-stepped-in-front-of-hermione/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_fanfiction_without-thinking-about-it-at-all-harry-s_2123349.png) > [“I will remark, that it is a common misconception of Ravenclaws that all the smart children are Sorted there, leaving none for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-misconception-of-ravenclaws-that/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-miscon_1044472.jpg) > [“And I suspect, Mr. Potter, that if I leave you alone for two months with your schoolbooks, even without a wand, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave-you-alone-for-two-months-with/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave_1133807.png) > [You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. Give a sign of Slytherin on one day, and contradict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/you-will-find-ambiguity-a-great-ally-on-your-road-to-power-give-a/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_advantage_you-will-find-ambiguity-a-great-ally-on_630879.png) > [“You, and you alone, have reported this mysterious sense of doom. You, and you alone, are a chaos magnet the likes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/you-and-you-alone-have-reported-this-mysterious-sense-of-doom-you-and/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_you-and-you-alone-have-reported-this-mys_3008661.jpg) > [“And then Harry Potter had launched in to a speech that was inspiring, yet vague. A speech to the effect that Fred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-then-harry-potter-had-launched-in-to-a-speech-that-was-inspiring/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_communication_and-then-harry-potter-had-launched-in-to_243106.png) > [“Something, somewhere, somewhen, must have happened differently... PETUNIA EVANS married Michael Verres, a Professor of Biochemistry at Oxford. HARRY JAMES POTTER-EVANS-VERRES grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/something-somewhere-somewhen-must-have-happened-differently-petunia/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_dark-art_something-somewhere-somewhen-must-have-h_1219563.jpg) > [“The Headmaster told Professor Flitwick that this was, indeed, a secret and delicate matter of which he had already been informed, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-that-this-was-indeed-a-secret/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_dumbledore_the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-t_1066967.jpg) ## Other authors on Harry ## More by Eliezer Yudkowsky > [“But I really am Ravenclaw, you know, not Slytherin. I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be more sensibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/but-i-really-am-ravenclaw-you-know-not-slytherin-i-don-t-want-to-rule/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“‎If you regard evidence as a constraint and seek to free yourself, you sell yourself into the chains of your whims. For you cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/if-you-regard-evidence-as-a-constraint-and-seek-to-free-yourself-you/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“I am not sure how to explain it, except that - truth matters to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-am-not-sure-how-to-explain-it-except-that-truth-matters-to-us/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-see-little-hope-for-democracy-as-an-effective-form-of-government/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“He really really really shouldn't have done that. Amazing how much more obvious that became one second after it was too late.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/he-really-really-really-shouldn-t-have-done-that-amazing-how-much/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-m-wondering-if-there-s-a-spell-to-make-lightning-flash-in-the/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“There’s a technique we use in our local rationalist cluster called “Is That Your True Rejection?”, and it works like this: Before you stake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/there-s-a-technique-we-use-in-our-local-rationalist-cluster-called-is/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [Lonely dissent doesn't feel like going to school dressed in black. It feels like going to school wearing a clown suit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/lonely-dissent-doesn-t-feel-like-going-to-school-dressed-in-black-it/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“Knowing that Draco's hopeful face had probably been drilled into him by months of practice did not make it any less effective, Harry observed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/knowing-that-draco-s-hopeful-face-had-probably-been-drilled-into-him/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [The strength of a theory is not what it allows, but what it prohibits; if you can invent an equally persuasive explanation for any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-strength-of-a-theory-is-not-what-it-allows-but-what-it-prohibits/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/it-is-triple-ultra-forbidden-to-respond-to-criticism-with-violence/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [The human species was not born into a market economy. Bees won't sell you honey if you offer them an electronic funds transfer. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-human-species-was-not-born-into-a-market-economy-bees-won-t-sell/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“Frigideiro! " said Hermione again from the desk next to him. Her water was solid ice and there were white crystals forming on the rim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/frigideiro-said-hermione-again-from-the-desk-next-to-him-her-water/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“And then Harry Potter had launched in to a speech that was inspiring, yet vague. A speech to the effect that Fred and George…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-then-harry-potter-had-launched-in-to-a-speech-that-was-inspiring/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) > [“And I know that I'd just make myself unhappy by comparing that reality to... something perfect that I built up in my imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-i-know-that-i-d-just-make-myself-unhappy-by-comparing-that/) [Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harry/eliezer-yudkowsky/#itemlist", "name": "18 Harry Quotes By Eliezer Yudkowsky", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin, wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work in Hufflepuff.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eliezer Yudkowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-slytherin-wannabe-heroes-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin, wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the…” — Eliezer Yudkowsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In what weird alternative universe would that girl NOT be Sorted into Ravenclaw? 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Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing with?\" \"Gryffindors,\" spat Professor McGonagall, the word carrying a freight of bitterness and despair that fell like an eternal curse on all youthful heroism and high spirits.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eliezer Yudkowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would-ever-buy-a-first-aid-kit-don/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_aids_like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would_2278807.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_aids_like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would_2278807.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_aids_like-that-s-the-only-reason-anyone-would_2278807.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? 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This is not so; being Sorted to Ravenclaw indicates that you are driven by your desire to know things, which is not at all the same quality as being intelligent.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eliezer Yudkowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-misconception-of-ravenclaws-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-miscon_1044472.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-miscon_1044472.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_i-will-remark-that-it-is-a-common-miscon_1044472.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I will remark, that it is a common misconception of Ravenclaws that all the smart children are Sorted there…” — Eliezer Yudkowsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I suspect, Mr. Potter, that if I leave you alone for two months with your schoolbooks, even without a wand, I will return to this house only to find a crater billowing purple smoke, a depopulated city surrounding it and a plague of flaming zebras terrorising what remains of England.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eliezer Yudkowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave-you-alone-for-two-months-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave_1133807.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave_1133807.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_harry_and-i-suspect-mr-potter-that-if-i-leave_1133807.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I suspect, Mr. Potter, that if I leave you alone for two months with your schoolbooks, even without a…” — Eliezer Yudkowsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You will find ambiguity a great ally on your road to power. 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Professor Flitwick started to say something about the Headmaster's usual plotting going much too far, and I had to interrupt at that point and explain that it had been my own idea and not anything the Headmaster forced me into, so Professor Flitwick spun around and started lecturing me, and the Headmaster interrupted him and said that as the Boy-Who-Lived I was doomed to have weird and dangerous adventures so I was safer if I got into them on purpose instead of waiting for them to happen by accident, and that was when Professor Flitwick threw up his little hands and started shrieking in a high-pitched voice at both of us about how he didn't care what we were cooking up together, but this wasn't ever to happen again for as long as I was in Ravenclaw House or he would have me thrown out and I could go to Gryffindor which was where all this Dumbledoring belonged -”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eliezer Yudkowsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-that-this-was-indeed-a-secret/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_dumbledore_the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-t_1066967.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_dumbledore_the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-t_1066967.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_dumbledore_the-headmaster-told-professor-flitwick-t_1066967.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Headmaster told Professor Flitwick that this was, indeed, a secret and delicate matter of which he had…” — Eliezer Yudkowsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harry/eliezer-yudkowsky/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harry/eliezer-yudkowsky/", "name": "Harry Quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harry/eliezer-yudkowsky/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/eliezer-yudkowsky-1207_children_clever-kids-in-ravenclaw-evil-kids-in-sl_922031.png" }, "description": "18 Harry quotes by Eliezer Yudkowsky. 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