Council Quotes
345 quotes by 279 authors
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I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous…
— William Shakespeare
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As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.
— Jim Butcher
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Radley rolled his eyes. He actually rolled his eyes at my father. Alpha of the south-central territory and head of the Territorial Council. Sure, I…
— Rachel Vincent
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If I might make a suggestion,†said Will. “About twenty paces behind us, in the Council room, is Benedict. If you’d like to go back…
— Cassandra Clare
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And the council doesn’t recognize any kind of temporary insanity defense. Which was a real shame, because most of the councilmen had considered me crazy…
— Rachel Vincent
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Maybe some hidden, fragmented part of me had feared that if I admitted to Bones how much he truly meant to me, then I'd be…
— Jeaniene Frost
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You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've…
— Douglas Adams
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The meeting was like a war council with donuts. Then again, back at Camp Half-Blood they used to have their most serious discussions around the…
— Rick Riordan
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She navigated away from the Parish Council message board and dropped into her favorite medical website, where she painstakingly entered the words "brain" and "death"…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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I would still be with you. But I could sleep outside, so it would not be so obvious. I do not need to attend your…
— Madeline Miller
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Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.
— Maureen Johnson
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When we return, I will put you forward for Ascension,†Charlotte finished. “I will speak out for her case as well,†Gideon said. “After all,…
— Cassandra Clare
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I also believe in cigarettes, cholesterol, alcohol, carbon monoxide, masturbation, the Arts Council, nuclear weapons, the Daily Telegraph, and not properly labeling fatal poisons, but…
— Dennis Potter
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He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted.…
— Jim Butcher
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He’s not feeling well,†Clary said, catching at Simon’s wrist. “We’re going.†“No,†Simon said. “No, I — I need to talk to him. To…
— Cassandra Clare
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You have witchcraft in your lips, there is more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the tongues of the French council; and…
— William Shakespeare
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Open your mind up to things that have no connection with the problem you're trying to solve: subscribe to an unusual magazine; spend a morning…
— Roger von Oech
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Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.
— Benjamin Franklin
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The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that does…
— Geoff Mulgan
Who Wrote These Council Quotes
279 authors contributed a total of 345 Council Quotes, led by these top contributors: