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Course Quotes by Daniel Handler
- In general, of course, a stranger who tries to get you into an automobile is anything but noble, and in general a person who quotes…
- It is always cruel to laugh at people, of course, although sometimes if they are wearing an ugly hat it is hard to control yourself.
- I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!
- Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.
- There is nothing particularly wrong with salmon, of course, but like caramel candy, strawberry yogurt, or liquid carpet cleaner, if you eat too much of…
- Stealing, of course, is a crime, and a very impolite thing to do. But like most impolite things, it is excusable under certain circumstances. Stealing…
- Of course, it is boring to read about boring thing, but it is better to read something that makes you yawn with boredom than something…
- When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it…
- Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible…
- Neither were you [born yesterday], unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to…
- Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for…
- But the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two…
- It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself.
- I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This…
- We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever…
- In the time since the Baudelaire parents' death, most of the Baudelaire orphans' friends had fallen by the wayside, an expression wich here means "they…
- Olaf: Of course I'm trying to trick you! That's the way of the world, Baudelaires. Everyone runs around with their secrets and their schemes, trying…
- There are so many movies like this, where you thought you were smarter than the screen but the director was smarter than you, of course…
- ...and then of course the music sprang up, lousy rock as bold and dull as a giant potato. “Love this song,†Todd said, like it…
- I know you can't see it, not you, Ed, but maybe if I tell you the whole plot you'll understand it this once, because even…
More Course Quotes
- . . . a basic law: the more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.… — Norman Vincent Peale
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Harry, despite your privileged insight into Voldemort’s world (which, incidentally, is a gift any Death Eater would kill to have), you have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark
- I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza,… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
- You have to steer a course between not appalling people, but at the same time not misleading them. — David Attenborough
- I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at… — Iain Banks