Figures Quotes

2652 quotes by 1970 authors

It's all about getting the hand of things. Easy does it; take it easy. You'll figure everything out in time. But for right now, just… — Kate Jacobs
The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is… — Isaac Asimov
She laughed softly. "Therapy isn't so much about what I think as you do." "Then why do it at all?" "Because we don't always know… — Richelle Mead
Maybe I don't like people as much as the rest of the world seems to...But occasionally, people will pleasantly surprise me and I'll fall in… — Mark Oliver Everett
Itâ€™s more that Iâ€™m afraid of time. And not having enough of it. Time to figure out who Iâ€™m supposed to beâ€¦ to find my… — Ann Brashares
I wonder," she said. "Does this castle have a moat?" A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they… — John Flanagan
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Don't you have class today? (Kyrian) Boy, I'm a backwoods Cajun, I ain't never got no class, cher. (Nick) (He cleared his throat and dropped… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but… — Maria V. Snyder
...for very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary... — Patrick O'Brian
So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty… — Wendy Mass
Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? â€œShe drove me to my practice at four in the morning,â€… — Paul Theroux
Itâ€™s as if your kind needs adversity in order to achieve. (Leta) No, we donâ€™t. Thatâ€™s just a lie people tell themselves to feel better… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Don't duh me!" Puck snapped. "Trying to figure out what you're thinking from one day to the next takes more brains than I have." Well,… — Michael Buckley
I say we try it,' says Peeta. 'Katniss is right.' Finnick looks at Johanna and raises his eyebrows. He will not go forward without her.… — Suzanne Collins
You happened to me,You scare me to death, you know. When you stormed into my life, you turned everything inside out. You upset all the… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point… — Jodi Picoult
She'd always believed that people come in two varieties: those who look out the windshield and those who stare in the rearview mirror. She'd(Julie) always… — Nicholas Sparks
How folks lay claim to a loved one is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property. — Chuck Palahniuk
The phrase 'I just turn on my monkey and it makes me feel good' sounds very dirty, but I can't explain why. It's great to… — Stephan Pastis

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