Harmless Quotes
210 quotes by 190 authors
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Earth: mostly harmless
— Douglas Adams
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Who are you?" "I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious." "But you're so small!" "Only because you are small. You are…
— Catherynne M. Valente
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Dead bodies are calm and silent—perfectly still, perfectly harmless. A corpse will never move, it will never laugh, and it will never judge. A corpse…
— Dan Wells
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The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless
— Haruki Murakami
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The walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at me by the light of the moon. My father told…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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She lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that she had…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Skepsis. I am a true skeptic, born under the noble sign of skepsis, the sign of the man who knows that all astrology is absolutely…
— Stephen Fry
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If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter…
— Bruce Sterling
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He’s harmless, poor thing. That’s what everyone said. It was true, but who cares? Lots of people are harmless, but that doesn’t mean I have…
— Franny Billingsley
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In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just…
— Bryce Courtenay
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As Danton sees it, the most bizarre aspect of Camille's character is his desire to scribble over every blank surface; he sees a guileless piece…
— Hilary Mantel
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George: [On the 'Two Virgins' cover] 'What I thought of the sleeve then was the same as I think now: it's just two not-very-nice-looking bodies,…
— George Harrison
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Busted. I'm a monster. Jev is my deceptively harmless-and shockingly handsome-alter ego.
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I…
— Yann Martel
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I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd…
— Stephenie Meyer
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There was I, devouring books and yet allowing a man who had never read a book to walk me home for a bit of harmless…
— Edna O'Brien
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A massive beast dashed along the mountain apex. Astamur reached for his rifle. “A demon?†“No, not a demon.†I might have preferred one .…
— Ilona Andrews
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Music should never be harmless.
— Robbie Robertson
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Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there any…
— Jean Kerr
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Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make…
— Neill Blomkamp
Who Wrote These Harmless Quotes
190 authors contributed a total of 210 Harmless Quotes, led by these top contributors: