I Replied Quotes
85 quotes by 73 authors
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Recently a young mother asked for advice. What, she wanted to know, was she to do with a 7-year-old who was obstreperous, outspoken, and inconveniently…
— Anna Quindlen
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Somebody asked me the other day, "What do you do?" "I amuse myself by growing old," I replied. "It's a full-time job.
— Paul Leautaud
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A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at…
— Pope Francis
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A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I…
— Mitch McConnell
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Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I…
— Thomas J. Watson
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One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why…
— Louis L'Amour
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I died for beauty but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned…
— Emily Dickinson
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A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow…
— Winston Churchill
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A hedgehog? And just how does a hedgehog make love?" he demanded. No, I thought. I won't. I will not. But I did. "Very carefully,"…
— Diana Gabaldon
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Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of…
— Emily Bronte
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Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. ‘What, grandfather!’ I exclaimed.…
— Nikos Kazantzakis
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I think the Peace Corps is a fine thing, don't you?" he said. "Well," I replied, "it's certainly better than War Corps.
— Erich Segal
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But what does he do to qualify as a sonovabitch?†Jenny asked. “Make meâ€, I replied. “Beg pardon?†“Make meâ€, I repeated. Her eyes widened…
— Erich Segal
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...he said firmly, "God can help you. All the men I’ve seen in your position turned to Him in their time of trouble." "Obviously," I…
— Albert Camus
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Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance…
— Kamila Shamsie
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Whathat!" Tyson gasped. "Those are the stables for the pegasi," I replied, "You know, winged horses?" "Whasthat!" "Um... those are the toilets.
— Rick Riordan
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When I replied that I loved her too in that way, I was the liar, not she, for I never lose the consciousness of time:…
— Graham Greene
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I have been taken by Satan into the highest mountain in the earth, and when there he said he to me, ‘Child of earth, what…
— Alexandre Dumas
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What’s going on?†he demanded. “The usual, old man,†I replied cheerily. “Danger, insane plans... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.
— Richelle Mead
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I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too naïve to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would…
— Charlotte Bronte
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