Jim Quotes

341 Jim quotes by 259 unique authors

George Smiley: [quoting an old letter from Bill Haydon about Jim Prideaux] He has that heavy quiet that commands. He's my other half. Between us… — John le Carre
Looking at them now, thought Jim, you'd never believe they weren't in love with each other, and not with a hopeless, doomed obsession like poor… — Philip Pullman
We need more bodies, 'cause it's not looking enough like the last scene in Hamlet already. --Chopper Jim Chopin — Dana Stabenow
And when the firemen turned off the hose and were standing in the wet, smoky room, Jim's Aunt, Miss. Prothero, came downstairs and peered in… — Dylan Thomas
Oh my God, she was retarded and I was going to kill Jim. — Ilona Andrews
Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever. — David Foster Wallace
There's something I want you to know,' said Cherryl, her voice taut and harsh, 'so that there won't be any pretending about it. I'm not… — Ayn Rand
And I'm full aware of how much you don't like me at this moment" Can't be a new thing for you" Jim said — J R Ward
Let's take my truck," Jim said as he hit the gravel. "Less noise." And it has a radio, right?" With tragic concentration Adrian started warming… — J R Ward
Surely it wasn't possible that Vin diPietro was the first assignment. "Hello?" DiPietro waved. "You in there?" Nah, Jim thought. Can't be. That would be… — J R Ward
Hey, what is it with you? Why are you so spaced out? You still haven't answered me." I probably still haven't completely adapted to the… — Haruki Murakami
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Jim Elliot, missionary to Auca indians in Ecuador — Elisabeth Elliot
It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John… — James C. Collins
Jim eyed me for a couple of seconds, then got off the bed and went to curl up on the pile of blankets I'd arranged… — Katie MacAlister
A knife!" I yelled, still brandishing my pillow. "Jim, I command you to get me a gelding knife. If this guy wants to be a… — Katie MacAlister
There was a heavy, dark pause of vast significance. Which Jim broke by flashing his hands and belting out, â€œBooga-wooga!â€ At least Eddie laughed. Adrian… — J R Ward
It was true what Jim said, this wasnâ€™t the end but the beginning. But the wars would end one day and Jim would come then,… — Jamie O'Neill
Very well." He sat cross-legged on the floor of the cage. "You haven't run off so you want to talk. I will hear your explanation… — Ilona Andrews
Things change when someone special comes into your life. Both sides have to give up things. The one thing you don't give up in a… — Elizabeth Chandler
Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam… — Stephen Colbert

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