Best My Uncle Sayings
109 My Uncle quotes by 99 unique authors
-
The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the…
— Kevin Powers
-
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.
— P.G. Wodehouse
-
I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.
— Ray Bradbury
-
Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a…
— W.C. Fields
-
i remember we all cried like the Missouri when my Uncle Sol's coffin lurched because somebody pressed a button (and down went my uncle Sol…
— E E Cummings
-
My uncle ordered popovers from the restaurant's bill of fare. And, when they were served, he regarded them with a penetrating stare. Then he spoke…
— Dr. Seuss
-
I’m seventeen years old, my name is Juan García Madero, and I’m in my first semester of law school. I wanted to study literature, not…
— Roberto Bolano
-
You must know the story of how the race of ancient days reached the stars, and how they bargained away all the wild half of…
— Gene Wolfe
-
My father hired you to protect me," Ahmed said, "not to go off chasing men." Grandma leaned forward, keeping her eye on the Taurus. "We…
— Janet Evanovich
-
If I couldn't be Eddis, I would be Attolia. If they needed to see my uncle in me, then I would show him to them.…
— Megan Whalen Turner
-
If on Judgement Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would be unable to…
— Maya Angelou
-
The room was quiet, the others flicking glances at me. I ignored them. After years in Sounis's palaces being eyed with disgust by my uncle…
— Megan Whalen Turner
-
Ah!" I cried, springing up. "But no! no! My uncle shall never know it. He would insist upon doing it too. He would want to…
— Jules Verne
-
It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject; and let no…
— Jules Verne
-
(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)
— Tina Fey
-
For standing between Cody and his pain is my obligation, and standing between my uncle and his pain is my rent, but the pain I…
— Neal Shusterman
-
A few weeks ago my uncle came over to borrow my dad's socket set and when he asked my dad how he was my dad…
— Miriam Toews
-
Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked. “Do you really have an answer?” he countered. “You need to get off your…
— Maria V. Snyder
-
My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago.
— George Gobel
-
I have bitten down or swallowed a few pellets through the years. My uncle had his appendix removed and there were over 100 lead pellets…
— Phil Robertson
-
My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the…
— M.I.A.
-
My uncle was in a ska band called the Top Cats; that was my first proper influence, as I was taken to see them every…
— King Krule
-
I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines.
— King Krule
-
My father had played the guitar when he was young, and my uncle Jack had worked for Kalamazoo, before the war, developing guitar pickups. So…
— Pete Townshend
-
My father, obviously, and my mother were inspirations. My uncle, Frank Harper, he was an absolute mentor for me.
— Hill Harper
More Ways to Read My Uncle Quotes
Who Wrote These My Uncle Quotes
99 authors contributed a total of 109 My Uncle Quotes, led by these top contributors: