Operation Quotes
527 quotes by 434 authors
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The resulting texts always took a narrative term, enigmatic at first but ultimately explicit and often premonitory. The semantic distribution of these basic elements diverted…
— Brion Gysin
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Tally sighed, tipping her feet again to follow. "Maybe that's because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is…
— Scott Westerfeld
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I didn't expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I'm living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns…
— Henri Matisse
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You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks to my extensive…
— Tatiana de Rosnay
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No theory ever benefited by the application of data, Amy. Data kills theories. A theory has no better time than when it's lying there naked,…
— Christopher Moore
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...forgetting is vastly underrated as a mental operation.
— Michael Pollan
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The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.†(August 9, 1955)
— Flannery O'Connor
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I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,†he said, “and I am sure he will perform it…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Boyfriend huh? I didn't realize we had taken things to that level." "Oh, I'm sorry--this is my first undercover operation," Jordan said. "I'm a little…
— Julie James
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Are you acquainted with the mood of mind in which, if you were seated alone, and the cat licking its kitten on the rug before…
— Emily Bronte
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The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips…
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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Bread is a second cause; the LORD Himself is the first source of our sustenance. He can work without the second cause as well as…
— Charles Spurgeon
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So, as we have our tea, I propose not only to operate on your heart so as to change your will, but also on your…
— Cornelius Van Til
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In very truth, a wise imagination, which is the presence of the spirit of God, is the best guide that man or woman can have;…
— George MacDonald
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Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the…
— Daniel Kahneman
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Quietly, Macey went through her options. Even though the masked men were asking for cell phones, the gunmen were making so much noise that she…
— Ally Carter
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Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a…
— Alan Watts
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I hate those TV shows where characters talk about one thing, such as their patient on the operation table (let's say they're a doctor), then…
— Jaclyn Moriarty
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Obedience may have its uses, but it is no substitute for willing, uncoerced co-operation.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do operation on someone else, not you.
— Bill Walton
Who Wrote These Operation Quotes
434 authors contributed a total of 527 Operation Quotes, led by these top contributors: