Presents Quotes

514 Presents quotes by 444 unique authors

Mr. Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape, and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business. Mr. Prongs agrees… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanityâ€“awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most… — Richard Paul Evans
[It] is not that television is entertaining but that it has made entertainment itself the natural format for the representation of all experience. [â€¦] The… — Neil Postman
So the Midwest nourishes us [...] and presents us with the spectacle of a land and a people completed and certain. And so we run… — Annie Dillard
The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own. — Gary Gygax
I mean, what is an un-birthday present?" A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course." Alice considered a little. "I like birthday presents… — Lewis Carroll
Since each story presents its own technical problems, obviously one can't generalize about them on a two-times-two-equals-four basis. Finding the right form for your story… — Truman Capote
After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next… — Markus Zusak
God isn't the son of Memory; He's the son of Immediate Experience. You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing… — Aldous Huxley
For instance," said the boy again, "if Christmas trees were people and people were Christmas trees, we'd all be chopped down, put up in the… — Norton Juster
Although I have felt compelled to write things down since I was five years old, I doubt that my daughter ever will, for she is… — Joan Didion
Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play in. — William Shakespeare
Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Giving anyone anything takes courage, since so many presents backfire. A gift conspicuously at odds with your tastes serves only to betray that the benefactor… — Lionel Shriver
Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism… — Jonathan Franzen
We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our… — Cecelia Ahern
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. — Louisa May Alcott
Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge? — Douglas Adams
Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle. — Daisaku Ikeda
Glen had a disability more disfiguring than a burn and more terrifying than cancer. Glen had been born on the day after Christmas. "My parents… — Augusten Burroughs

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