Prompted Quotes

70 Prompted quotes by 63 unique authors

This exchange marked the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He'd… — Ally Carter
Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence… — Adam Smith
The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive,… — Mary Roach
What are you going to do? What do you want to do?” she prompted. “I’m going to go try to help Niall. He’s not acting… — Melissa Marr
Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill. — Khalil Gibran
So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him… — Cinda Williams Chima
Other people’s words are so important. And then without warning they stop being important, along with all those words of yours that their words prompted… — Zadie Smith
Modern capitalism needs men who cooperate smoothly and in large numbers; who want to consume more and more; and whose tastes are standardized and can… — Erich Fromm
What on earth prompted you to take a hand in this?" "I don't know. My… my code of morals, perhaps." "Your code of morals. What… — Albert Camus
One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event. — Kazuo Ishiguro
What?" He cut a grin at Kat when he saw the impressed look on her face. "Corporate espionage is my second greatest passion.' "With your… — Ally Carter
Life is one long struggle between conclusions based on abstract ways of conceiving cases, and opposite conclusions prompted by our instinctive perception of them. — William James
My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labor and sacrifices made. This is one… — Nikola Tesla
My years with failing vision have prompted me to learn about the nature of the eye and the incredible gift of sight, which I had… — Henry Grunwald
We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say… — Philip Kearny
What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the… — Unknown Author
Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the… — Benjamin Tucker
Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which… — Samuel Johnson
At times one hesitates to reprove or admonish evil-doers, either because one seeks a more favorable moment or fears his rebuke might make them worse,… — Augustine

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