Reference Quotes

431 quotes by 384 authors

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for… — Rob Bell
Nerd herd, focus. You're here to help the fledglings. Dour One and Dour Two aren't important," said Aphrodite. "Dr. Seuss reference. I like it," Stark… — P. C. Cast
I wanted to put a reference to masturbation in one of the scripts for the Sandman. It was immediately cut by the editor [Karen Berger].… — Neil Gaiman
Thatâ€™s the problem with you nearly immortal types,â€ I said. â€œYou couldnâ€™t spot a pop culture reference if it skittered up and implanted an embryo… — Jim Butcher
What makes a nightmare nightmarish is the sense that something is happening that should not be. While nightmares are the most convenient reference point for… — Thomas Ligotti
I can't wait until this show gets on the road," he said. "You and me are going to have so much fun, Rose. Picking out… — Richelle Mead
In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference. — Douglas Hofstadter
Ralston stiffened at the reference to the stupid wager that caused so much pain and unhappiness. He ignored Oxford's proffered hand, and instead met the… — Sarah MacLean
[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A… — Christopher Moore
County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm… — Bill Watterson
Einstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. Einstein's reply was "I don't know, why should I fill my brain with facts… — Albert Einstein
When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost.… — Joseph Campbell
Well, for future reference, this is my serious face. — Derek Landy
I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any God as elitist.… — Dennis Lehane
The Lord help us!' he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly… — Emily Bronte
All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it. But… — David Hume
A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye," he said. "It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the… — Cassandra Clare
Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days… — Jonathan Stroud
Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain that Izzy wasn't… — Suzanne Brockmann
Do you know, Watson," said he, "that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look… — Arthur Conan Doyle

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