Supposedly Quotes

170 Supposedly quotes by 163 unique authors

Authority is supposedly grounded in wisdom, but I could see from a very early age that authority was only a system of control and it… — Joe Strummer
I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is… — Michael Chabon
Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars—to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording—all this… — Sylvia Plath
How subservient to Jesus, or to a humane God Almighty, were the leaders of this country back in the 1840's, when Marx said such a… — Kurt Vonnegut
Those are the love killers. They love you and then they kill you. They're from another planet. Supposedly. — Lorrie Moore
And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when… — Louise Rennison
But perhaps more important, as someone wishing to make a comment or two about contemporary life and values, I don't have to dig through libraries… — Sidney Poitier
In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished by… — Natalie Goldberg
Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line by advocating planned… — Ezra Taft Benson
The only people who can ever put ideas into context are people who don't care; the unbiased and apathetic are usually the wisest dudes in… — Chuck Klosterman
Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of heart, mind and… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
But sometimes the future is latent in us without our knowing it, and our supposedly lying words foreshadow an imminent reality. — Marcel Proust
Now he's [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick one up and examine one of… — Suzanne Collins
Michael: Barzini will set me up through somebody close... that, supposedly, I won't suspect. Hagen: Somebody like me. Michael: You're Irish, they won't trust you.… — Mario Puzo
Supposedly there's an actual, researched link between extreme creativity and mental illness, and I believe it because I've seen it with my own eyes. — Deb Caletti
The explanations for the things we do in life are many and complex. Supposedly mature adults should live by logic, listen to their reason. Think… — Erich Segal
So I went to New York City to be born again. It was and remains easy for most Americans to go somewhere else and start… — Kurt Vonnegut
She looks up at me, still rocking. “Henry . . . why did me decide to do this again?” “Supposedly when it’s over they hand… — Audrey Niffenegger
[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use… — Harry S. Truman
The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by a… — Steven Pinker
I also never would have imagined I'd quote back a church lesson, but when the rest of the crowd stood up to take communion, I… — Richelle Mead
$1,000,000 in the bank isn't the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows. — Tim Ferriss
What do they say about meeting a bear in the woods? Oh right, you shouldn't. And to make sure you don't, you should make a… — Charles de Lint
I’ve heard 14 year old meth addicted thai prostitutes say more prescient things than the woman that was supposedly a “professor — Tucker Max
...You'd think the little part about them supposedly killing us would be the attention getter. — James Dashner

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