They Got Quotes

444 They Got quotes by 370 unique authors

What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive… — Martin Amis
Aravis also had many quarrels (and, I'm afraid even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they… — C.S. Lewis
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and… — Bill Gates
When the police arrived and found no lion, no broken wall, and no convicts, and the Head behaving like a lunatic, there was an inquiry… — C.S. Lewis
Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom… — Francine Rivers
Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My characters are more like men than these real men are, see. They're rough and rude, they got hands and they got bellies. They hate… — Robert E. Howard
Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we… — Richard Wright
I love these dudes, but I don't know what they're doing with all that facial hair these days. There's a lot of peach fuzz going… — Pete Wentz
When I am introduced as someone from New Orleans, people sometimes say: "I'm so sorry." New Orleans. I'm so sorry. That's not the way it… — Chris Rose
Grown people know that they do not always know the way of things, and even if they think they know, they do not know where… — Zora Neale Hurston
She had observed that the more education they got, the less they could do. Their father had gone to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth… — Flannery O'Connor
Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential… — Norman Vincent Peale
Money is the root of all evil.' Then we hear, 'A fool and his money are soon parted.' What are they talking about? If money… — George Burns
The stars up close to the moon were pale; they got brighter and braver the farther they got out of the circle of light ruled… — Ken Kesey
Your aunt and uncle will be proud, though, won't they?" said Hermione as they got off the train and joined the crowd thronging toward the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from… — Jeannette Walls
He hated the men floating in sleep in the big stone houses. Because their lives were ordered and their rooms tidy. Because they got up… — Leonard Cohen
Anybody else think that was weird?â€ Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were,… — Rachel Caine
She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant to look at… — Lorrie Moore

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