"Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades." — Neil Gaiman

"Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades."

— Neil Gaiman

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1,015 Quotes by Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman has 1,015 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are…
Whenever it rains you will think of her.
Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did.
Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them.
Fear is contagious. You can catch it.
It's just I might get distracted, and I get lost kind of easily, and sometimes I have really bad days...when,…
There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.
I think hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go.
Rule one of reading other people's stories is that whenever you say 'well that's not convincing' the author tells you…
You need more than a beginning if you're going to start a book. If all you have is a beginning,…
The ideas aren't that important. Really they aren't. Everyone's got an idea for a book, a movie, a story, a…
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.

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More Counts Quotes

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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. — Henry Adams
Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. — William Bernbach
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
All that counts in life is intention. — Andrea Bocelli
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that… — Alain de Botton
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. — Constantin Brancusi
I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.' — Adam Carolla
Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot. — Hillary Clinton
To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort. — Bud Wilkinson

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