Half Quotes

The low ceiling that was water stained and boasting spiders so large she half expected Frodo and Sam to appear and fight them off.

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy.

In half an hour, I'll know more than you do.

Sweet were the days when I was all unknown, But when my name was lifted up, the storm Brake on the mountain and I cared not for it. Right well know I that fame is half disfame.

I am half-sick of shadows,' said The Lady of Shalott.

There twice a day the Severn fills; The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills.

On all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of God, Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption.

Aristotle discovered all the half-truths which were necessary to the creation of science.

Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being would be a test of our democracy.

The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable.

I've spent half my life on planes.

I've spent half my life on planes. I have a lot of love for New Zealand, though. That is where the really arty, whimsical side of the family resided - in Hobbitland.

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

I was just talking to Bono the other day, and he was like, "Are you doing shows?" I've just been off the road for a month-and-a-half, and he was like, "You lucky girl."

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus dust is music to my nostrils.

Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley.

A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'

Don't ever spend more than three weeks apart. Two and a half weeks, maybe three, was the longest we ever did.

I usually plan to read a book for a half-hour before bed, but then I end up staying awake until 3 A.M. to finish it. Fortunately, my dog doesn't mind when I keep the bedside lamp on.

The wife, or bitter half.

Half of all people who go bankrupt cite a medical problem as one of the things that drove them into bankruptcy.

Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader I might like to see today.

I often write about reconciling. Reconciling, or maybe half-reconciling between antagonists, between people who are deadly enemies.

Half of Wisconsinites are considered alcoholics. It's part of the culture of Wisconsin... if self-deprecation is their survival instinct, alcohol is their coping mechanism.

Careful, love. Prices aren't the only things I can cut in half!

It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.

I believe that alternative healing methods are much more than just temporary or half measures.

We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

Ive also just come off a year and a half playing acoustic shows which is fantastic for the hands, and changes your head a little bit.

Of course you want to do all the research that you can, but it's impossible to take a life and the boundaries of an hour and a half, so there is hope there will be understanding about that also.

I think a woman is sexy when she's in nice clothes, flattering clothes. I don't think that being half-dressed in little half-tops... I don't find that sexy.

With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today.

I support guns and I support the death penalty. Half of my interviews are convincing liberals they're not liberal.

Sometimes love does not have the most honorable beginnings, and the endings, the endings will break you in half. It's everything in between we live for.

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one.

We live half our waking lives and all of our sleeping lives in some private, useless, and insensible waters we never mention or recall.

I'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life.

Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year.

I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.

I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.

Call me an over anxious, middle-class mum, but my eight-and-a-half-year old son looks very much, to me, like he's headed for a life of crime.

If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

After over half a century of employer-provided health care coverage, the American people have developed a phobia of paying for health insurance themselves.

I sometimes wonder how we spent leisure time before satellite television and Internet came along…and then I realise that I have spent more than half of my life in the ‘dark ages’!

What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instinct of beasts.

The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.

I have wrought my simple plan If I give one hour of joy To the boy who’s half a man, Or the man who’s half a boy.