Said Quotes

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.

And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don't forget to love yourself.

if she had ordered me to throw myself down then, I would have done it! If she had said it only as a joke, said it with contempt, spitting on me--even then I would have jumped!

As Littlewood said to me once [of the ancient Greeks], they are not clever school boys or "scholarship candidates," but "Fellows of another college."

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

Florentina Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months and eleven days and nights. 'Forever,' he said.

Let me stay here," he said. "There was soap.

This was his world, he said to himself, the sad, oppressive world that God had provided for him, and he was responsible to it.

Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.

Well, like I said, there's no reason everyone can't have a piece of the pie, even if there's a gordo there eating most of it.

My father has said a hundred times, and I have paid attention, that it's stupid to let money be the reason you don't do something.

"I accept your condemnation," I said.

My brain said no. But my heart!

i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room.

Daddy once said, "If you don't know what you believe, Annie, you'll be a lost soul.

"I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all these things I've done.

Daddy always said that an option that you know to have a bad outcome is only a fool's option, i.e., not an option at all. And I liked to think that Daddy hadn't raised a fool.

Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too.

I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity.

Ooo,” said Alexia, fascinated, “it shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence.” The earl laughed. “You must show me these books of yours.

He nuzzled in at her neck kissing and licking her softly just below her ear. “Just a moment ” he said. “I need a small reminder that you are here you are whole and you are mine.

Oh, Herbert," she said pleadingly to her silent husband, "you must make him marry her! Call for the parson immediately! Look at them... they are...," she sputtered, "canoodling!

Although we didn't invite Lucinda, she arrived anyway-with a gift. "No need," Char and I chimed together. "Remember when you were a squirrel," Mandy said.

Finding ways to organize work in which people are not locked into unequal power relationships is very important. Having said that, it's not easily done, and it's complicated.

I 'ad a toy when I was little,' said Suzy. She frowned for a moment, then added, 'Can't remember what it was. It moved and made me laugh.

Time plays tricks between here and home," said Mogget sepulchrally, frightening the life out of the telephone operator.

Hear, hear," said the Dog, raising her head. "It's always better to be doing, Prince. Besides, you don't smell like a coward, so you can't be one.

I love the road. That's always been my goal. I've said that to many record labels. I want to make records. The road is my favorite. Some people hate the road, I love the road.

Light is actually the first word I said as a little baby.

Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.

Mrs. Daugherty was keeping my bowl of cream of wheat hot, and she had a special treat with it, she said. It was bananas. In the whole story of the world, bananas have never once been a special treat.

Bing Crosby said that Armstrong is "the beginning and the end of music in America," and he wasn't far wrong.

Religion says "Do." Grace says "Done" because Jesus said "It is finished."

Focus on quality of life, and enjoy a life worth living. Researchers have said that only 4% of people enjoy both their work and their personal life.

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them.

[Niccolò] Machiavelli said it's better to be feared than to be loved.

Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film 'Paradise Now' had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, 'Paradise now, talk to you later.' [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that.

It's a good thing Kerry's dead, because that funeral would've sent him over the edge," Henry said.

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

She said if she couldn't play, she had nothing left. What about me?

Mia,” Kim said, an edge of warning in her voice signaling the end of her patience. “You’re starting to act like one of those girls. Do you need to get me a gun?

Obey the muse, Liz said. She's a fickle mistress.

A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering.

It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at the target. Don't be down there." It's why they call it the Zen art.

I had told my agents that I never wanted to do an hour-long TV show. I said, "I'm not that stupid." Because it's the worst lifestyle in Hollywood.

Of course I would change anything if John Cassavetes said so - it's his script. But he was very easy about that.

Ohh, how clever," Aden said and clapped. "A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.

My demon's a girl? Gideon said, astonished.

Lord Kane beat me up,” one said with a grin. There was blood on his teeth. “Did you see?” “Best. Night. Ever.