Said Quotes

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

I’ve heard it said that Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming.

And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth.

I should have said, 'Follow your blisters.'

Anything that is said is not the truth. It is a statement of truth, and no statement is the truth.

No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run in debt', said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan.

Jesus Christ didnt commit the gospel to an advertising agency; He commissioned disciples. And He didnt command them to put up signs and pass out tracts; He said that they would be His witnesses.

Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul.

We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.

He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, "You are an untidy person.

Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and, let's say, bubbles, has no foundation on the ground.

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

Why did you come if not to murder my king?" "I came to steal his magus." "You can't," said the magus in question. "I can steal anything," Eugenides corrected him, "even with one hand.

One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda

I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time.

Are you badly hurt?" "Hideously," said the king, without sounding injured at all. "I am disemboweled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you.

You need a prostate to understand,” I said.

You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute.

That was perfect. It was just the opposite from what I said yesterday.

He who knows does not feel wonder. It could not be said that God experiences wonder, for God knows in the most absolute and perfect way.

You're awake," he said. "Phresine is not," pointed out the queen. "Oh?" "You gave her lethium." "She gave it to me first.

Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician

The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.

That is ridiculous," she said. The king agreed. "Like falling in love with a landslide. Only you could fail to notice.

He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half.

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.

Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.

It said, 'War Is Not the Answer.' I disagree. I think war absolutely is the answer. And if you don't agree with me, happy Fourth of July.

I didn't say I liked it Harry. I said it fascinated me. There is a great difference.

My mom said the term heavy petting existed a lot when she was in high school.

I am an old man who will live until I die," Anselmo said.

Cheshvan starts tonight," Rixon said, "What are you doing arsing around in a graveyard?" "Thinking." "Thinking?" "A process by which I use my brain to make a rational decision.

And now, I am dying beyond my means. (Said while sipping champagne on his deathbed.)

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?

When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.

It is often said that the magnitude of a people is measured by their ability to know how to win.

I have always said that if I were a rich man, I would employ a professional praiser.

I would be a liar if I said it wouldn't be lovely and soothing - that's the word - to have a hit single or a hit album.

I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. "They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand.

He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.

I met God. 'What,' he said, 'you already?' 'What,' I said, 'you still?

A friend said to me I'm like a walking New Yorker article. It's true! That's how I write. That's how I think.

Every single director-actor I talked to, from Warren Beatty to Clint Eastwood to George Clooney, said the biggest mistake they made is not shooting enough footage of themselves.

You’re evil, you know that?” I said. She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order.