Quotes about Reply

Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit. Votes: 3

(Reply on what constitutes scientific proof:)"The question is much too difficult for me. Votes: 3

Reply to Plato: I seen horses I seen cows I haint never yet seen horsiness nor that there bovinity neither. Votes: 3

Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed: It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe. Votes: 3

Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness. A gentle hand can lead even en elephant by a hair. Reply to thine enemy with gentleness. Votes: 3

Peoples of Egypt , you will be told that I have come to destroy your religion. Do not believe it! Reply that I have come to restore your rights! Votes: 3

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. --written for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor of November 11, 1755. Votes: 3

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry Votes: 3

Silence is true wisdom's best reply. Votes: 2

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply. Votes: 1

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. Votes: 1

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' Votes: 1

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die. Votes: 1

They say, 'Nothing can be done here!' I reply, 'I know no such word in the vocabulary I adopt!' Votes: 1

People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. Votes: 1

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. Votes: 1

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' Votes: 1

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Votes: 1

In reply, I can only plead that a discovery which seems to contradict the general tenor of previous investigations is naturally received with much hesitation. Votes: 1

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. Votes: 1

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly. Votes: 1

And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday. Votes: 1

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people. Votes: 1

Letter writing was clearly important to Reagan. Even as president he kept dashing off letters to friends, pen pals, media people, statesmen, critics, and the kind of people who write to presidents never expecting a reply. Votes: 1

But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void, because it is repugnant to the law of nature and of nations. Votes: 1

The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply. Votes: 1

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, 'You're tearing up the grass'; 'We're not raising grass,' Dad would reply. 'We're raising boys.' Votes: 1

I promoted myself on Twitter and Facebook as hard as possible, nonstop. People started realizing that if they commented on my videos, I'd reply to their comment, so I started getting a lot more views and comments. Votes: 1

On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me! Votes: 1

You have nothing if you're texting a guy in a relationship. We can text six women a minute. We can text it and push 'reply all.' I mean, since we're lying, we might as well lie to everybody. Votes: 1

There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!' Votes: 1

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away. Votes: 1

Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings. Votes: 1

Silence is less injurious than a weak reply. Votes: 0

Fields' reply: He'd think I was a sissy. Votes: 0

Silence is the best reply to a fool. Votes: 0

Smile is a good reply to the dark world. Votes: 0

TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy. Votes: 0

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply. Votes: 0

Diss me and you'll never hear a reply for it Votes: 0

Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June. Votes: 0

His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always. Votes: 0

Tragedy when ridiculed by comedy does not condescend a reply. Votes: 0

I regret to say I'munable to reply to your unexpressed desires. Votes: 0

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply. Votes: 0

Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering. Votes: 0

An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign. Votes: 0

The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit. Votes: 0

What is it you want? My reply, I want what I have. Votes: 0

The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact. Votes: 0

Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person. Votes: 0

When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'. Votes: 0

Tell your secrets. [In reply to the question "How does one become a prophet?"] Votes: 0

There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply. Votes: 0

You have to try to reply to criticism with your intellect, not your ego. Votes: 0

I know you. It's a statement, not a question...............No, I reply..................I want to. Votes: 0

After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes Votes: 0

My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated. Votes: 0

Clavo saca clavo.Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her. Votes: 0

I ask myself, 'why am I so lazy?' and am too lazy to reply. Votes: 0

Let it be a reminder that nothing in this world can last.Even pain, I reply. Votes: 0

When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'. Votes: 0

Your calling my name is My reply. Your longing for Me is My message to you. Votes: 0

Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine: that is a fairytale. Votes: 0

After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game Votes: 0

Everything in this world can volunteer some reply, what takes up time is posing the questions. Votes: 0

Hello," Magnus said to the monkey. The monkey did not reply. "I shall call you Ragnor. Votes: 0

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply. Votes: 0

Don't promise when you're happy, Don't reply when you're angry, and don't decide when you're sad. Votes: 0

Knowledge knocks on the door of action. If it receives a reply, it stays. Otherwise, it departs. Votes: 0

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Votes: 0

At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply. Votes: 0

When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything. Votes: 0

When someone says to me, Ugh, you smoke. I reply, Ugh, you're ugly. I can quit smoking. Votes: 0

Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words. Votes: 0

Silence is the best reply to those who provoke you. Smile is like icing on the cake. Votes: 0

People ask me how long it took to make a work. I reply by giving them my age. Votes: 0

Do you pay regular visits to yourself? Don't argue or answer rationally. Let us die, and dying, reply. Votes: 0

When people ask me what they should do, I reply, "Get informed, get outraged, and then get political." Votes: 0

Margaret could not reply. Was he incredibly stupid, or did he understand her better than she understood herself? Votes: 0

A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. Votes: 0

When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was 'Still?' Votes: 0

Teaching...can be likened to a conversation in which you listen to the speaker carefully before you reply. Votes: 0

To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer. Votes: 0

We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply. Votes: 0

If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer. Votes: 0

People say you have expensive tastes.My Humble reply : I appreciate fine art, and fine art is not cheap. Votes: 0

The demon that you can swallow gives you it's power, and the greater life's pain, the greater life's reply. Votes: 0

If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. Votes: 0

I have such a horror of telegrams that ask me how I am!! I always want to reply dead. Votes: 0

It is ok if you talk to a rock, but it is not ok if you expect any reply! Votes: 0

This will be our reply to violence:to make music more intensely,more beautifully,more devotedly than ever before. Votes: 0

Whenever people ask where I get my sick and twisted ideas from, I reply, 'Just open your eyes.' Votes: 0

The task of asking nonliving matter to speak and the responsibility for interpreting its reply is that of physics. Votes: 0

Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankleYou HAD to break, she scolded it.The ankle did not reply. Votes: 0

People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening. Votes: 0

Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried Votes: 0

Pakistan is running away from talks which will be held only when we get reply. Time available is only tonight. Votes: 0

Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer. Votes: 0

People enquire as to the craft behind our art and we reply by making references to a patently childish notion. Votes: 0

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation. Votes: 0

When asked by a prospective donor how much he should give, the best reply is, "Give until you are proud." Votes: 0

Literature cannot be the business of a woman's life, and it ought not to be.(Southey's reply to Charlotte Bronte) Votes: 0

I'll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most. Votes: 0

Annabeth sat up and glared at her ankle. "You HAD to break," she scolded it. The ankle did not reply. Votes: 0

When tragedy befalls me and someone says, Better you than me, I always reply, Yes, I am better than you. Votes: 0

An old man was asked what had robbed him of joy in his life. His reply was, "Things that never happened." Votes: 0

Note, the reply will not be "I write," an act that I have, after all, been performing since I was nine. Votes: 0

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you? Thank you. You are very kind. Votes: 0

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.' Votes: 0

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply. Votes: 0

I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?" Votes: 0

Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so. Votes: 0

When asked if direct sales is a pyramid scheme. My reply is a corporation has only one person at the top. Votes: 0

When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?' Votes: 0

Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes. Votes: 0

I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words. Votes: 0

Can we go too fast in saving souls? If anyone still wants a reply, let him ask the lost souls in Hell. Votes: 0

The major dilemma is that we tend to listen to reply, while all we should do is: listen to understand and feel. Votes: 0

Tina leans forward and asks quietly, 'Do you? You know? Love her?'Squeezing Nat's knee again, I reply, 'She's teachin' me how. Votes: 0

Ah me! the world is full of meetings such as this,--a thrill, a voiceless challenge and reply, and sudden partings after! Votes: 0

Bid imagination run / Much on the Great Questioner; / What He can question, what if questioned I / Can with a fitting confidence reply. Votes: 0

The mind, when it reaches its limits, must make a judgment and choose its conclusions. This is where suicide and the reply stand. Votes: 0

Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply, Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope. Votes: 0

Each creature has a universally unique name, a sacred identity.If you know and call them by that name, they will definitely reply. Votes: 0

For in Paris, whenever God puts a pretty woman there (the streets), the Devil, in reply, immediately puts a fool to keep her. Votes: 0

Barney did not reply. He looked at Krendler as though the left and right hemispheres of Krendler's brain were two dogs stuck together. Votes: 0

When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply. Votes: 0

You ever hear girls say that? "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." I like to reply with "I'm not honest, but you're interesting!" Votes: 0

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening. Votes: 0

Use correct grammar and punctuation. Do not use net speak, like WOT, W-O-T or U. Those messages get a lot lower reply rate. Votes: 0

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply Votes: 0

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply. Votes: 0

One need ask only 'What for? What am I to unify my being for?' The reply is: Not for my own sake. Votes: 0

You know, that's a really beautiful bow, Neverfell interrupted suddenlyDid you make it?Found it, mended it, modified it, was the curt reply. Votes: 0

If you were to ask me if I have ever loved a woman, I'd probably reply, "Two gallons of milk and a midget. Votes: 0

How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell. Votes: 0

Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre.'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply. Votes: 0

M. de Charlus made no reply and looked as if he had not heard, which was one of his favourite forms of rudeness. Votes: 0

At my age, I'm often asked if I'm frightened of death and my reply is always, I can't remember being frightened of birth. Votes: 0

The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook. Votes: 0

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community. Votes: 0

I shouted into the phone, but there was no reply. Silence floated up from the receiver like smoke from the mouth of a gun. Votes: 0

God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply. Votes: 0

You ask me if I love you and I choke on my reply. I'd rather hurt you honestly than mislead you with a lie. Votes: 0

You better not turn out to be an asshole, she says quietly.And you better be done with that guy in Italy, I reply. Votes: 0

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility. Votes: 0

Here is a good reply of a clever horse to the man who tries to ride and control it: Throwing him into the air! Votes: 0

Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. Votes: 0

Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard. Votes: 0

We are never quits with those who oblige us," was Dantes' reply; "for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude. Votes: 0

Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply. Votes: 0

Should anyone knock at my heart and say, 'Who lives here?' I should reply, 'Not Martin Luther, but the Lord Jesus Christ.' Votes: 0

People ask me why I wear veils. I reply, I am mourning. Mourning what? Well I figure something shitty must be going on somewhere. Votes: 0

Under my head till morning; but the rain, Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh, Upon the glass and listen for reply.... Votes: 0

Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do & die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Votes: 0

I make no other answer than the act, the Master said: The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact. [XXIV] Votes: 0

Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep. Votes: 0

Why do you wear a mask and hood?" I think everybody will in the near future," was the man in black's reply. "They're terribly comfortable. Votes: 0

Sometimes I'm asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer... prayer... prayer. Votes: 0

The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left. Votes: 0

Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!' Votes: 0

To the questioning glance of love, as it flashes out and then conceals itself, speech has no reply; the smile, the kiss, the sigh answer. Votes: 0

If people say that here and there someone has been taken away and maltreated, I can only reply: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. Votes: 0

I get a lot of letters, mostly from family members who have been affected by cancer rather than young people themselves. I reply to them all. Votes: 0

What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit. Votes: 0

Sunny did not reply, but her siblings were not alarmed because they imagined it was difficult to say much when you had a mouthful of wall. Votes: 0

I am troubled, immeasurablyby your eyes. I am struck by the featherof your soft reply.The sound of glassspeaks quick, disdainand concealswhat your eyes fightto explain. Votes: 0

Indignant reply to the blatent sex discrimination expressed in a colleague's opposition when Hilbert proposed appointing Emmy Noether as the first woman professor at their university. Votes: 0

Sometimes no words come as a response, only shapes spring to mind. But after you tell me you love me, I can't very well reply, Hexagon! Votes: 0

I am on fire within. There comes no murmur of reply. What is it that will take away my sin, And save me lest I die? Votes: 0

...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet. Votes: 0

In reply to 'how do I flirt with people?': Just be yourself and not want anything out of anybody. Desire is the killer of all smoothness. Votes: 0

My mother always told me,"hide your face- people are looking at you". I would reply,"It does not matter; I am also looking at them. Votes: 0

I bet you're the type of guy not afraid of anything, huh?Oh, no, there are things that terrify me. Like what? Muppets, came his solemn reply. Votes: 0

If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply; I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong. Votes: 0

Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in the toilet and flush it. Votes: 0

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply,- "'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die." Votes: 0

If there is one question I dread, to which I have never been able to invent a satisfactory reply, it is the question what am I doing. Votes: 0

If I were asked ... to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of Americans ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply: To the superiority of their women. Votes: 0

No matter when, at whatever moment, if she were asked what she was thinking about she could reply quite correctly - one thing, her happiness and her unhappiness. Votes: 0

I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.' Cinna just smiles. 'Had a damp morning?' 'You could wring me out.' I reply Votes: 0

Sometimes life puts too big weights on little shoulders and the reply of little shoulders to this injustice is remarkable: To carry the burden with courage and dignity! Votes: 0

Tibby cried into her soup when it finally cameI'm scared... , she told it. The carrots and peas made no reply, but she felt better for having told them. Votes: 0

you listen first with the ears - then, you wait and listen for what your heart feels - then you consider what they've said - then, you reply Votes: 0

You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasantly, then they'll get a pleasant reply back! Votes: 0

There are a lot of people who say that bombing cannot win the war. My reply to that is that it has never been tried. . . and we shall see. Votes: 0

What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators, Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines? So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply They are merely conventional signs! Votes: 0

I have been waiting twenty years for someone to say to me: "You have to fight fire with fire" so that I could reply, "That's funny-I always use water." Votes: 0

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'. Votes: 0

Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent. Votes: 0

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath. Votes: 0

I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. Votes: 0

Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply. Nothing but growing my pain into madness. Votes: 0

Tibby cried into her soup when it finally came. "I'm scared... ," she told it. The carrots and peas made no reply, but she felt better for having told them. Votes: 0

Wrong way, Bones. The men's showers are in the opposite direction." I'll file that away with all the other information that doesn't pertain to me" was Bones' mocking reply. Votes: 0

She howl'd aloud, I am on fire within.There comes no murmur of reply.What is it that will take away my sin,And save me lest I die? Votes: 0

But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them. Votes: 0

I always say this: If you a dude texts you after 2 a.m. and you reply, then you will never get called at 8 p.m. He won't take you serious. Votes: 0

Regardless of how insane it might be, when you dig somebody you just met and you send that first text, goddamn, it's an eternity before you get the reply back. Votes: 0

Prayer may be elevating if combined with work, and they who labor with head, hands or feet have faith and are generally quite sure of an immediate and favorable reply. Votes: 0

Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires. Votes: 0

She let herself love me for three minutes. Can three minutes last forever? I ask myself, but already know the answer. Probably not, I reply. But maybe they last long enough. Votes: 0

People come up to me and say, 'Can I just thank you for writing my life?' And I reply, 'I'm glad someone else is as idiotic as I am.' Votes: 0

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well Votes: 0

If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply; "you obviously don't know about my other vices, otherwise you would have mentioned these as well Votes: 0

He disliked contradiction, and still more, arguments that were continually skipping from one thing to another, introducing new and disconnected points, so that there was no knowing to which to reply. Votes: 0

What is a church? Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, "The faithful, pure and meek, From Christian folds, the one selected race, Of all professions, and in every place. Votes: 0

Somebody came up to me after a talk I had given, and say, "You make mathematics seem like fun." I was inspired to reply, "If it isn't fun, why do it?" Votes: 0

If we ask of the saints how they achieved spiritual effectiveness, they are only able to reply that, insofar as they did it themselves, they did it by love and prayer. Votes: 0

You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad...""Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?"But the little prince made no reply. Votes: 0

In the night, I wish to speak with the angel to find out if she recognizes my eyes, if she will ask me: do you see Eden? And I'll reply: Eden burns. Votes: 0

I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you? Votes: 0

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.' Votes: 0

God can say to His believers, 'I am divine and human,' and His believers can reply, 'Praise You, Lord. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine.' Votes: 0

I am not ashamed to reply to you in my mother tongue, however imperfectly, and am glad to be able to show that my fatherland means more to me than anything else Votes: 0

A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity. Votes: 0

It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me. Votes: 0

MY river runs to thee: Blue sea, wilt welcome me? My river waits reply. Oh sea, look graciously! I 'll fetch thee brooks From spotted nooks,— Say, sea, Take me! Votes: 0

I have come a hundred miles," said a minister, "to get some of Mr. Moody's spirit." " You don't want my spirit," was the reply. "What you want is the Spirit of God. Votes: 0

I've never written a children's book, but when people meet me for the first time and I say I write books, they invariably reply, 'Children's books?' Maybe it's something about my face. Votes: 0

After another minute Reuben brought forth the following sentence:I ha' scranleted two hundred furrows come five o'clock down i' the bute.It was a difficult remark, Flora felt, to which to reply. Votes: 0

And what else is she?" Jerome asked. Jazza didn't offer any reply so I chimed in with, "A bitchweasel?" "A bitchweasel!" Jazza's face lit up. "She's a bitchweasel! I love my new roommate. Votes: 0

Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one' Votes: 0

I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch. Votes: 0

My mother phones daily to ask, "Did you just try to reach me?" When I reply no, she adds, "So, if you're not too busy, call me while I'm still alive," . . . and hangs up. Votes: 0

So the moment he walks in the door I snap, I swear if you cry, I'll kill you here and now.Cinna just smilesHad a damp morning?You could wring me out, I reply. Votes: 0

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, You're tearing up the grass" "We're not raising grass Dad would reply. "We're raising boys Votes: 0

If when I get to heaven the Lord shall say to me, Spurgeon, I want you to preach for all eternity, I would reply, Lord, give me a Bible, that is all I need. Votes: 0

There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream. Votes: 0

You may well ask me why...I took the time to write [books]. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it. I had to: that was all. Votes: 0

The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says 'Amen' and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him our ideas. Votes: 0

Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic Votes: 0

Idiotic reply, June. Why don't you punch him in the face while you're at it. I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic" Votes: 0

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only Votes: 0

In every attempt there will be one set of men who will applaud, and another who will pick holes. Go on doing your own work, what need have you to reply to any party? Votes: 0

[Smiley contemplates graffiti:]'Punk is destructive. Society does not need it.' The assertion caused him a moment's indecision. 'Oh, but society does,' he wanted to reply; 'society is an association of minorities. Votes: 0

It was not seen that woman's place was in the home until she began to go out of it; the statement was a reply to an unspoken challenge, it was attempted resistance to irresistible change. Votes: 0

On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he was writing-after a pause came the reply, 'Perhaps seven.' Votes: 0