“ What do you think of God, the teacher asked. After a pause, the young pupil replied, "He's not a think, he's a feel.". ”
- Paul Frost- Copy
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“ They said, "You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. The man replied, "Things as they are changed upon a blue guitar.". ”
- Wallace Stevens- Copy
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“ I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man. ”
- Charles M. Schwab- Copy
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“ I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute, said the student. "So is the hydrogen bomb," I replied. "But think of the damage it produces!". ”
- George Sweeting- Copy
- 3.6K
“ A wise man, when asked how he had learned so much about everything, replied: "By never being ashamed or afraid to ask questions about anything of which I was ignorant.". ”
- John Abbott- Copy
- 1.9K
“ You have been my friends, replied Charlotte, that in itself is a tremendous thing… ”
- Elwyn Brooks White- Copy
- 3.3K
“ I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 467
“ That is well said, replied Candide, but we must cultivate our garden. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied: 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!'. ”
- Hilaire Belloc- Copy
- 2.9K
“ According to a news account last month, people leaving the Democratic National Convention asked a Boston policeman for directions. He replied, Leave here - and go vote Republican. ”
- Dick Cheney- Copy
- 3K
“ I was lecturing to a group of English teachers about Dante. Suddenly one of them got up-English teachers, mind you-and said, What is Dante? Well, Madam, I replied, It is a kind of detergent. ”
- Ronald Duncan- Copy
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“ I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated all my homosexual patients are quite sick - to which I finally replied so are all my heterosexual patients. ”
- Ernest van den Haag- Copy
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“ Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'. ”
- Cesare Lombroso- Copy
- 3.3K
“ I lose my temper, but it's all over in a minute, said the student. So is the hydrogen bomb, I replied. But think of the damage it produces! ”
- Spencer Tracy- Copy
- 2.1K
“ The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'. ”
- Roy Blount Jr.- Copy
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“ I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell, And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell. ”
- Omar Khayyam- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Robspierre replied softly, 'the question is to know where is the enemy.' 'He is out there, and I have hunted him,' said Danton. 'He is within, and I am watching him,' said Robespierre. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
- 350
“ A man said to the Universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the Universe, "the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.". ”
- Stephen Crane- Copy
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“ "I've had nothing yet", Alice replied in an offended tone: "so I ca'n't take more." "You mean you ca'n't take *less*. It's very easy to take *more* than nothing.". ”
- Mad Hatter- Copy
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“ Facetiously is the only English word that has all six vowels in order, James Thurber declared. "Oh," replied copy editor Miss Gould, "What about abstemiously?". ”
- David Remmick- Copy
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“ A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most… ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ Three people were at work on a construction site. All were doing the same job, but when each was asked what the job was, the answers varied. "Breaking rocks," the first replied. "Earning my living," the second said. "Helping to build a cathedral," said the third. ”
- Peter Schultz- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung was imprisoned for seven years during the Cultural Revolution, during which time he had no access to a piano. When he returned to giving concerts again after he was released, his playing was better than ever. Asked how this was possible since he had not practice for seven years, he replied: "I did practice, every day… ”
- Bernie Zilbergeld- Copy
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“ In particular I may mention Sophocles the poet, who was once asked in my presence, "How do you feel about love, Sophocles? Are you still capable of it?" to which he replied, "Hush! if you please: to my great delight I have escaped from it, and feel as if I had escaped from a frantic and savage master… ”
- Plato- Copy
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“ As a result of trying to solve the big problems we face in life, many of us end up sacrificing individual relationships by doing things that we may consider as being small or insignificant at the time. This reminds us of the George and Gracie routine where George asks Gracie, How do you cook a pot roast? She replied, I put both a big pot roast and a small pot roast in the oven… ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ An agnostic found himself in trouble, and a friend suggested he pray. "How can I pray when I do not know whether or not there is a God?" he asked. "If you are lost in the forest," his friend replied, "you do not wait until you find someone before shouting for help… ”
- Dan Plies- Copy
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