R Quotes
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“Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto the filthy carpet. "I'm dying of boredom," Howl said pathetically. "Or maybe just dying.”
Source: Wizard's Castle
“Really, this horrid House of Commons quite ruins our husbands for us. I think the Lower House by far the greatest blow to a happy married life that there has been since that terrible thing called the Higher Education of Women was invented.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest
“Really, though, I just want to make the kind of comics I wouldn't be embarrassed to read in public.”
“Really, throughout my career, what I've done is taken teams with bad records and with every situation I've made them better.”
“Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.”
Source: Letters to a Friend
“Really, truly, try to figure out what your palate is all about. If you've determined that you don't like dirty old stinky wine - old-world flavors - you probably like new-world fruit bombs. Stick to Shirazes and California Cabernets or Zinfandels.”
“Really, UCLA's a great place as well, but they don't have the kind of environment they have here. The fans here have a passion.”
“Really, voice-over IS great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.”
“Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt.”
Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels
“Really, we don't relate our Atlanta setup to here. I feel like the shock [absorber] package will be different and the springs will certainly be different than Atlanta.”
“Really, what [sea] ice does is it acts like a garden. … Losing that ice is like losing the soil in a garden.”
“Really, what education does is it gives opportunity, but it also gives hope.”
“Really, what I try to instill in my fans is to be healthy and happy. I have no desire to be super-skinny.”
“Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!”
“Really, what I'm always drawn to is the voice - PJ Harvey , Björk . If the voice interests me, then I'm interested to listen to what's happening.”
“Really, what we want now, is not laws against crime, but a law against insanity. That is where the true evil lies.”
Source: The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays
“Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the muse for poetry and writing and music. It's all part of the spirit and if we look particularly at Hinduism and Buddhism, the tantric stream of those traditions totally embraces all aspects of human life and life on this world.”
“Really, when I think it over, literature has only one excuse for existing; it saves the person who makes it from the disgustingness of life.”
Source: L -bas (Down There).
“Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.”
“Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.”
“Really, when you get down to racism, in or out of the church, it's a heart issue. It's not a head issue. When we actually get to experience each other's ministry, and each other's struggle, and each other's pain, there's a much greater sensitivity.”
“Really, while gas is an awful thing to watch - the death is painful - to even watch these deaths - it's also bad to die from a bullet, a hand grenade, or a machete.”
“Really, you have to keep everything streamlined, and lined and sexy and close to their body. They really had to work very hard at their own patience. But yeah, you absolutely consider their physiques as they are, and how can we help them look even better, or more powerful, and you adapt designs for the actors. You want to keep them as cool as comfortable as you can.”
“Really, you should always discuss the defeats because you can learn much more from failure than from success.”
“Really,' thought I, 'we call Baltimore the 'Monumental City' for its two marble columns, and here is Edinburg with one at every street-corner!”
“Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.”
Source: Where We Belong: A Novel
“Really. I'd love to be spoiled on by others.”
“Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations?”
Source: Rules of Civility: A Novel
“Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?" Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes it again. It is Felicity who answers, eyes steely. "They are weak to temptation. And we are their temptresses.”
“Really? Anyone intimidated by Barack Obama? He can't even keep Joe Biden in line.”
“Really? I thought the transfers will go through Four’s landscape,” says Uriah. “Like he would let anyone do that,” she says, snorting. Something inside me gets warm and soft. He let me go through it.”
“Really? If I could hate my trainer? That would be ideal. I'd prefer to despise this person with the fire of ten thousand suns. So when I walk - nay, crawl - out of here at the end of my workouts, I want to lull myself to sleep by picturing my very talented and inspirational trainer getting hit by a bus. A bus that I am driving.”
Source: Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?
“Really? Is he running for Worst Boyfriend Ever?" "In the subcategory of Completely Awesome.”
Source: Ghost Town
“Really? It seems too good to be true. I don't trust it. I don't trust anyone.”
“Really? My people do the same thing.”
“Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the silence was worse.” “Worse than screaming?” I said. “Much,” he said, nodding. “I mean, at least with an argument, you know what’s happening. Or have some idea. Silence is… it could be anything. It’s just –” “So freaking loud,” I finished for him. He pointed at me. “Exactly.”
Source: Just Listen
“Really? Was that how you quit me?”
Source: Where She Went
“Really? What did you cost me again? I ask. A lot of trouble. Don't worry. You'll get it all back,he says.”
Source: The Hunger Games
“Realmente ella era una persona muy equilibrada. (Aunque a veces, bajo las más grandes apariencias de equilibrio encontráramos las locuras más sorprendentes o los misterios más inescrutables.)”
Source: Cuentos reunidos
“Realmente estaba sorprendida por la manera de actuar de Jonathan, al menos había insistido en verme y disculparse por algo tal vez insignificante ahora que lo pensaba. Su caballerosidad me sorprendió realmente, prácticamente no me había tocado y aún así aquí estaba, literalmente de rodillas pidiéndome perdón, al menos buscó la manera de arreglar las cosas. Estaba admirándolo, era un digno caballero inglés algo que no puedo pensar del príncipe y que no pudo ser. No pudo darme de una vez la cara y disculparse, pero no podía esperar eso de él, su orgullo no se lo permitiría o tal vez su cobardía.”
Source: El Príncipe de Bórdovar 1
“Realmente nunca comprenderás a otras personas hasta que aprendas a mirar a través de sus ojos,
escuchar a través de sus oídos,
y sentir con sus corazones.”
“Realmente, o mundo está cheio de perigos, mas ainda há muita coisa bonita, e, embora atualmente o amor e a tristeza estejam misturados em todas as terras, talvez o primeiro ainda cresça com mais força.”
“Realms of beauty gather together in space before expression; a necessary period for feelings to take root.”
Source: The Last Leaf Of Autumn: Barefoot and falling, infinity is a number that has none to end
“Realness often stands alone but painfully just.
© TyLeishia Douglass 2012 All Rights Reserved”
“Realtechnik is skeptical about linear progress. It encourages humility, a state of mind in which we are most open to facing problems and reconsidering decisions. It helps us acknowledge costs and recognize the things we hold inviolate.”
Source: Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
“Realty exists only through experience, and it must be personal experience.”
Source: Soul Mountain
“Real’ is a dirty word in this place.”
“Reap your harvest. (Benefits) You have been sowing seeds on good soil. (Working Hard) Your garden is overflowing abundantly.(Successful) Now is the time for you to fill your basket with the fruits of your labor. (Savings). Prepare your soil for new seeds. (Investments)”
“Reaparece aqui o realismo cristão, que não deita fora nada do que existe. A realidade, na sua misteriosa persistência e complexidade, é portadora dum sentido da existência com as suas luzes e sombras. É isto que leva o apóstolo Paulo a dizer: "Sabemos que tudo contribui para o bem daqueles que amam a Deus" (Rm 8, 28). E Santo Agostinho acrescenta: tudo, "incluindo aquilo que é chamado mal". Nesta perspectiva global, a fé dá significado a todos os acontecimentos, sejam eles felizes ou tristes.”
“Reaper of enemies; strong of grip; One kind with his fathers.”