W Quotes
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“Well, Humpty Dumpty is one of the keenest arguers I know... he almost had me convinced that I had no valid reason to be sure that I was awake... It took me about three hours, but I finally convinced him that I must be awake, and so he conceded that I had won the argument. And then--."
The King did not finish his sentence and stood lost in thought.
"And then what?" asked Alice.
"And then I woke up!" said the King, a bit sheepishly.”
Source: Alice in Puzzle-Land
“Well I actually do have a country house in Connecticut with a population of 3,000. Like, how small is that? I spend a lot of time there - I write up there. So I kind of have the best of both worlds and I love going up there.”
“Well, I agree that 'trial and error' is a pretty pessimistic name for it. And maybe that's what it is most of the time. But I think the point is that it's not just try-error. Most of the time, it's try-error-try.”
Source: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
“Well I ain't Dr. Phil, but I'm smart," she said. "And your shoes are cuter than his," I said, trying to sound at least semi-normal. "Yeah they remind me of Dorothy's ruby slippers, only mine are wedges 'cause I'm more fashion conscious than she was.”
“Well I ain't no movie star but I can get behind anything!”
“Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when,
I've been drinking bourbon whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose,
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer.”
“Well I always wanted to be Dolly Parton when I was a little girl. I was obsessed with her.”
“Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.”
“Well I am always interested my people's right. But I will push myself to a revolution without arms.”
“Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.”
“Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style.”
“Well I am grooming him, he has a boxing trainer that knows what he is talking about, and once he has that he is able to put everything together and he listens, and when somebody listens they are able to accomplish anything.”
“Well i am just going to try!" she thought confidently!”
Source: The Musical Mermaid
“Well, I am more partial to a semicolon myself.”
“Well. I am not afraid. But to protect you, Katerina, I will be discreet." Plain Kate considered a cat's idea of discretion, and was frightened.”
Source: Plain Kate
“Well I am, now. But I wasn't always so ready to call it my home--when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow. Once I was ready, it felt like I was part of a new song that I had somehow always known.”
Source: The Tea Dragon Tapestry
“Well, I am something, Ma, you hissed, I am not nothing, I am somebody and I know what I want from life and I know what to do to get it. I will provide for myself.”
Source: Agaat: A Novel
“Well I am still not drunk" I straightened up against the pillows as best I could. "You told me once that if you could still stand up, you weren't drunk." You aren't standing up." he point out. You are.”
Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood
“Well, I am sure, for we do not achieve this by ourselves, but by the strength of StarClan within us.”
Source: Moonrise
“Well I am the one who loves changing from nothing to one.”
“Well I am young." Just as he felt a flicker of ease, she murmured in a sexy voice, "But, baby, I've been busy.”
Source: Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night
“well,' I answered, 'there really are some bridges that can be fixed with some hot food.”
Source: And I Heard the Mourner Say
“Well," I ask, leaning over him, "do you wish to stay?"
"I do."
"And why is that, Cole?" I say, tipping toward him so that our noses nearly brush.
"Well," he says with a smile, "the weather's quite nice.”
Source: The Near Witch
“well I believe in commitment it's just I, you know, I don't stick to it.”
“Well I believe in the desirability of an optimal society.”
“Well, I bet one-hundred gold pieces, as well as my freedom, that you cannot drink a jug of milk as you can a jug of ale.” Finn’s tail twitched as he waited for the sheepdog’s response.
“Ha! I shall take your bet! Innkeeper, grab me a jug of milk the same size as this jug of ale. I will show you Mister Finn, that I am Butch the Thirsty, as well as Butch the Hungry!”
Source: Rise of the Golden Blood
“Well, I can feel superior for my good deed.” I flashed him a smile. “How’s that for a selfish reason?”
Source: Perception
“Well, I can hardly lick champagne off your dazzling personality, now can I?”
Source: Twisted Arrangement
“Well, I can safely say that I've never experienced a more exciting two days. I suppose I should send a note before seeing you again. 'Are you in the company of any creature liable to attack me unprovoked? I can visit later.”
Source: The Falconer
“Well I can tell you that for me generally speaking that I think things that I deal with are all to do with not accepting things, not excepting life on life's terms. My life becomes a lot easier when I'm willing to just accept. I don't have to like circumstances as they are, but I have to accept them and that's where I always seem to get thrown, when I try to will my way instead of accept things the way they are.”
“Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?"
"What's that?"
"The world didn't come to an end.”
“Well I can understand why men want it to be legal. Obviously they're all hoping they might get to marry me someday. I hate to burst their bubble, but they should just give it up now. Zach Braff doesn't sway that way, you know?”
“Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.”
“Well, I cannot understand it." "That is the case with us all, papa. One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”
Source: Emma
“Well I certainly have learned and I hope I'm moving on and certainly two years of prison was a terrible punishment.”
“Well, I certainly wouldn't give [advice] to the girl that has tried to get me tossed out of this place not once but twice -oh, and let's not forget your most inglorious moment, when you TRIED TO LIGHT ME ON FIRE.”
Source: First Year
“Well I come from a land, from a far away place, where the caravan camels roam. They will cut of your ear if they don't like your face, it's babaric, but hey, it's home.”
“Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.”
“Well, I could never lie to you, Thor. I'm actually the All-Mother's undercover operative in the cause of niceness and puppies, and I'm here on a top-secret spy-type thingie. Shh! Don't tell anyone.”
Source: Loki: Agent of Asgard, Vol. 1: Trust Me
“Well, I'd like my life to be like a Bruce Springsteen song.”
Source: High Fidelity
“Well I declare!” she exclaimed, with a laugh. “You’re in a pretty fix, Dorothy Gale, I can tell you! and I haven’t the least idea how you’re going to get out of it!”
“Well, I definitely advise anyone who wants to write, write. Don’t let anyone tell you that you shouldn’t. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t. Because a lot of people can be very discouraging to people who say they want to be a professional writer. If you want to do it, then chase it. Chase your dreams. Follow your heart. If that’s what you want, go after it. Write it out. You never know, you could be the next big thing.”
“well I did get one good line out of Joe Biden... "undermine the dignity of work" = Unless you pay me a shitton of money so I can finally buy a goddamn Yacht, YOU're fucking undermining the dignity of MY work. There. Fixed it.”
“Well, I did have 2 pancakes with chocolate spread and stuff but I got hungry.”
Source: Carter’s Kids & the Lovesick Murderer
“Well, I did tell you I couldn’t give you a thing. Maybe you’ve just realised that Alistair can give the god damn world, and the pleasure of kissing his shiny slap-head every day!”
Source: Never Another You
“Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.”
“Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.”
“Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their minds become dominated by that. They let their own emotions and expectations transform their perceptions of the world.”
“Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.”
“Well I DO want to go up into space, but more than that, I'm dissatisfied with the fact that humans have only gone to the moon. I want to go to Mars! I want to eventually go beyond the solar system!”