Quotes about lot
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“I suggest to my students that they write under a pseudonym for a week. That allows young men to write as women, and women as men. It allows them a lot of freedom they don't have ordinarily.”

Joyce Carol Oates (1938) American author

Women, Men, Freedom

“Everyone has something to hide. And if they couldn't hide it the world would be in a lot worse mess than it is.”

Richard Matheson book A Stir of Echoes

Source: A Stir of Echoes

World

“There are a lot of things we don't want to know about the people we love.”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

Source: Fight Club

Love, People

“There was an old bastard named Lenin
Who did two or three million men in.
That's a lot to have done in
But where he did one in
That old bastard Stalin did ten in.”

Robert Conquest (1917–2015) poet and historian from England and the United States

Men

“You could do a lot worse.”

Suzanne Collins book Catching Fire

Variant: We could do it, you know.
Source: Catching Fire

“He was dressed just like on TV, with lots of silver chains and bracelets, ripped jeans, and a black muscle shirt (Which was kind of stupid, since he didn't have any muscles).”

Rick Riordan The Maze of Bones

Source: The Maze of Bones

Stupidity

“At first, it was hard to sit down and read the things that people were saying. A lot of people would've worked their way up to this position and would've gotten a thick skin over a few years' time. For me, though, all this happened in a few months.”

Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer

People, Way, Time, Reading

“If you were seeing a lot of horseshit, there had to be a pony in the vicinity.”

Stephen King book Under the Dome

Source: Under the Dome

“You know what Sunday is, it's a day with a lot of potential for naps.”

Polly Horvath (1957) Author

“As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas.”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

Life

“I'm Kakashi Hatake. Things I like and things I hate… I don't feel like telling you that. My dreams for the future… never really thought about it. As for my hobbies… I have lots of hobbies.”

Masashi Kishimoto book Naruto

Hate, Dreams, Feeling, Future

“Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.”

Anne Ursu (1900) American writer

Source: Breadcrumbs

Thinking

“You ever wonder when god's coming back with a lot of barbecue sauce?”

Chuck Palahniuk book Lullaby

Source: Lullaby

God

“I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

Question, Thinking

“A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.”

Lionel Shriver book Checker and the Derailleurs

Source: Checker and the Derailleurs

People, Thinking

“I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.”

Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer

People, Lie, Fools

“Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

Books, Reading

“I just stood there staring, because while I've seen a lot of weird things, I hadn't ever seen that.”

Jim Butcher Dead Beat

Source: Dead Beat

“You should have left him to wander,” Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised.
“Would you?” he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians.
“No,” he admitted.”

John Flanagan (1873–1938) Irish-American hammer thrower

Source: Erak's Ransom

“I'd been in hairier situations than this one. Actually, it's sort of depressing, thinking how many times I'd been in them. But if experience had taught me anything, it was this: No matter how screwed up things are, they can get a whole lot worse.”

Jim Butcher book Blood Rites

Source: Blood Rites

Thinking, Time

“The subject says "I see first lots of things which dance — then everything becomes gradually connected."”

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

Source: The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision

Dance

“The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door.”

Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy

Feeling, Problem

“Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary”

David Nicholls book One Day

Source: One Day

Sadness

“Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.”

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair

Source: The Eyre Affair

Books, Reading

“I'll be fine, they tell me. I won't die. It'll just hurt a lot.”

E. Lockhart book We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

Hurt

“I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I look up at the sky and I see you there.”

Edwidge Danticat Krik? Krak!

Source: Krik? Krak!

People, World, Water, Sea

“Can you imagine, finally showing your true self to your spouse, your soul mate, and having him not like you? So that's how the hating first began. I've thought about this a lot, and that's where it started, I think.”

Gillian Flynn book Gone Girl

Source: Gone Girl

Hate, Soul, Imagination, Thinking

“Donald Rumsfeld. Love him or hate him, you've gotta admit: a lot of people hate him.”

Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian

Love, Hate, People

“Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen though… that's the problem.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

People, Problem, Animals

“And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.”

Deb Caletti (1963) American writer

Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming

People, Feeling

“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”

Howard Nemerov (1920–1991) Poet

Time

“This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

Source: Like Life

Love

“Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.”

Jeannette Walls book The Glass Castle

Source: The Glass Castle

“You can't possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, scheming, speculating, and conniving. It's a delicate balance where the excitement must equal the guilt and sex must be as bright as the future you gamble.”

John Dufresne (1948) Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright

Source: Love Warps the Mind a Little

Sex, Future

“Holy Crap,' Carolli said. 'You shot Jesus. That's gonna take a lot of Hail Marys.”

Janet Evanovich book Seven Up

Source: Seven Up

“I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times.”

Janet Evanovich Three to Get Deadly

Source: Three to Get Deadly

Time

“That's when it struck me: how gorgeous we all were, even with cellulite (saw a lot of that) and stretch marks, scars and tattoos. Let me just say this, not single body was perfect, not even the fittest of women there.”

Justina Chen (1968) American writer

Source: North of Beautiful

Women, Tattoo, Perfection

“A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.”

Sarah Dessen Lock and Key

Source: Lock and Key

Change

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

Brandon Sanderson book Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker

“[Kurt Cobain] had a lot of German in him. Some Irish. But no Jew. I think that if he had had a little Jew he would have [expletive] stuck it out.”

Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist

Thinking

“It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.”

Anthony Kiedis book Scar Tissue

Source: Scar Tissue

People, Disappointment

“I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example…”

Aldous Huxley book Brave New World

Source: Brave New World

“Amazing how he could make her feel. Safe in a vacant lot, warm in the middle of the night. Just being this close to him, being able to touch his thoughts and feel his presence, was comforting-and dizzying.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Dark Visions

Feeling, Night

“People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or bad. Sometimes they're just a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes they're mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere.”

Gabrielle Zevin book Elsewhere

Source: Elsewhere

People

“Giving advice was a lot harder than following it.”

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

“Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?" says Peeta. "It costs everything you are.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Variant: It costs your life,” says Caesar.

“Oh, no. It costs a lot more than your life. To murder innocent people?” says Peeta. “It costs everything you are.
Source: Mockingjay

Life, People

“It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”

Tom Brokaw (1940) Television journalist

Business

“Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“Museums and bookstores should feel, I think, like vacant lots - places where the demands on us are our own demands, where the spirit can find exercise in unsupervised play.”

John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

Feeling, Exercises, Thinking

“This might hurt a little is universal code for this will definitely hurt a lot”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

Source: The Last Guardian

Universe, Hurt

“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”

Carl Reiner (1922) American actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian

People, Water

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”

Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books

Love, People, Cry

“You might have mentioned this to me Molly,” said Leonard. “The fact that there are hostile natives on the island.”
“I forgot,” said Molly.
“You forgot?” said Leonard.
“There’s been a lot happening,” said Molly.”

Dave Barry book Peter and the Starcatchers

Source: Peter and the Starcatchers

Hostility

“I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.”

Bill Gates (1955) American business magnate and philanthropist

Dreams, Thinking, Chance, Reading

“I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused.”

Keith Richards (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones

People

“But… as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

Learning, Time

“We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”

Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer

Learning, Box

“Syphilis. Lots and lots of magically delicious Syphilis.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bleeds

“Lots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs.”

Louis-ferdinand Céline book Journey to the End of the Night

Source: Journey to the End of the Night

Men

“You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

Girl, Dead

“There are other people who have it a lot worse”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

People

“Grim sighed heavily. "I swear I'm getting a migraine."
"My mom suffers from those a lot, too."
"Being around you, I imagine she does.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Invincible

Imagination, Moms, Suffering

“Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness. “To know all is to forgive all.”

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer

Source: How to Win Friends & Influence People

People, Forgiveness, Understanding

“I know you’re going to find this hard to believe, but for some reason I don’t understand, I actually like you…most of the time. (Simone)
Well, you also love Jesse. Obviously your taste in men leaves a lot to be desired. (Xypher)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Dream Chaser

Love, Men, Understanding, Time

“God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.”

William Peter Blatty book The Exorcist

Source: The Exorcist

God

“Siobhan says that if you raise one eyebrow it can means lots of different things. It can mean 'I want to do sex with you' and it can also mean 'I think what you just said was very stupid.”

Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Source: El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche

Stupidity, Sex, Thinking

“I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.”

Maeve Binchy book Tara Road

Source: Tara Road

People, Thinking

“Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he’d had a lot of practice.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

“A lot of people seem nice when you first meet them. Then later you find out that they are evil villains who plan to take over the world.”

Dan Gutman (1954) American children's writer

Source: Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

People, World, Evil

“Now I wish she'd never broken any of her rules. I understood why she held to them so hard. Once you broke the first one, they all broke, one by one, like firecrackers exploding in your face in a parking lot on the Fourth of July.”

Janet Fitch book White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“You’re presumptuous and arrogant and a whole lot of other things if you think I’ve changed my mind.”
“You see, that’s just it.” There he was again, moving into my space. “I think you like the ‘other things.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Source: The Indigo Spell

Thinking, Change

“Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.”

Markus Zusak (1975) Australian author

Source: I Am the Messenger

“That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

Life, Time

“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I'm afraid of widths.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

Steven Wright Special (1985)

People

“Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working, beer-drinking lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 1, p. 5

Sex, Drink, Beer, Science

“There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.”

Daniel Keyes book Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon (1966)

Money, People, Time

“You should've just gotten a kids' meal.' Adrian told me, pointing to my half-eaten burger and fries. 'You could've saved me a lot of money. And gotten a toy.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Money

“I don't have a method. All I do is read a lot, think a lot, and rewrite constantly. It's not a scientific thing.”

Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer

Source: Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez

Thinking, Reading

“Did I hurt you in the parking lot?"
"No, m'lady. I fell, so I could put a tracker on your car."
Great.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Fate's Edge

Cars, Hurt

“It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.”

Sarah Dessen Lock and Key

Source: Lock and Key

“I’ve had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.”

Romain Gary (1914–1980) French writer and diplomat

The Life and Death of Émile Ajar (1980), an essay written prior to his suicide, as quoted in "Romain Gary: A Short Biography" by Madeleine Schwartz, at The Harvard Advocate http://www.theharvardadvocate.com/content/romain-gary-short-biography <br class="br">Context: The gossip that came back to me from fashionable dinners where people pitied poor Romain Gary, who must be a little sad, a little jealous of the meteoric rise in the literary firmament of his cousin Emile Ajar… I’ve had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.