Quotes about lot
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“Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“You seem a lot like me," he said. "You don't gawk at me like I'm a freak."

"I'll kick anyone who does."

"I think you already did. Or at least smacked him with a tennis racket."

-Alexander and Raven, Vampire Kisses, Pg.127, The Beginning”

Ellen Schreiber book Vampire Kisses

Source: Vampire Kisses

Kiss, Thinking

“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer

Source: Dragon Blood

Winter, Summer

“Gentlemen of the human race, I say to hell with the lot of you.”

Victor Hugo book Les Misérables

Source: Les Misérables

Hell

“He needed his solitude at times, but he wasn't a hermit. He did a lot of socializing. Sometimes I think it was like he was storing up company for the times when he knew nobody would be around.”

Jon Krakauer book Into the Wild

Source: Into the Wild

Thinking, Solitude, Time

“To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.”

Ilchi Lee (1950) South Korean businessman

Source: Change: Realizing Your Greatest Potential

Truth, Study

“Time-travelers lie a lot.”

Stephen King book 11/22/63

11/22/63

Lie, Travel, Time

“When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it - don't back down and don't give up - then you're going to mystify a lot of folks.”

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

Feeling

“Oh, for heaven's sake, she thought with droll exasperation, this certainly explains a lot. It's no wonder I haven't been able to keep my hands off the blasted man since the day I met him. He's an artifact! A Celtic one at that!”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: The Dark Highlander

“Sometimes it is only a True Friend who knows what we mean when we try to speak.

Somebody who has spent a lot of time with us, and listens carefully to what we are trying to say, and tries to understand.”

Cressida Cowell book How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse

Source: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse

Understanding, Time

“I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

People, Thinking, Reading, Funny

“Oh, womanly sympathy, love AND food?" I said, laughing. "Don't want a lot, do you?”

Diana Gabaldon book Dragonfly in Amber

Source: Dragonfly in Amber

Love, Food

“I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where the sun shines and the rain rains and the snow snows and it all comes together.”

Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) American magazine editor

Thinking, Suffering, Sun

“You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours again. Everyone buys a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound You don't win with a lot of treble.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Lullaby

Source: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 3
Context: You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours again. Everyone buys a bigger stereo system. This is the arms race of sound You don't win with a lot of treble. This isn't about quality. It's about volume. This isn't about music. This is about winning. You stomp the competition with the bass line. You rattle windows. You drop the melody line, and shout the lyrics. You put in foul language and come down hard on each cussword. You dominate. This is really about power.

People, Music

“Now do you see why war irritates me? It's always the same. A lot of people get killed, but in the end, the whole thing is settled at the conference table. The notion of having the conference first doesn't seem to occur to people.”

David Eddings book Belgarath the Sorcerer

Source: Belgarath the Sorcerer

War, People

“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”

Ira Glass (1959) American radio personality

“What we share may be a lot like a traffic accident but we get one another. We are survivors of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”

Margaret Atwood book Cat's Eye

Source: Cat's Eye

“Beckendorf walked up with his helmet under his arm. 'She likes you, man.'
'Sure,' I muttered. 'She likes me for target practice.'
'Nah, they always do that. A girl starts trying to kill you, you know she's into you.
'Makes a lot of sense.”

Rick Riordan book The Demigod Files

Source: The Demigod Files

Girl, Sense

“But there's nothing you like better than when it hurts a little, is there?" Lucien asked.

Gavriel's bloody mouth lifted in a voluptuous smile. "Sure there is. I like it when it hurts a lot.”

Holly Black book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Smile, Hurt

“There were a lot of answers I might've given, from "I knew that" to "LIAR!" to "Yeah right, and I'm Zeus." - Percy, after Quintus says that he is Daedalus”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

“There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside"

-Hanna”

Sara Shepard (1973) Author

Source: Unbelievable

People

“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”

Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth

Episode 2, Chapter 22
Source: The Power of Myth (1988)

God

“I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Source: phenomenal woman

Feeling, Personality

“Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

People, Courage, Thinking, Sense

“You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.”

Walter Benjamin (1892–1940) German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892-1940)

Source: Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Books

“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

As quoted in Her Inspiration : Secrets to Help You Work Smart, Be Successful, and Have Fun (2008) by Mina Parker
Variant: I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

Women, For women