Quotes about well
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Source: The Holy Terrors
Source: The Coffin Club
“Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.”
Pt. I
Source: Under Western Eyes (1911)
Context: Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. I have been for many years a teacher of languages. It is an occupation which at length becomes fatal to whatever share of imagination, observation, and insight an ordinary person may be heir to. To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
Variant: How do you 'accidentally' kill a noble man in his own mansion?"
"With a knife in the chest. Or, rather, a pair of knives in the chest...
Source: The Final Empire
Variant: Von Loewe really should know me well enough by now to realize that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.
Source: Code Name Verity
“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”
“Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.”
Source: The Shadow Dragons
“I don't damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.”
Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Source: Tiger Lily
“And reality has a well-known liberal bias.”
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
Context: I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in "reality." And reality has a well-known liberal bias.
“Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.”
Source: Baby Proof
“Well, I've been down so Goddamn long,
that it looks like up to me.”
Variant: Every guy knows he can find a girl who is simply satisfied with satisfying him. They are much more turnd on by a woman who cares about her own pleasures as well.
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
Source: Sweep: Volume 1
Source: The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
“If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat.”
Source: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
Source: Vampire Mine
“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.”
Source: A Wallflower Christmas
“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
Source: The Goldfinch
“Well you say that it's gospel,
But I know that it's only church.”
“Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.”
Source: The Virgin Suicides
“I thought, "Well if I'm gonna react might as well overreact!”
“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just… well,, that's all.”
Source: The Eyre Affair
“Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.”
Source: Playing with Fire
Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
Source: The Falcon at the Portal
Source: The Books of Great Alta
Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
“Books may well be the only true magic.”
“I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity”
I Won't Back Down, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)
Source: Conversations with Tom Petty
“Yeah, well, if ifs and buts were candy and nuts, then we’d never go hungry. (Syn)”
Source: Born of Fire
Source: Lover Avenged
Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time
“Did you sleep well?"
"No, I made a couple of mistakes.”