Famous Quotes

"I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened."

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

"An Unbreakable Vow?" said Ron, looking stunned. "Nah, he can’t have.... Are you sure?""Yes I’m sure," said Harry. "Why, what does it mean?""Well, you can’t break an Unbreakable Vow...""I’d worked that much out for myself, funnily enough."

"Why are you worrying about YOU-KNOW-WHO, when you should be worrying about YOU-NO-POO? The constipation sensation that's gripping the nation!"

"Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?"

"Magnus, standing by the door, snapped his fingers impatiently. "Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.""Canoodle?" repeated Clary, never having heard the word before."Magnificent?" repeated Jace, who was just being nasty. Magnus growled. The growl sounded like "Get out."

"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on TheeAnd I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."

"Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way."

"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

"Black holes are where God divided by zero."

"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."

"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early."

"Headline?" he asked."'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said."'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'" he said."'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'" I said."

"My rapier wit hides my inner pain."

"The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes."

"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."

"Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends."

"Jace shook his blond head in exasperation. "You had to make a crazy jail friend, didn't you? You couldn't just count ceiling tiles or tame a pet mouse like normal prisoners do?"

"Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know."

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."

"I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself. Movies show you the pink house. A good book tells you there's a pink house and lets you paint some of the finishing touches, maybe choose the roof style,park your own car out front. My imagination has always topped anything a movie could come up with. Case in point, those darned Harry Potter movies. That was so not what that part-Veela-chick, Fleur Delacour, looked like."