- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reply Quotes
Every reply says something about the one who gives it.
This page gathers reply quotes that treat an answer as more than words on a page, from a software developer's dry one-liner to a character's reply carrying quiet malice in its tone. For more on what shapes those exchanges, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.'
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother tells this joke about how when I was little I used to say, 'Mummy, all I want is a stable home!' and she'd reply, 'That's all right, darling, we'll buy you a stable.'
- Great Believer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a great believer in the OHIO principle: Only handle it once. When you read an e-mail, decide whether or not to reply to it, and, if you need to reply, do so right then and there. I have found that about 80 percent of all e-mails, whether internal or external, do not require a response.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fifteen years ago, France was the promised land of cooking. So I looked at a map, found five restaurants and faxed them to ask for a job. Within five minutes, I got a reply from the then three- star Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's notoriously difficult to get actors to go on record speaking about other actors. Such requests are usually met with terse replies from publicists explaining that their clients are on set and too busy to reply.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My reply: 'I can't think of anyone I'd rather write for.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People say, 'I'm only suing for the principle of the thing,' and I reply that I can't give you principle - only money.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get a lot of letters, mostly from family members who have been affected by cancer rather than young people themselves. I reply to them all.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I finally had to go to the American Civil Liberties Union here in northern California to get my reply published to what I considered to be a hatchet job done by Stanley Crouch.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020