Wizards Quotes - Page 9

• One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Atheism, Facts, Witch

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• Jason settled back on the bench. 'I hate to break this to you, but as a rule, wizards are nasty people. They're powerful, capricious, ruthless, egotistical, used to getting their own way. That's being kind.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Powerful, Hate, People

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• "Virtue," he said. "The real thing. It's not some kind of cuddly teddy bear you can keep on the shelf until you need a hug. It's dangerous, which is why it makes people so nervous. Virtue has its own agenda, and believe me, it's not always yours. The word itself means strength, power. And when it gets loose, you'd better watch out." "Something bad might happen..." "Impossible. But possibly something painful."

  Diane Duane

  Real, Believe, Mean

  Diane Duane (2003). “A Wizard Alone”, p.233, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• ...we do not simply get showered with Hollywood money because we happened to write a little story about wizards one day. It's not winning the lottery. It's a real job, which real people do, and they have the same real problems as other real people.

  Joanne Harris

  Money, Jobs, Work

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• Tell me about this Wizard Howl of yours." "He's the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he'd only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he's sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can't pin him down to anything." "Indeed? Strange that you should speak so proudly such a list of vices, most loving of ladies." "What do you mean, vices? I was just describing Howl. He comes from another world entirely, you know, called Wales, and I refuse to believe he's dead!

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Selfish, Believe, Mean

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• When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.

  Jim Butcher

  Writing, Littles, Might

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• Harry - you're a great wizard, you know." "I'm not as good as you," said Harry, very embarrassed, as she let go of him. "Me!" said Hermione. "Books! And cleverness! There are more important things - friendship and bravery and - oh Harry - be careful!

  J. K. Rowling

  Friendship, Letting Go, Book

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• A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor. Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should distract from a wizard's dignity.

  Donita K. Paul

  Hats, Lap, Dignity

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• Fine, if you see no reason to worry about bisonbecks who do the bidding of Risto'-- he sat down on a log and pulled out his lunch--'or mordakleeps who team up with anything nasty and currently have a wonderful working relationship with that same evil wizard Risto, then why should I worry? Why should we warn Kale?' Leetu's scowl turned darker. Dar lifted his sandwich to his mouth, but had one more thing to say before he bit into it. 'Actually, I agree with you. Worrying now over an encounter that might occur later would only ruin our digestion.

  Donita K. Paul

  Team, Kale, Lunch

  Donita K. Paul (2008). “DragonSpell: A Novel”, p.62, WaterBrook

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• The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully.

  Patricia C. Wrede

  Cleaning, Efficiency, Operations

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• You could be the Mega Mage of wizards. You could rule Minionfire. Do you really think so?' Yeah, but you'd have to make a deal with the wood elves.' I don't like the wood elves.' They're okay. They're misunderstood.

  Janet Evanovich

  Thinking, Misunderstood, Woods

  Janet Evanovich (2008). “Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel”, p.126, Macmillan

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• You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!

  Lenny Bruce

  Cute, Real, Sleep

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• It took a qualified wizard to detect a summoning in progress. It required only a half-literate idiot with a twitch of power and a dim idea of how to use it to attempt one. Before you knew it, a three-headed Slavonic god was wreaking havoc in downtown Atlanta, the skies were raining winged snakes, and SWAT was screaming for more ammo.

  Ilona Andrews

  Rain, Atlanta, Sky

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• Did you know— then?” asked Harry. “Did I know that I had just met the most dangerous Dark wizard of all time? No.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Lord, Mets

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• Why, dear boy, we don't send wizards to Azkaban just for blowing up their aunts.

  J. K. Rowling

  Aunt, Boys, Dear

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• I mean, if you could have a wizard grant a wish, would you waste it on going to Kansas?

  Michael Buckley

  Mean, Kansas, Wish

  Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson (2008). “Once Upon a Crime”, Amulet

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• There was no Marshall Plan for Harry Potter, no International Financing Facility for books about underage wizards. It is heartbreaking that global society has evolved a highly efficient way to get entertainment to rich adults and children, while it can't get twelve-cent medicine to dying poor children.

  William Easterly

  Children, Book, Medicine

  William Easterly (2006). “The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good”, p.11, Penguin

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• Really, these wizards! You'd think no one had ever had a cold before! Well, what is it?" she asked, hobbling through the bedroom door onto the filthy carpet. "I'm dying of boredom," Howl said pathetically. "Or maybe just dying.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  Thinking, Doors, Boredom

  Diana Wynne Jones (2002). “Wizard's Castle”

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• We are not what we seem. We are more than what we seem. The actor knows that. And because the actor knows that hidden inside himself there's a wizard and a king, he also knows that when he's playing himself in his daily life, he's playing a part, he's performing, just as he's performing when he plays a part on stage.

  Wallace Shawn

  Kings, Play, Actors

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Barack Obama, foreign policy wizard. I just have to laugh.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Laughing, Foreign Policy, Barack

  "Media Sets Narrative to Cover for the Democrats’ Disastrous Foreign Policy". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. September 13, 2012.

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• I have my wizards rock along. Could I interest you? Naked?

  Zedd

  Rocks, Naked, Interest

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• He chose the boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him," said Dumbledore. And notice this, Harry. He chose, not the pureblood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing), but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future, which have fitted you to escape him not once, but four times so far — something that neither your parents, nor Neville’s parents, ever achieved.

  J. K. Rowling

  Boys, Blood, Knowing

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• I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean, I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Mean, Years, Exploring The World

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being a wizard gives you more power than most, but it doesn't change your heart. We're all human. We're all of us equally naked before the jaws of pain.

  Jim Butcher

  Pain, Heart, Giving

  Jim Butcher (2008). “White Night: A Novel of the Dresden Files”, p.207, Penguin

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• Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these," said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped trousers. "I'm not putting them on," said old Archie in indignation. "I like a healthy breeze 'round my privates, thanks.

  J. K. Rowling

  Men, Healthy, Ministry

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