Ignored Quotes - Page 9

• But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.

  John Flanagan

  Way, Lifetime, Halt

  John Flanagan (2011). “The Lost Stories (Ranger's Apprentice Book 11)”, p.63, Random House

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• It as true that normal people couldn't hear Gaspode speak, because dogs don't speak. It's a well know fact. ... Besides, almost all dogs don't talk. Ones that do are merely a statistical error, and can therefore be ignored.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dog, Errors, People

  4 Copy quote

• CHOW^TM contained spun, plaited, and woven protein molecules, capped and coded, carefully designed to be ignored by even the most ravenous digestive tract enzymes; no-cal sweeteners; mineral oils replacing vegetable oils; fibrous materials, colorings, and flavorings. The end result was a foodstuff almost indistinguishable from any other except for two things. Firstly, the price, which was slightly higher, and secondly, the nutritional content, which was roughly equivalent to that of a Sony Walkman.

  Neil Gaiman

  Vegetables, Two, Oil

  4 Copy quote

• Young people should be helped, sheltered, ignored, and clubbed of necessary.

  Al Capp

  Children, People, Should

  8 Copy quote

• One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Stars, Numbers, Depth

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• I was ten. I had noticed something was weird earlier in the day, but I knew from commercials that one's menstrual period was a blue liquid that you poured like laundry detergent onto maxi pads to test their absorbency. This wasn't blue, so... I ignored it for a few hours.

  Tina Fey

  Blue, Tests, Pads

  "Bossypants". Book by Tina Fey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 5, 2011.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Because this, for better or worse, is exactly where the truth lies--at the intersection of the forgotten and the ignored, in the neighborhood of all we have tried to forget.

  Sara Gran

  Lying, Forget, Forgotten

  Sara Gran (2011). “Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead”, p.241, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• All right, everyone. Fess up. Who just shat in their pants? C'mon. Admit it." He raised his hand. I know I did and I'm wolf enough to own it." Jess ignored him. "Are you all right?" he asked Abigail. She was still a little too pale for his tastes. "I think I'm going to own Sasha's question. Definitely put me on your list.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Thinking, Hands, Littles

  4 Copy quote

• I would never normally approach a woman in this way, but I couldn't help but notice that you have the eyes of a lady I was once desperately in love with. " "What a shame to love only once," she said, showing her white teeth in a wicked smile. "I've heard some men can manage twice or even more." I ignored her gibe. "I am only a fool once. Never will I love again.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Eye, Men, White

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.423, Penguin

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• That's what I'm doing here, throw out New York and California, Donald Trump wins the popular vote by nearly three million votes. But you can't throw out New York and California. This is exactly why we have the Electoral College. Had there been no Electoral College and had the election be defined by the popular vote, I guarantee you that the two states where the candidates would have been all the time are New York and California. There would have been some time in Texas and they would have ignored the vast majority of people in the country.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Winning, College

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored.

  Tony Campolo

  Christian, Powerful, Voting

  "Who Are Red Letter Christians?" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2008.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The purpose of history is to explain the present - to say why the world around us is the way it is. History tells us what is important in our world, and how it came to be. It tells us what is to be ignored, or discarded. That is true power - profound power. The power to define a whole society.

  Michael Crichton

  Our World, True Power, Profound

  Michael Crichton (2008). “Timeline”, p.480, Random House

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• The 'fires'n that produce thick, rarely innocent, often strategic smoke should therefore be scrutinized. they should be known and identified; and when they involve dishonesty, lies, or manipulation, they they should be ignored.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Lying, Fire, Manipulation

  11 Copy quote

• A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.

  James Dobson

  Girl, Hate, Home

  James C. Dobson (1997). “Solid Answers: America's Foremost Family Counselor Responds to Tough Questions Facing Today's Families”, Tyndale House Pub

  39 Copy quote

  Show source

• The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored.

  Israel Shenker

  Prayer, Men, Would Be

  Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Money shouldn't be worshiped and it shouldn't be ignored.

  Alexa Von Tobel

  4 Copy quote

• To be universally liked is to be relatively ignored.

  Christian Rudder

  Christian Rudder (2014). “Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves”, p.49, Crown

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance.

  Martin Jacques

  White, Racism, Minorities

  "Sarkozy plays the race card - and our establishment cheers" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2007.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• Juanita Rose Violini's Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible and the Ignored is delightfully odd, wonderfully weird, and anything but normal. Filled with historical curiosities and esoteric advice, the book explains legends, the paranormal, and the people who experience the fringe. Have fun, but don't get too close this book may be contagious.

  Jeff Belanger

  Fun, Book, Rose

  8 Copy quote

• Jesus spoke to those who had turned their backs on history. He spoke to those who had blatantly ignored sign after sign, servant after servant.

  Max Lucado

  Jesus, Spokes, Servant

  Max Lucado (2013). “And the Angels Were Silent: The Final Week of Jesus”, p.59, Thomas Nelson Inc

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.

  Os Guinness

  Addiction, Alcohol, Negative

  9 Copy quote

• Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertising executives, product manufacturers, merchandise distributors, fashion coordinators, and rock imitators, the latter of whom have yet to equal the sincerity, power, and wit of Nirvana.

  Kim Thayil

  Fashion, Rocks, Marketing

  14 Copy quote

• Politicians can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed as liars, even ridiculed, but they can never forgive being ignored.

  Auberon Waugh

  Liars, Being Ignored, Abuse

  24 Copy quote

• Parental Discretion is advised, but will be completely f*n, ignored

  Triple H

  Wwe, Parental, Discretion

  36 Copy quote

• Better to be despised, then, than to be ignored; or damned with condescending praise.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Praise, Condescending, Despised

  Joyce Carol Oates (1989). “(Woman) writer: occasions and opportunities”, Plume

  5 Copy quote

  Show source