Quotes - Ken Magee (Bangor, The United Kingdom) Showing 1-30 of 38

#1

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

tags: death, humor, life

6727 likes

#2

“After all, tomorrow is another day!”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

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#3

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

28795 likes

#4

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

21433 likes

#5

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

tags: humor, proverb

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#6

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

tags: humor

10164 likes

#8

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

4011 likes

#9

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

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#10

“I like reading in a pub rather than a library or study, as it's generally much easier to get a drink.”
― Pete McCarthy, McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland

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#11

“I reckon if I can't spend the day sleeping, the next best thing is to spend it reading and drinking.”
― Pete McCarthy, McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland

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#12

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

23462 likes

#13

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: creativity, fantasy, imagination, inspirational

2487 likes

#14

“You are so... 11:59”
― Scott Westerfeld, The Secret Hour

tags: best-book-ever, fantasy, horror, midnighters, science-fiction

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#15

“One man's fish is another man's poisson.”
― Mark Gatiss, The Vesuvius Club

tags: humor

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#16

“He was a true English butler, just like his father before him, and his grandfather before that. Three generations; bred and butlered.”
― Ken Magee, The Black Conspiracy

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#17

“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink.”
― G.K. Chesterton

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#18

“Six foot six he stood on the ground
He weighed two hundred and thirty-five pounds
But I saw that giant of a man brought down
To his knees by love”
― Johnny Cash

tags: power-of-love

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#19

“So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked.
He looked at me as if I were stupid.
'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.”
― Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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#20

“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

tags: sacrifice

3291 likes

#21

“Bildon killed Tad. Look, there’s his dagger hidden in the pot of semolina. There’s the proof,” he screamed. “It’s in the pudding.”

What an idiot, thought Madrick as he raced up the steps, the proof is always in the eating.”
― Ken Magee, Dark Tidings

tags: funny, funny-humor, humor, humour

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#22

“Tung felt the urge to add something to the banality. He decided to repeat Michael’s clever toast… as best as he could remember it.

“Shampoo for my real friends. Real poo for my enemies.”
― Ken Magee, Dark Tidings

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#23

“You should know that.” Pietr sounded serious. “You guys find a great story like this in some different zine, it gets taken away from you and handed to me. You might get your names as researchers on the bottom. You find this story as a freelancer, what do you think happens?”
“We sell it?” Myron asked.
“You go to jail,” said Pietr.”
― Clare O'Beara, Dining Out Around The Solar System

tags: journalist, news

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#24

“Only the wicked understand the ways of the wicked, my dear.”
― Red Tash, Troll Or Derby

tags: evil, humor, wicked

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#25

“He marvelled at the assortment of human life spread out before him. The rich brushed shoulders with the poor, Irish men cracked jokes with Spanish women, fat folk shared the pavements with skinny folk, tradesmen traded, buskers busked and tourists toured. All manner of mankind was on view.”
― Ken Magee, A Darker Shade of Black

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#26

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

5986 likes

#27

“My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.”
― Ashleigh Brilliant

2590 likes

#28

“The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

tags: cliches, tropes

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#29