Corey Quotes

The Nazis aren't from space. They are right here among us. They are the beasts of our worst nature. ~ James S.A. Corey

The detective had been watching the video of Julie Mao's fight with her captors over and over again while they'd waited on Naomi and Amos to finish their work. It gave Holden the disquieting feeling that Miller was storing the footage in his head. Fuel for something he planned to do later. ~ James S.A. Corey

The protomolecule can alter the host organism at the molecular level; it can create genetic change on the fly. Not just DNA, but any stable replicator. But it is only a machine. It doesn't think. It follows instructions. If we learn how to alter that programming, then we become the architects of that change. Holden ~ James S.A. Corey

I was usually on xylophone. On my worst days she gave me a wooden block and a drumstick and tried to convince me that was a valid musical instrument. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

The moral complexity of the situation had grown past his ability to process it, so he just relaxed in the warm glow of victory instead. ~ James S.A. Corey

Either help or give up. Right now devil's advocate is just another name for asshole. ~ James S.A. Corey

Captain," Amos said with mock surprise. "Have you actually learned from your past? Is this a new thing you do now? ~ James S.A. Corey

And then he spent three years wondering why everyone found that so hard to understand. All he was doing was living instead of dying. Some people get cancer. Some people get crazy. Nobody tries to take the chemo away. ~ John Corey Whaley

For a moment, his pupils flickered blue, like there were tiny bathypelagic fish swimming in the deep trenches of his eyeballs. ~ James S.A. Corey

My family and friends have been monumentally supportive from well before I was a published author. ~ John Corey Whaley

Oh good," Amos replied. "Somebody got killed there. That's how we claim stuff, you know. This planet is officially ours now. ~ James S.A. Corey

The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously. ~ Corey Taylor

I don't mean to be overly sensitive or anything like that, but you just have to take a minute in every day, and just reflect on where you are, and just realise what you've got, because you just never know where the next huge change in your life is going to come from. ~ Corey Taylor

Say what you will about organized crime, at least it's organized. ~ James S.A. Corey

I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom. ~ Corey Taylor

As smart as I am, it took a boy stuck in his house to teach me that sometimes it doesn't matter where you are at all. It only matters whos with you. ~ John Corey Whaley

We all grieve in our own ways," Avasarala said. "For what it's worth, you'll never kill enough people to keep your platoon from dying. No more than I can save enough people that one of them will be Charanpal. ~ James S.A. Corey

Political favors are how I express affection, she said. ~ James S.A. Corey

It didn't blow up last time," Han said. "Maybe it won't blow up this time, either. ~ James S.A. Corey

I wanted to play professional hockey, man. But when I acted, I thought, 'Well, okay, maybe I do have something here.' ~ Corey Haim

The mechanic had laid out two suits of their Martian-made light combat armour, a number of rifles and shotguns, and stacks of ammunition and explosives.
"What," Holden said, "is all this?"
"You said to gear up for the drop."
"I meant, like, underwear and toothbrushes. ~ James S.A. Corey

Johnson and I sent Holden to mediate because he was the perfect person to show what a clusterfuck it was out there. How ugly it could be. ~ James S.A. Corey

Every empire grows until its reach exceeds its grasp. ~ James S.A. Corey

I always tell the fans, 'Screw it! Like what you like. Listen to what you want.' Insisting that one type of music is better than the next is snobbery, and I have no time for that. Check out all the music that's out there. There's great stuff you're probably missing. ~ Corey Taylor

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket. ~ Corey Taylor

Carrying all of these thoughts is downright heavy. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

If you want something done, you'll have to dream it yourself. ~ Corey Aaron Burkes

Torture: knowing something makes no sense, but doing it anyways. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

Naomi shook her head, blowing an exasperated raspberry at him. Her dark hair fell across her face ~ James S.A. Corey

She believed in herself maybe more than other people believed in God or the devil or Heaven or Hell. ~ John Corey Whaley

It was intentional and inhuman. It was like seeing the face of God and finding no compassion there. ~ James S.A. Corey

If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going. ~ Irwin Corey

[Francois] Hollande said the United States and Russia should join forces. And his words specifically were to fight this terrorist army in a broad single coalition. ~ Corey Flintoff

I haven't been everywhere, but I've been to enough "wheres" to know that Earth has pockets of stupid popping up north, south, east, and west. From the equator to the prime meridian - dumb does not so easily wash off. ~ Corey Taylor

The Truth only offends those who live outside it. ~ Corey M.K. Hughes

I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and Quentin Tarantino to 'The Dark Knight' and 'Halloween'. Just show me something that doesn't suck, and I'm happy. ~ Corey Taylor

Thing about civilization, it's what keeps people civil. You get rid of one, you can't count on the other. ~ James S.A. Corey

A successful recovery doesn't negate the mistake. The number of options would have. ~ Corey Guy

It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up. ~ Corey Feldman

Well, crew, welcome aboard the gas freighter _Rocinante_.'
'What does that name even mean?' ...
'It means we need to go find some windmills ~ James S.A. Corey

Petyr had been talking about mathematics again, boring everyone, when her mother looked up from her plate with a smile and announced that Julie had written a letter to say she'd quit the family. Clarissa's mouth had dropped open. It was like saying that the sun had decided to become a politician or that four had decided to be eight. It wasn't quite incomprehensible, but it lived on the edge. ~ James S.A. Corey

And the moral high ground is a lovely place," Marwick said, as if he were agreeing. "It won't stop a missile, though. ~ James S.A. Corey

Cells became molecules - countless and complex and varied. The demarcation of one thing and another failed. There was only a community of molecules, shifting in a vast dance. And then the atoms that made the molecules gave up their space, and she was a breath. A mist. A tiny play of fields and interactions in a vacuum as perfect as space. She was a vibration in nothingness. ~ James S.A. Corey

My idea of a romantic night is to watch action films. ~ Corey Hart

Mentally filed the thought under horrifically inappropriate given the circumstances. ~ James S.A. Corey

I don't know how to play myself. I'm not interested enough in myself. That's just not how I was educated. That's not how I learned to become an actor. Acting is creating a character. ~ Corey Stoll

Janis was completely caught off guard that Lisa finally stood up for herself ~ John Corey Whaley

There's a right thing to do," Holden said.
"You don't have a right thing, friend," Miller said. "You've got a whole plateful of maybe a little less wrong. ~ James S.A. Corey

Stuff happens when you are a kid; it scars you inside for life. ~ Corey Haim

While he spoke, he never even made it in front of the ethics review. Quit the day before. Made a lot of fuss, walking through the lab and yelling that we weren't going to be able to push him around anymore. That he had a bigwig corporate job with all the funding and resources he wanted. Called us small-minded pencil pushers ~ James S.A. Corey

We're not people," he said. "We're the stories that people tell each other about us. Belters are crazy terrorists. Earthers are lazy gluttons. Martians are cogs in a great big machine." "Men are fighters," Naomi said, and then, her voice growing bleak. "Women are nurturing and sweet and they stay home with the kids. It's always been like that. We always react to the stories about people, not who they really are." "And look where it got us," Holden said. ~ James S.A. Corey

We're all a little broken, on the sidewalk. On the street. In the city. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

Good, because I don't use sex as a weapon," Bobbie said. "I use weapons as weapons. ~ James S.A. Corey

The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation. ~ Corey Taylor

person can fail the people they love just by being who they are. I'm ~ James S.A. Corey

Sometimes you have an idea and just have to move forward with it. ~ Corey J. Salter

Doesn't take much before we have to compromise ourselves, does it?" "Get born," Michio said, pulling ~ James S.A. Corey

Sleeping and waking lost their edges. Healing and being ill too. It was difficult if not impossible to draw a line between them. ~ James S.A. Corey

Isn't that how the world is going to change? By each of us putting ourselves out there, facing despair, and taking care of one another? ~ Corey Wheeland

How you spend your day is how you spend your life, ~ James S.A. Corey

If everybody went to balls and did less drugs, itd be a fun world, wouldnt it? ~ Dorian Corey

Ren, her official second, was a Belter and, like all Belters, passionate about environmental control systems the way normal people were with sex or religion. ~ James S.A. Corey

Alex said. "This is Medina Station under occupation by a bunch of splinter Martian military expats. It's not Baltimore."
Amos' smile was as placid as always. "Everywhere's Baltimore. ~ James S.A. Corey

Life is not that simple. That is why it is called life. That word includes both lie and if. Time to figure out which side of the "half" fence you are on: Does your life include a lie or just one big if? There is nothing wrong with either to be honest, but it will make your Sundays longer. ~ Corey Taylor

As soon as we get the place secure, I'll get in touch," Miller said. "Okay, but don't take too long. If Thoth Station has a whorehouse left standing, I'm going to need help prying Amos out of it. ~ James S.A. Corey

I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over to my grandmother, who I lived with while I went to school. I was clean and finally starting to figure myself out. I can only say that now without laughing. I was still very out of my own place, and I didn't even know what that place was. All I knew was that I could write music, that I had no idea what that could mean and that I was still surrounded by people I couldn't relate to. I hadn't found my tribe yet. ~ Corey Taylor

Watch who you fuck with. You are not always in your territory, even if you think you are. ~ Corey Taylor

That's your plan?" Holden said, incredulity in his voice. "Go collect some police bribes?" Across the restaurant, a prostitute in a red nightgown yawned prodigiously; the john across the table from her frowned. ~ James S.A. Corey

As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do. ~ Corey Feldman

Afterward he collapsed onto the deck and gave in to the shakes. Naomi climbed into her couch and sobbed. It was the first time Holden had ever seen her cry. ~ James S.A. Corey

There are no boring places, only boring people, ~ John Corey Whaley

Strong believer in doing what needs to get done. ~ James S.A. Corey

I am declaring this vessel in violation of laws and standards," Avasarala said. "Cotyar, you're witness to that." "As you say, ma'am." "All right, then. Bobbie. Get me control of this fucking ship. ~ James S.A. Corey

But at home, that same day he'd jumped into the fountain, he'd gotten so anxious, pacing around the living room listening to his parents try to calm him, that he suddenly just lost it completely and slapped his face. He immediately started crying, confused and guilty, looking up at his parents like he had no idea how it happened. And, really, that's the way it always was with the hitting. It would happen so fast, his body shaking to release the tension that built up from all the thoughts swirling through his mind and all the air he was having trouble breathing and all the loud beating of his own heart ringing in his ears. It had to get out and that was the path it chose. Slap. Instant relief. ~ John Corey Whaley

If we accept the premise that we're always wrong, it really removes the incentive to spend a lot of time trying to make good guesses because even the good guesses turn out to be wrong. So, make plausible guesses ... and tell a good story. ~ James S.A. Corey

Hey," Alex said, his voice thoughtful. "If we made those nukes stop listening, that means we can't shut 'em down, right? Wonder where Fred's going to drop those." "Hell if I know," Amos said. "Just disarmed Earth, though. That's gotta be fucking embarrassing." "Unintended consequences," Naomi sighed. "Always with the unintended consequences. ~ James S.A. Corey

Drainage tubes ran out of his belly and side, and there was a catheter the size of a pencil coming out his penis. Nothing particularly hurt, so he had to assume he was on pretty nearly all the narcotics there were. ~ James S.A. Corey

Couldn't tell which direction the gunfire was coming from. ~ James S.A. Corey

So you're trying to get me prepared for one of my crew dying?" "Historically speaking, humans are pretty much at a hundred percent on that. ~ James S.A. Corey

Holden was imagining what several hundred rounds of Teflon-coated tungsten steel going five thousand meters per second would do to human bodies when Alex threw down the throttle and a roomful of elephants swan dived onto his chest. ~ James S.A. Corey

I take all the negatives and try to turn it into a positive. ~ Corey Dillon

That's the thing about anxiety: It's a real time suck. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

Sometimes it's a comfort to tell the same stories over and over; sometimes it's a torture ~ Corey Ann Haydu

Looking out for number one and number one isn't you! ~ Corey Keller

I close my eyes and make a wish that I'll stop having OCD so that I can be a decent friend again. If I want it badly enough, hopefully it will come true. ~ Corey Ann Haydu

When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon. ~ Corey Taylor

Ferns can be very aggressive ~ James S.A. Corey

And unless I'm remembering it wrong, mermaids don't sing and sirens don't swim."
"Ariel sang in 'The Little Mermaid'," Corey said.
Sam came over to join us. "Do I even want to know why you remember her name? ~ Kelley Armstrong

Every year, you try to be more consistent. It's a long year and it's tough to do. But those great players do find it. That's something that I try to do.? ~ Corey Perry

Well, my favorite roles so far are Lucas and Lost Boys. ~ Corey Haim

He saw his coming death, and wasn't afraid of it anymore. He'd miss all the good stuff to follow, but he'd help make it happen. And a very good person loved him. It was more than most people got in a lifetime. ~ James S.A. Corey

Kings were always the last to feel the famine. That ~ James S.A. Corey

Everyone too busy trying to survive to spend any time creating something new. ~ James S.A. Corey

If you start feeling wonderful and powerful and like you've seen the face of God, you're having a euphoric attack. ~ James S.A. Corey

Miller slapped the magazine back into his gun and chambered a round. "I'm guessing there's a lot more people need to be shot before this is over," he ~ James S.A. Corey

Yeah," Alex said in his drawling voice. "I mean, Naomi only got beat half to death. She can cut this Clarissa slack, it's no big deal. But the captain's girlfriend got hurt. He's the real victim here. ~ James S.A. Corey

Given their current circumstances, things would have to be very bad indeed for Tilly to think the situation had gotten worse. Sure, they were all trapped in orbit around an alien space station that periodically changed the rules of physics and had killed a bunch of them, but now they'd decided to start shooting each other too.
Yes, very bad. ~ James S.A. Corey

Maybe one sad detective pulling a nuclear weapon on a wagon would slip through their defenses. ~ James S.A. Corey

Individuals build empires because they want their names to echo through time. They build massive constructs of stone and steel so that their descendants will remember the people who created the world that they only live in. There were buildings on Earth that were thousands of years old, sometimes the only remaining evidence of empires that thought they would last forever. Hubris, the professor had called it. When people build, they are trying to make an aspiration physical. When they die, their intentions are buried with them. All that's left is the building.
[Ozymandias syndrome, anyone? Ed.] ~ James S.A. Corey

You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going. ~ Dorian Corey