Tim Pratt Quotes

Drake always thinks the glass is half full. Me, I think the glass is half full of poison. ~ Tim Pratt

the counters and center island were crammed with mason jars and novelty saltshakers and cookie jars in the shapes of cats, blimps, pumpkins, frogs, robots, potbellied demons, and other things. ~ Tim Pratt

All water has been everywhere, Bekah. What flows from your faucet was once frozen inside a glacier, and squeezed by unimaginable pressures at the bottom of the deepest sea, and rippling in a lightless lake in a cavern no living thing has ever touched. Also, it has almost certainly been inside a dinosaur. All water is one water, and all water remembers the past. ~ Tim Pratt

Summoning up the images in my imagination was easy. Getting them out of my head and onto the canvas was harder. The hardest thing. Sometimes, I thought, the impossible thing. Often, I thought, the only worthwhile thing. ~ Tim Pratt

B looked down the shaft, at a metal ladder and darkness beyond. "Me first?"
Of course. You're the apprentice, so you always go first into the unknown. If anyone's going to be eaten by a grue, it should be you."
Tough job. But at least the hours are terrible. ~ Tim Pratt

I didn't grow up on any sort of border; more in the middle of nowhere, in rural eastern North Carolina. ~ Tim Pratt

Hi there," he said. "I hear you need to see a man about a frog. ~ Tim Pratt

Marla cursed--though her profanities we less destructive than Rondeau's, they were more heartfelt. ~ Tim Pratt

Family lore says I was named after the song 'Timothy' by The Buoys, a lovely little ditty about three guys who get trapped in a cave-in and resort to cannibalism; they eat Timothy. ~ Tim Pratt

Marla had always been better at tearing things apart, at least in a physical level (though she liked to think she was good at building more theoretical things, like the complex structure of loyalty, fear, and obligation that kept things running back home). ~ Tim Pratt

Puns are the E. coli of humor, ~ Tim Pratt

I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though. ~ Tim Pratt

Life is full of borders. Some of them, once crossed, can never be crossed again in the other direction. But there are new countries to discover across every one. ~ Tim Pratt

Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one. ~ Tim Pratt

I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer. ~ Tim Pratt

lost much. The thought of my body's chirality ~ Tim Pratt

Everything is somebody's fetish. ~ Tim Pratt

A body is a body." Viscarro shrugged his bony shoulders. "Dead, alive, alive, dead. I fail to see the importance of the distinction."
Yeah? So you'd just as soon fuck a living person as a dead one? What's the point of the distinction? Oh, right-one's normal, and one's called necrophilia."
Viscarro sighed. "Touche, I suppose. ~ Tim Pratt

Stories are really important to people and can really change the way they understand, and even live, their lives. As such, I don't agree much with people who say, 'Calm down, it's just a story.' ~ Tim Pratt

I know I felt like I was ready to be an adult long before the rest of the world agreed. I'd already realized that a lot of grown-ups didn't know any more than I did, and some of them were even dumber than I was, and even the ones who were smarter weren't using their smarts for things I necessarily considered worthwhile. ~ Tim Pratt

But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much. ~ Tim Pratt

Sure, movies can be a way to hide from life, but shit, sometimes you NEED to hide from life, to see a better life on the screen, to know life can be better than it is, or to see a worse life and realize how good you have it. Movies taught me not to settle for less. ~ Tim Pratt

When I was working on a Victorian-era novel, to get in the mood, I read several historical novels set in approximately the same period and place, and really enjoyed the detective novels of John Dickson Carr. ~ Tim Pratt

we went over to one of my favorite pizza places for a few slices of deep-dish, which Trey appallingly did not appreciate: "This isn't pizza. This is basically lasagna with no noodles. ~ Tim Pratt

Full value for your soul wouldn't get you a cup of coffee at a convenience store. ~ Tim Pratt

I miss that thing I used to do when I first started out where I would just spontaneously generate ideas and try things and see where they'd go. ~ Tim Pratt

I like plans. They create a comforting illusion of sanity and order. ~ Tim Pratt

Contrails. Also helicopters. Skydivers. Basically everything ~ Tim Pratt

If it doesn't say Binford on it, somebody else probably made it. ~ Tim Allen

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player. ~ Tim Duncan

Human relations had become a cock-block. ~ David Pratt

There are many excellent guitar players but I have to say Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are still at the top! There are many imitators but very few genuine articles. There is so much more to playing than a fast blur of notes, like feeling and emotion from the soul. It's like punctuating a sentence and knowing when to lay back and not fill up all the space. Those are the things I tried to teach my son Tim when he began playing. ~ Merrell Fankhauser

'Ten Year' was probably - I might say 'Ten Year' was my favorite filming experience of anything I ever worked on. It was totally different from 'Moneyball' in that it was a small budget, independent movie. It had a giant ensemble of actors, all of whom were basically working for free. ~ Chris Pratt

F1s can only prescribe on in-patient drug cards and TTOs . The GMC's Good Medical Practice ( 2013 ) guidance states you should avoid providing medical care to yourself or anyone with whom you have a close personal relationship . ~ Oxford Handbook

You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?' ~ Tim Walker

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about. ~ Tim Pawlenty

I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes. ~ Tim Blake Nelson

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity. ~ Timothy Ferriss

I had simply been inspired by Arthur Godfrey (40's) and Ukulele Ike and Cliff Edwards (20's). In there day, they were huge in this country. I bought Godfrey's book "You Too Can Learn To Play Ukulele" and taught myself. It's a very romantic instrument. You can take it on a canoe. ~ Tiny Tim

The removal of religion as history from our schoolbooks betrays the intellectual dishonesty of secular humanist educators and reveals their blind hostility to Christianity. ~ Tim LaHaye

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect. ~ Tim Berners-Lee

To the CIA, everyone's an outsider. ~ Tim Weiner

I recently got into 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth and 'The Mentalist.' ~ Dhani Harrison

Murder had come back to The Hatteras West Inn, and it was a most unwelcome guest. ~ Tim Myers

Alchemy should have no part in a Je'daii's experience. It is a dark force, arcane and dangerous. It has the power to upset balance. There are other ways. ~ Tim Lebbon

Free markets are a tool, free speech is a goal. ~ Tim Bray

Sir Alex Ferguson is one of the best managers in football history. ~ Tim Howard

Often you don't know whether you're the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives. ~ Tim Kreider

Stories are not explanations of the world we live in. Science does that, and math does that. Our obligation as fiction writers is to enhance the mysteries. ~ Tim O'Brien

It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name. ~ Orson Pratt

The face that's in the mirror when I don't like what I see / I guess that's just the cowboy in me, ~ Tim McGraw

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Albert Einstein didn't speak until he was four years old and was considered not very bright. Oprah Winfrey was demoted from a news anchor job because she was thought to be unfit for television. Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper for lacking imagination. Thomas Edison was called stupid by his teachers. The Beatles were told they didn't have a great sound and rejected by Decca Recording Studios. Dr. Suess was rejected by twenty-seven publishers. Abraham Lincoln had a long list of failures, including eight election losses and a nervous breakdown. ~ Tim Suttle

Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with every album it seems to keep on building on itself. ~ Tim McGraw

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. ~ Tim Rice

Manchester United could have any goalkeeper in the world. I was a 23-year-old kid from New Jersey who, from an early age, had to cope with Tourette's Syndrome, a brain disorder that can trigger speech and facial tics, vocal outbursts and obsessive compulsive behavior. ~ Tim Howard

John Frame's magnificent work on the Christian life fully endorses the authority of Scripture and practically addresses the need to consider the situations and people involved in ethical decisions. ~ Richard L. Pratt, Jr.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are. ~ Victoria Pratt

Just because you are following God's plan and purpose, your life will not be perfect. In fact, that's when the battle gets more intense. ~ Tim Storey

The first one to bed always lit the candle, and the last one turned out the lamp ... The tradition had seen them through quite a bit by now, and Rebecca had come to love the candlelight, not only because it meant that Mike loved to see her just the way she was, which was incredibly liberating once you began to actually believe it, but also because the light just felt holy to her. It made the end of the day into a kind of prayer, whether they made love or just lay in each other's arms and chewed over the day's portion of craziness; and there was that beautiful little puff of "Amen" when they blew the candle out and settled into sleep. ~ Tim Farrington

We've confused the cost of lifestyle with the cost of living. We've lost our perspective. ~ Tim Costello

Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved. ~ Orson Pratt

I was a teacher and an administrator at Parson's School of Design, and as an administrator, I was associate dean. And in that role, I went around fixing things that were broken. And the Parson's fashion program was broken.So fashion chose me. It needed to be developed and evolve. I don't know if it comes naturally to anyone. ~ Tim Gunn

If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do. ~ Chris Pratt

I cannot remember much, I cannot feel much. Maybe erasure is necessary. Maybe the human spirit defends itself as the body does, attacking infection, enveloping and destroying those malignancies that would otherwise consume us. ~ Tim O'Brien

I don't judge my self-worth as a football player. Football is something I love. It's a fun career deal, but it's not what I want to do with my life, because I see football as a game. ~ Tim Tebow

I'd learned very quickly that I could create a fair amount of chaos with very little effort. Some defense lawyers call it "making the State come off their mountain to fight on my molehill." I just called it fun. ~ Scott Pratt

We need to treat each other with consideration. In my world, the squeaky wheel does not get the grease. ~ Tim Gunn

When the desirable jobs are spending other people's money, reporting on spending other people's money and lobbying to spend other people's money then you know that the society is f***ed. ~ Tim Worstall

Monotheism is synonymous with genocide ~ Tim Zell Oberon Zell-Ravenheart

Under [Tim] Cook, Apple has a new product line with the Apple Watch, but it hasn't generated the kind of excitement that the iPod, iPhone or iPad did. Still, Cook can't be called a failure. Under his leadership, the company released a larger version of the iPhone to record sales. ~ Laura Sydell

New fiction writers are a special breed in my estimation, and I never dreamed that so many people would be interested, but I remember being led by God. ~ Tim LaHaye

I certainly had this fascination with monsters and vampires as did Tim and whatever this darkness, this mystery, this intrigue. And then, as you get older, you recognize the erotic nature of the vampire and the idea of the undead. ~ Johnny Depp

Listen, were losing so much manufacturing, all over the United States. ~ Tim Ryan

Every town you go to, they tell you what's special about their town. What they're number one at ... This guy comes up and says, 'D'you know that we're the home of the world's largest frying pan?'
' ... Really! That is great 'cause I'm writin' a new book called Things I Don't Care About. ~ Tim Hawkins

For long rides, I require a stimulating conversation partner with deep reservoirs of cultural references upon which my metaphors can find purchase ... . ~ Tim Dorsey

We've all got it coming to us. The trick is to make sure we are ready when it does. ~ Tim Baker

Because it's a brilliant film. It's funny, and violent, and it's got Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth in it, and everything. And a cracking sound track.

Maybe there's no comparison between Ian sleeping with Laura and Reservoir Dogs after all. Ian hasn't got Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth in him. And Ian's not funny. Or violent. And he's got a crap sound track, judging from what we used to hear through the ceiling. I've taken this as far as it will go. ~ Nick Hornby