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Quotes About Curt

The dark echoed with outlandish orders in that curt, barbaric barking of Germans in command which seems to give vent to a millennial anger.
~ Primo Levi
simply being laconic.
~ Randall Silvis
Joan had gained her feet. But the girl had not tried to make an escape. I'll not leave you, Captain Future! she cried pluckily. Don't be a fool! Curt cried, his gray eyes blazing. You can't... Captain Future! screamed the girl. Behind you- Curt whirled. But too late. Jovians who had rushed around to get at him from behind now leaped up upon him.
~ Edmond Hamilton
A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'
~ Daniel Goleman
I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.
~ Curt Weldon
ImpSec certainly hadn't given him any more interesting missions, unless you could call Security Chief Illyan's last curt ". . . and stay out of trouble!" a secret assignment. On
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Often he vanished for days down the spiral staircase into the engine-room to overhaul the weary machinery, leaving me with a curt note tacked to his then-favourite aspen, the Aspen Laura-Anne, a white-limbed thing with noisy leaves: 'A due-south drift, please, love, for a day or two, n'est-ce pas?
~ Stanley Crawford
You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood.
~ Ken Burns
The commission members themselves were never briefed on Able Danger.
~ Curt Weldon
I don't know that I would say abrasive. In some ways, I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day, and maybe I was insensitive considering the pressures and responsibilities of these jobs.
~ Dawn Steel
MySpace is just spam central. I mean, every day I just get mail inviting me to gigs that are nowhere near Los Angeles!
~ Curt Smith
The curt maneuver forced hearty laughter from all of the fathers in the ballroom, who were delighted by the illusion of danger and the impotence of Nature.
~ Neal Stephenson
The hip-hop guy nodded curtly, like he knew that, and despite appearances to the contrary, he had not been trippin', but had, in fact, been chillin' like a mo-fuckin' villain, so step the fuck off, wigga. He crossed against the light, limping slightly under the weight of the subtext.
~ Christopher Moore
We are lucky to have had the longevity we've had, garnering new people. I've even become cool to my daughters' friends.
~ Curt Smith
But failure has kept Curt at home like a nice warm dachshund.
~ James Purdy
To be honest, I've been back to Atlanta a couple of times, I can't remember what for. One for a big conference, a radio conference. I feel like it's a vibrant place. It has a vibrant music scene.
~ Curt Smith
The door opened with a crash, and the dark echoed with outlandish orders in that curt, barbaric barking of Germans in command which seems to give vent to a millennial anger.
~ Primo Levi
The majority of comic book villains are pure evil, but Curt Connors is an exception. Curt Connors is a good man who initially wants to save the world, but he gets hungry and greedy and reckless, and he pays the price for that.
~ Rhys Ifans