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Quotes About Reply

I said interrogatively:— "Count Dracula?" He bowed in a courtly way as he replied:— "I am Dracula; and I bid you welcome, Mr. Harker, to my house.
~ Bram Stoker
Clavo saca clavo. Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her.
~ Junot Diaz
Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby, in a singular mild, firm voice, replied, "I would prefer not to.
~ Herman Melville
response entirely off its own bat.29 When asked about an official reply, Churchill responded that he had no intention of replying to Hitler himself, as he was not on speaking terms with him.
~ Stephen Bungay
You seem a thoughtful sort of man, Will," the cheerful cleric observed. "I hope I am," I replied.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
~ Kangana Ranaut
He bowed in a courtly way as he replied: I am Dracula. and I bid you welcome, Mr Harker, to my house. Come in; the night air is chill, and you must need to eat and rest.
~ Bram Stoker
Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or her ideas and findings. Even so, you don't reply to critics, Wait a minute; this is a really good idea; I'm very fond of it; it's done you no harm; please leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don't work, you must throw them away.
~ Carl Sagan
This is so inconvenient. But there is no doubt." She paused for a moment and said: "I will die the day after tomorrow. On Friday, just before half past six in the morning." It was an impressive statement, and did not deserve this reply: "Oh, that's a shame, tae be missin' the weekend like that," said Rob Anybody.
~ Terry Pratchett
I get a kick out of replying to people on Twitter sometimes if I make a joke.
~ Scott Rogowsky
Is it within the power of any social science to make sweeping historical prophecies? Can we expect to get more than the irresponsible reply of the soothsayer if we ask a man what the future has in store for mankind?
~ Karl Popper
I am surprised by how not-adopted the video reply has been. What keeps other people from doing it, I think, is that they think a video comes across as 'I'm cool, look at how many e-mails I get.' That perception doesn't scare me, because I know who I am.
~ Gary Vaynerchuk
Oh son of Polybus!" the prince replies
~ Homer
Diplomacy was never my strong suit and my patience had run dry. I crouched and called out, Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. [...] Kitty, kitty? asked a level male voice.[...] What kind of woman greets the Beast Lord with 'here, kitty, kitty'? he asked. One of a kind. I murmered the obvious reply.
~ Ilona Andrews
Silence is true wisdom's best reply.
~ Euripides
I have such a horror of telegrams that ask me how I am!! I always want to reply dead.
~ Katherine Mansfield
otherwise." The old man made no reply to that. They walked on in the city's sepulchral silence. The foundation stones and the low ridges of inner walls mapped the floor plans of the buildings to either side.
~ Steven Erikson
Nature does not often say 'See?' to her poor creature at a time when seeing can lead to happy doing; or reply 'Here!' to a body's cry of 'Where?' till the hide-and-seek has become an irksome, outworn game.
~ Thomas Hardy
Nature does not often say See! to her poor creature at a time when seeing can lead to happy doing; or reply Here! to a body's cry of Where?
~ Thomas Hardy
Barney did not reply. He looked at Krendler as though the left and right hemispheres of Krendler's brain were two dogs stuck together.
~ Thomas Harris
I had requested all who might find aught meriting censure in my writings, to do me the favor of pointing it out to me, I may state that no objections worthy of remark have been alleged against what I then said on these questions except two, to which I will here briefly reply.
~ Thomas Hobbes
The policy are to be commended.' Aschenbach replied, and after a brief exchange of meteorological observations the manager excused himself.
~ Thomas Mann
I have such a horror of telegrams that ask me how I am!! I always want to reply dead.
~ Katherine Mansfield
Gregor bluntly. "As our guest, I hope," replied Vikus. "Although Queen Luxa has no doubt ordered
~ Suzanne Collins