Quotes of: Half-past Keyword

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.

Alex Flinn

I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read.

August Wilson

While on the space station, I kept up with news a couple of ways - Mission Control sent daily summaries, and I would scan headlines on Google News when we had an Internet connection, which was about half the time.

Chris Hadfield

You get a painting idea, and you go do that. You get a cinema idea, and you go in to do that. The difference is, even though the paintings might take some time to make, with cinema you are booked for a year and a half, minimum.

David Lynch

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time we weathered this was during another Bush presidency in '90. We were locked in it for a year and a half and everyone came out of it.

David Talbot

People are always saying that prices are too high. When they turn out to be right, we anoint them. When they turn out to be wrong, we ignore them. They are typically right and wrong about half the time.

Eugene Fama

Some women can be fooled all of the time, and all women can be fooled some of the time, but the same woman can't be fooled by the same man in the same way more than half of the time.

Helen Rowland

Most of the time, if I'm in a pickle, I'll call one of my brothers. They've usually got somewhat uplifting advice. One is six and a half years older and one is eight years older, so they've probably lived through whatever my problem is.

Liam Hemsworth

I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway.

Molly Ringwald

Often there's a BA crew, because half the time we stay at the same hotels, especially in Australia. I can remember spending quite a lot of time with crews around the pool there. They always make themselves known to us.

Phil Collins

At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half of minorities at that time - 45 percent - were illiterate, while 94 percent of white citizens were literate.

Peter Diamandis

When I was young I was one of the second generation of black people in Holland. My father was the first. My mother was white, and living with a black man at that time and having a how-you-say half-caste boy is not easy.

Ruud Gullit

Theodore Faron: Who's the father? Kee: Whiffet! I'm a virgin. Nah! Be great, though, wouldn't it? Fuck knows. I don't know half the wankers' names.

Children of Men

Eddie: Every time Catherine revved up the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour or so.

Christmas Vacation

Peter: I've seen half-a-dozen guys in my unit get bitten by those things. None of them lasted more than... three days.

Dawn of the Dead

Professor Minerva McGonagall: Potter, take Weasley with you. He looks far too happy over there.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Horace Slughorn: Exactly how did you get out of the castle, Harry? Harry Potter: Through the front door sir.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Severus Snape: [Cormac throws up on Snape's shoes] You've just earned yourself detention for a month, McClaggen.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter: [chasing after Snape after Snape killed Dumbledore] Snape! He trusted you!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter: What happens when you break an Unbreakable Vow? Ron Weasley: You die.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Albus Dumbledore: Severus... please... Severus Snape: [Pointing his wand at Dumbledore] Avada Kedavra! [Light shoots out of his wand, killing Dumbledore]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince