Bob Quotes - Page 6

• Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.

  Rachel Caine

  Would Be, Silent, Beats

  Rachel Caine (2012). “Black Dawn”, p.223, Allison & Busby

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• Her phone rang again. “What?” she snapped as she answered it. Myrnin, of course. “Are you on your way?” “No!” “Claire, there are things to do.” “Here, too,” she said. “And I’m staying here, believe me.” Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, “Bob would be very disappointed in you.” “Bob the spider?” “He looks at you like a mother, you know. I’m surprised at your lack of work ethic. Think of the example you set for—” She hung up on him and turned the phone on vibrate and relaxed in Shane’s arms.

  Rachel Caine

  Mother, Believe, Thinking

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• I went deep inside myself. I had time to explore my beliefs and because of that I'm stronger. Bob Marley (March 1981)

  Bob Marley

  Stronger, Belief, March

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• We got an expression ride back to the palace of Hades. Nico sent word ahead, thanks to some ghost he summoned out of the ground, and within a few minutes the Three Furies themselves arrived to ferry us back. They weren't thrilled about lugging Bob the Titan, too, but I didn't have the heart to leave him behind, especially after he noticed my shoulder wound, said, "Owie", and healed it with a touch.

  Rick Riordan

  Heart, Expression, Three

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• Garrett must have sensed I was awake. "Hey Detective," he said to Uncle Bob, who was now trudging across the grating toward us. "I think we're losing her. I have no choice but to perform mouth-to-mouth." "Don't you dare," I said, my lids still in lockdown.

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Thinking, Choices

  Darynda Jones (2011). “First Grave on the Right”, p.127, Macmillan

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• Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

  Jim C. Hines

  Hate, Book, Errors

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• He's a wallflower." And Bob nodded his head. And the whole room nodded their head. And i started to feel nervous in the Bob way, but Patrick didn't let me get too nervous. He sat down next to me. "You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Way, Rooms, Next

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• Where have you been?" I stepped into my apartment and met Uncle Bob's glare with one of my own. "Out trying to pass myself off as a movie producer to get hot guys to sleep with me. Where have you been?

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Sleep, Guy

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.114, Macmillan

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• Here there be monster." Bob whispered, half hysterically. "Run! Run already!

  Jim Butcher

  Running, Monsters, Half

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• In the dime stores and bus stations
 People talk of situations
 Read books, repeat quotations
 Draw conclusions on the wall
 Some speak of the future
 My love she speaks softly
 She knows there’s no success like failure
 And that failure’s no success at all -Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero / No Limit” (1965)

  Bob Dylan

  Zero, Wall, Book

  Love Minus Zero/ No Limit (1965 song)

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• With your silhouette when the sunlight dims Into your eyes where the moonlight swims, And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns, Who among them would try to impress you? -Bob Dylan, "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (1966)

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Book, Eye

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• It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star. I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.

  Bono

  Stars, Rocks, Culture

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• I am your friend Bob!

  Rick Riordan

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• Myrnin: "I shall name him Bob, Bob the spider" Claire: "You're insane." Myrnin: "Why Claire, I thought that was part of my charm." (something like that)

  Rachel Caine

  Names, Insane, Spiders

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• You have family", Bob said. "You have a wife who hates you. Kids who are furious with you. A brother and sister who make you insane. And a nephew who used to be kind of a drip but apparently is not so much of a drip now. That's called family".

  Elizabeth Strout

  Brother, Hate, Kids

  Elizabeth Strout (2013). “The Burgess Boys: A Novel”, p.303, Random House

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• Does Uncle Bob have anything?" "I heard he has an STD." "I mean on the women." "Oh, I have no idea if they have any STDs.

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Mean, Ideas

  Darynda Jones (2013). “Fifth Grave Past the Light”, p.159, Macmillan

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• I climbed into Misery and called Uncle Bob. “We hooking up?” “Why does everything out of your mouth make me sound incestuous?” “Um, I wasn’t aware that it did. Perhaps you have a guilty conscience.” “Charley.” “Is there something you need to get off your chest? Besides that skank I saw you with the other day?

  Darynda Jones

  Uncles, Skanks, Mouths

  Darynda Jones (2013). “Fifth Grave Past the Light”, p.100, Macmillan

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• Everybody breaks sooner or later, Bob. Anyone can drown. Sometimes you see it. Most often, you don’t because the body protects and the skin hides, so drowning doesn’t look like drowning and some people scar so nicely. Take it from an expert.

  Ilsa J. Bick

  People, Skins, Looks

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• I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken.

  Townes Van Zandt

  Coffee, Thinking, Tables

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• Not too many people are - were as good as Bob Hope. George Burns was great at thinking, you know, on the spot. Steve Allen was marvelous, and so was George Burns. But Bob may be the king of them all, you know.

  Rich Little

  Kings, Thinking, People

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• ""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile, "fly with me! Be mine! Share with me the wild free life of a barrister! Say that you return the love which consumes my heart - oh, say it!" Here Bob put his hand over a hole in his waistcoat and struck a dramatic attitude.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Girl, Attitude, Humorous

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Michael Gibson, Richard Lancelyn Green (1982). “Uncollected stories”, Harvill Secker

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• Bob Dylan has a way with words that simply blows me away. When he forgets his lyrics he just makes up new ones on the spot, that is what I called talented!

  Gavin Rossdale

  Blow, Way, Forget

  FaceBook post by Gavin Rossdale from Mar 08, 2012

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• Listen, the story of the United States is this: One kid, without anything, walks out of his house, down the road, with nothing but a guitar and conquers the world. And we've done that again, and again, and again – Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters.

  T Bone Burnett

  Kids, Guitar, Conquer The World

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• As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president.

  Dick Morris

  Positive, Party, Leader

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• I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!

  Tim McCarver

  Baseball, Going Out, Pitching

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