Bother Quotes - Page 12

• I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

  Ed McBain

  Real, Media, Ideas

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• Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don't understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two small points. The third time you go through it, you know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it, it doesn't bother you any more.

  Arnold Sommerfeld

  Thinking, Two, Firsts

  "Physical Chemistry in Depth". Textbook by Johannes Karl Fink, p. 1, 1992.

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• It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.

  Keri Hulme

  Hurt, Goes On, Might

  Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.311, LSU Press

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• Naturally, when it comes to voting, we in Texas are accustomed to discerning that fine hair’s-breadth worth of difference that makes one hopeless dipstick slightly less awful than the other. But it does raise the question: Why bother?

  Molly Ivins

  Hair, Texas, Differences

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• I think that the whole stigma of the name may still burn deep with some of the Native people, but there are some that it doesn't bother. They actually think it brings enlightenment to the contributions that the Native Americans had in the establishment of our country, but I haven't come up with an idea. I'm not saying the name "Redskins" wasn't derogatory, but the actual changing the name to the Washington Redskins was an honorary move.

  Donte Stallworth

  Country, Moving, Native American

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• Well,” said Owl, “the customary procedure in such cases is as follows.” “What does Crustimoney Proseedcake mean?” said Pooh. “For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

  A. A. Milne

  Mean, Long, Owl

  Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) ch. 4

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• There must be a secret hidden in this book or else you wouldn't bother to read it

  Kathy Acker

  Book, Secret

  Kathy Acker (1997). “Bodies of Work: Essays”, Serpents Tail

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• It's not that I want you to be a certain way--don't you want a boyfriend?" "Why bother with that? Let's find incubi." "Incubi?" "Demons. Plural. Like octopi. And we're much more likely to find them"--her voice dropped conspiratorially--"while swimming naked in the Atlantic a week before Halloween than practically anywhere else I can think of.

  Holly Black

  Halloween, Swimming, Thinking

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• Our students wanted to know everything: but only the newest theory seemed to them worth bothering with. Knowing nothing of the intellectual achievements of the past, they kept fresh and intact their enthusiasm for 'the latest thing'. Fashion dominated their interest: they valued ideas not for themselves but for the prestige that they could wring from them.

  Claude Levi-Strauss

  Fashion, Past, Knowing Nothing

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• What good is talking if neither of you are really committed? If one of you had an affair or got addicted to drugs or was abusive, simply talking about it wouldn;t take the hurt away; or fix the trust that's been lost. In the end, marriage comes down to actions. I think people talk too much about the things that bother them, instead of actually doing the little things that keep a marriage strong.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Strong, Hurt, Thinking

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• It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It appeared I found myself in a place where no one could bother me, where no one could reach me. I grew impervious to all the noises around me.

  Tatiana de Rosnay

  Doubt, Trying, Noise

  Tatiana de Rosnay (2012). “The House I Loved”, p.149, Macmillan

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• -and nobody’s getting laid!” I practically shouted. “You think I don’t know that?” He shifted his body beneath me, making me painfully aware of something. Two somethings, in fact, one of which was how far up my short skirt was. The other wasn’t my problem. I wriggled, to shimmy my hem down, but his expression perished the thought. When Barrons looks at me like that, it rattles me. Lust, in those ancient, obsidian eyes, offers no trace of humanity. Doesn’t even bother trying.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Eye, Thinking, Expression

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• It doesn't bother me when someone calls me a 'dumb blonde.' I'm neither dumb or blonde.

  Dolly Parton

  Dumb, Blonde, Call Me

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• I don't know if there is actually more rain here in England, or if it was just that the rain seemed to be so deliberately annoying. Every drop hit the window with a peevish "Am I bothering you? Does this make you cold and wet? Oh, sorry.

  Maureen Johnson

  Sorry, Rain, Bothering You

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• Why bother inflicting enormous pain on yourself when sooner or later Life would certainly get around to doing it for you?

  Jeff Lindsay

  Pain, Enormous, Sooner Or Later

  Jeff Lindsay (2009). “Dexter by Design”, p.17, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.

  Julian Barnes

  Too Much, Wanted, Pitiful

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• I can hear him weeping but I don't care. They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so far gone. Gone right off the deep end years ago in her Games. There's a good chance I'm headed in the same direction. Maybe I'm already going crazy and no one has the heart to tell me. I feel crazy enough.

  Suzanne Collins

  Crazy, Heart, Years

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.388, Scholastic Inc.

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• I don't know," I said. "Maybe you're right, and all that stuff I think I missed is overrated. Why should I even bother? What's the point really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do." He moved down to start bagging while I just stood there, letting this sink in. Just something you have to do. No excuse or rationale necessary. I kind of like that.

  Sarah Dessen

  Thinking, Stuff, Kind

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.116, Penguin

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• In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessities: if this, then that, and so the years passed. In Adrian's terms, I gave up on life, gave up on examining it, took it as it came. And so, for the first time, I began to feel a more general remorse - a feeling somewhere between self-pity and self-hatred - about my whole life. All of it. I had lost the friends of my youth. I had lost the love of my wife. I had abandoned the ambitions I had entertained. I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was.

  Julian Barnes

  Ambition, Reality, Self

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• You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Ideas, Gnats

  Victor Hugo (2009). “Things Seen (Choses Vues)”, p.78, Wildside Press LLC

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• I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly meant–and the fact that sometimes there are two or even more people on the earth you can fall in love with really bothers me. It suggests that if you work hard you can be meant for anyone.

  Daniel Handler

  Falling In Love, Hard Work, Thinking

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• I don’t like you in danger. When a man finds the only person of worth to him, that one person who matters more than anything and makes everything he’s ever seen or done or gone through worthwhile, believe me, Rikki, the urge to protect her is overwhelming. If that bothers you, then I’m sorry, because it’s going to be happening over and over throughout our years together.

  Christine Feehan

  Sorry, Believe, Men

  Christine Feehan (2010). “Water Bound”, p.269, Penguin

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• You think he’s still alive?” Royce asked, nodding his head toward Alric. “Sure,” Hadrian replied without bothering to look. “He’s probably sleeping. Why do you ask?” “I was just pondering something. Do you think a person could smother in a wet potato bag?” Hadrian lifted his head and looked over at the motionless prince. “I really hadn’t thought about it until now.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Sleep, Thinking, Hadrian

  Michael J. Sullivan (2009). “The Crown Conspiracy”, p.67, Ridan Publishing

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• Hadrian leapt to his feet. Royce was already up. “Don’t bother,” Esrahaddon told them. “She’s dead, and there’s nothing you can do. The monster cannot be harmed by your weapons. It—” The two were out the door.

  Michael J. Sullivan

  Doors, Two, Feet

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• Exactly. They're stupid. Who cares?" "I care. They bother me. And that's why I'm stupid. That makes me exponentially more stupid than stupid. I'm stupid to the power of stupid." She waved her hand. The moon blew away. "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.

  Kami Garcia

  Stupid, Eye, Moon

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