Hmmph Quotes

#1. Firefly: Where is your husband? Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he's dead. Firefly: I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse. Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end. Firefly: Hmmph. No wonder he passed away. Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him. Firefly: Oh I see. Then, it was murder.

Groucho Marx

#2. Hmmph. Young Republicans have weird senses of humor.

Katie Alender

#3. My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

Dikembe Mutombo

#4. And what does it matter when light enters the room where a child sleeps and the waking mother, opening her eyes, wishes more than anything to be unwakened by what she cannot name?

Mark Strand

#5. South African history did not start in 1652.

Nick Wood

#6. She is the glorious reincarnation of every woman ever loved.

Leslye Walton

#7. Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.

John Pugsley

#8. The best thing I ever did was figure out how to hide a pistol in my brassiere. The second best thing I ever did was let Thomas figure out how to find it, but that's a story for another day. - Alice Healy

Seanan McGuire

#9. Giving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more to the text.

Leni Zumas

#10. I believe in God; I'm not saying I'm highly religious.

Michael Phelps

#11. The prisoner falls in love with his chains.

Edsger Dijkstra

#12. Daily life is the enemy of greatness.

Marianne Williamson

#13. James could do all this because he had made a bargain with himself: he wouldn't try to get killed, nor would he try to survive. He could do all this because he felt terribly sorry for the men he rescued. They harbored the saddest and most foolish desire of all. The desire to go on living.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

#14. I'd had a really bad car accident years ago, and basically, the ligaments in the back of my neck were ripped, and I'd never addressed that.

Jennifer Grey