I Said So Quotes

#1. Part of me was afraid that if I raised my fist to the sky and demanded an answer now, I would hear a thundering and calloused, 'Because I said so," from God in heaven. And I may not ever want to speak to Him again.

Sarah Thebarge

#2. A doctor once told me I feel too much. I said, so does god. that's why you can see the grand canyon from the moon.

Andrea Gibson

#3. Because," she says, "I said so." I

Lauren Oliver

#4. You can't answer what I said, so you're going to talk about my saying it.

Orson Scott Card

#5. I wanted to be wanted and he was very beautiful, kissed with his eyes closed, and only felt good while moving. You could drown in those eyes, I said, so it's summer, so it's suicide, so we're helpless in sleep and struggling at the bottom of the pool.

Richard Siken

#6. Do you have to leave?" she whispered, her voice filled with exhaustion. "I have to," I said, combing my hand through her hair. "Don't you like it here?" "I do, but all of my stuff is there," I said. "So bring it here," she argued. "You can put it in my closet.

Claire Contreras

#7. I can't believe I'm about to say this," I said. "So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?

Jim Butcher

#8. 'Because I said so!' They are the most underrated four words.

Steve Schirripa

#9. Right," I said. "So the baboon, the crocodile ... any other pets I should know about?"
Amos thought for a moment. "Visible ones? No, I think that's it.

Rick Riordan

#10. I couldn't tell what the hell Heath was talking about." Stark's stomach tightened. "You mean Aurox." "Yeah, Aurox." Zoey frowned. "That's what I said. So, what's going on?" Stark was too tired to argue with her, so he ignored her Freudian slip,

P.C. Cast

#11. - Shush sweet baby, I said, so tired, and mixed her gripe water with whiskey and dill weed, but it did no good, so I seen now why lullabies was all about cradles falling from trees, oh dear, when the wind blows, down will come baby, whoops too bad, but at least it's quiet.

Kate Manning

#12. Can you imagine Jesus saying, "Believe that I am the only way. Why? Because I said so, that's why! And if you don't believe, then you're going straight to hell!" But isn't that how we present him through our slogans?

Brian D. McLaren

#13. Do you want to keep your knee, young man?'
'No', I said.
'What?'
'I want it cut off,' I said, 'so I can wear a hook on it.

Ernest Hemingway,

#14. I'll wheel you into the kitchen, Katy,' said Clover. 'I can wheel myself,' I said. 'So what have you two been up to?

Jacqueline Wilson

#15. I, your father, order it." "Wow, I guess it's because you killed every sibling of mine before they could walk so you've never dealt with a teenager or anyone older. But, seriously, that 'because I said so' thing doesn't work, pretty much ever.

Gini Koch

#16. Look. I was a superhero in the '90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album's better than all their first albums. Even they'd admit that.

Noel Gallagher

#17. But I want to show Hazel Grace the basement," Augustus said. "Just Hazel," I said. "So show Just Hazel the basement," said his dad.

John Green

#18. I moved to the center of the room, my strappy sandals clacking on the marble floor. "I'm assuming this is where the punishment part comes in," I said. "So do I need to clean all these mirrors, or do I have to, like, stare at myself until I feel shamed or something?

Rachel Hawkins

#19. We went into the lunchroom and then the monk read something for twenty minutes while we ate our lunch - sour apple cider and lentil soup which tasted like canned to me but when I said so everyone just looked at me like I'm crazy, but - I think I know my soup.

Andy Warhol

#20. Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.

Karin Slaughter

#21. Why?"
"Because I said so," and I never once said you were freed from your vow to obey me. So obey me."
"Can you please order me to punch your face? I'll obey that order."
"Later, perhaps. I have nothing but respect for your sadistic side.

Tiffany Reisz

#22. Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

John Wooden

#23. I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and I said 'So, who's the new cat? Who's got the stuff? And he said Zach Brock.

Stanley Clarke

#24. Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

Irene Rosenfeld

#25. Look at me, sugar." She lifted her eyes, and he wiped away the tear that spilled over. "I could tell you what I do and don't do, but you wouldn't believe a word I said. So let's get this over with.

Cherise Sinclair

#26. Everybody who is alive is a survivor, and everybody who is dead isn't," I said."So everybody alive must have the Survivor's Syndrome. It's that or death. I am so damn sick of people telling me proudly that they are survivors!

Kurt Vonnegut

#27. Fuck you! I hope you die!"
"Everybody Dies," I said. "So fuck you.

Lawrence Block

#28. Fine," I said. "So our girl, the hero of our story - " "Heroine," he said. "No, I haven't got any," I said.

Stephen Kozeniewski

#29. I stared at the river far below. "Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer?"
Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred to her. "Cats like to get as high up as possible. In case we have to pounce on something."
"Great," I said. "So if we have to pounce, we're all set.

Rick Riordan

#30. I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

Demetri Martin

#31. A three-day-old baby is a saint?'
Willibald flapped his hands. 'Miracles happen, lord,' he said, 'they really do. They say little Rumwold sang God's praises whenever he suckled.'
'I feel much the same when I get hild of a tit,' I said, 'so does that make me a saint?

Bernard Cornwell

#32. I paused in the act of opening the door and looked at him with what were probably cartoon-wide eyes. "Wait a second," I said. "So, you're best friends with a hot vampire chick who likes leather."
"Yeah."
"And together, you fight crime?" I couldn't help it. I cracked up.

Rachel Caine

#33. I feel that familiar impulse, to be mean to her so she forgets what I said, so she doesn't ask me any questions. What

Veronica Roth

#34. ... and who are you, anyway?"
"I'm Tina."
"Thank goodness!" I said so loudly she stepped back. "No silly-ass overdone names for you, m'girl."
"It's short for Christina Caresse Chavelle."
"Well, you did the best you could.

MaryJanice Davidson

#35. In other words, logic enables you to say something besides "because I said so" or "or else I will hit you" as a means of persuasion. The

Laurie Endicott Thomas

#36. Went to a bar for a few drinks. The bartender asked what I wanted. "Surprise me", I said. So he showed me a naked picture of my wife.

Rodney Dangerfield

#37. Freedom is always wise.

Alexander Meiklejohn

#38. Nothing in life and nothing that we do is risk-free.

Ken Salazar

#39. Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.

Ambrose

#40. Oh gods, Jane, the answer to all those questions is you. You turn me on; you're what I want; you make me growl.

Nicole Peeler

#41. Shit. Is this a good idea?
I'm a lawyer for Christ's sake.
I look at Lorelai and she looks so happy that I don't care anymore.
Screw it! If she wants to vandalise this prick's car, I'm game.
I can come up with an alibi for us both later ...

Joanne McClean

#42. A great feat of engineering is an object of perpetual interest to people bent on self-destruction

Michael Chabon

#43. Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength.

George Bernard Shaw

#44. Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.

Adam Gopnik

#45. Football and gambling - two great American addictions working together. What could possibly go wrong?

Froma Harrop

#46. Johnny Gentle, the first U.S. President ever to swing his microphone around by the cord during his Inauguration speech.

David Foster Wallace

#47. Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn't mean chase after somebody who's turned their back.

Jeb Bush

#48. People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#49. Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it ... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.

Mark Hart