Okay Not Okay Quotes

#1. Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

Max Black

#2. Okay. Parachuting on its own? Maybe not so terrifying. Parachuting into a Mexican jungle at night while strapped to an angry Uchben man named Brutus? An unimaginable nightmare that would haunt my every waking moment for the rest of my life.

Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

#3. It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.

Christy Hall

#4. No, not really. But ... " Okay, I couldn't help but gloat a little. "She likes me."
Samedi didn't even look at me. "Well of course, you've had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how much I liked you.

Lia Habel

#5. I wish for you the wisdom to realize that it's okay to miss something, but not want it back.

Steve Maraboli

#6. Sometimes I get ideas from childhood. In 'The Hat', Hedgie starts getting teased about his hat, and he just pretends that everything is okay. That's the advice that my mother gave me - not to get mad and pretend that everything is okay. And it worked.

Jan Brett

#7. You want me to say something? Okay. Sometimes I think I am what you made me. And sometimes I don't know who I am at all. And either way I'm not happy.

Holly Black

#8. Okay, you promised, just two friends having dinner." I slurred. He shook his head and laughed.
"No you said that not me," He smirked.

S.L. Ross

#9. Isn't it okay to just be a good person and be who you are and not have to be great at something?

Michele Weber Hurwitz

#10. I always consult five to ten people who are hardcore fans, to see how far I can push a role. When they go, "Wait a second, you can't do that! That's a sin!," you go, "Okay, fine, we're not going to do that. We tried too far."

Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

#11. I've got to tell you what, the soldier doesn't fight very hard for a leader who is going to shoot him, okay, on his own whim. That's not what military leadership is all about.

Norman Schwarzkopf

#12. If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.

Asne Seierstad

#13. As long as music of mine is not used to preach hate, or to bash women, it's okay for me. If it doesn't promote violence against women, drugs, this and that, use it, go ahead.

Angelique Kidjo

#14. Mom's smiles were the most beautiful thing in the world, and they almost always made things better. They almost even made an early bedtime okay, but not quite.

Thea Harrison

#15. Now I'm in a situation where I have to plan very far ahead because there are people who are selling ads, so I have to really know what I'm going to do months in advance. If something's taking me a little bit longer to research, that's not okay. I can't take longer. I have to just get it done.

Karina Longworth

#16. Not being "okay," is a gift. And inside that gift, is the strength to change and the courage to begin again.

Kirstin Leigh

#17. I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.

Maulik Pancholy

#18. This life was fleeting, and I was still searching for the way I wanted to spend it that would make me happy, full, okay again. I didn't know what it was, not yet. But something told me I wouldn't find it here.

Sarah Dessen

#19. You okay?"
It's a residential street, but it's not the street of the party.
I shake my head no.
"Are you going to be okay?" he asks.
I lean back, resting my head against the seat, and close my eyes. "I miss her.

Jay Asher

#20. But I need you to keep in touch. I'm not used to giving this much of a shit about somebody, and it turns out I got a short drive to crazy. So check your phone, okay?

Susan Fanetti

#21. People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

Michael Patrick King

#22. I've only written one decent poem in my life called "Lizard up My Leg": A lizard up my leg gave me a fright Not because he did, but 'cause he might. Okay, not a great poem, but it's honest and also it's short so I can remember it.

Danny Rubin

#23. I do not need some guy around in order to get inspiration, in order to make a great record, in order to live my life, in order to feel okay about myself. And I wanted to show my fans the same thing.

Taylor Swift

#24. Okay, let me state right now that I am not a coward. I'm really not. But I'm not a fool, either. I think if you recognize that you are up against a force greater than your own, it is perfectly okay to run.
It's not okay to leave others behind, though.

Meg Cabot

#25. It's okay, you can do it. Because I am playing with myself as I write this, I hope you're doing the same as you read it. Otherwise there's not much point. Go ahead. Don't be shy or modest, prudish or self-conscious. That's it. It feels nice, doesn't it?

Lee Siegel

#26. I think that for the actors, the last thing that they want is a director that's not watching, a director that goes 'Okay, it sounded good to me,' and they were doing something else or preoccupied with something else because they were worried about the light changing.

Gus Van Sant

#27. Okay, maybe I'm not cooler than you, but I felt like I was for a second. Just let me have my moment!

Eric Halvorsen

#28. Look I'm not the God of Poetry or Good Descriptions, okay? - Hades

Kaitlin Bevis

#29. While appearing weak is okay, giving in to weakness is definitely not.

Alyson Noel

#30. Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.

Julianne Hough

#31. Okay ... ' I hurried on. 'But why me?'
'You're a girl,' Lockwood called. 'Aren't you supposed to be more sensitive?'
'To emotions, yes. To nuances of human behavior. Not necessarily to secret passages in a wall.'
'Oh, it's much the same thing.

Jonathan Stroud

#32. It's not like I planned it. I never woke up from some rosy dream and said, Okay, world, today I'm gonna spaz.

Shannon Celebi

#33. Silence is a way of saying: we do not have to entertain each other; we are okay as we are.

Martha Grimes

#34. As I penetrate Clare she looks at me and I think I don't exist and a second later she turns her head and sees me. She cries out, not loudly, and looks back at me, above her, in her. Then she remembers, accepts it, this is pretty strange but it's okay, and in this moment I love her more than life.

Audrey Niffenegger

#35. Not every person is going to like you in every place you work. That's okay! Accept this, assume an attitude of "fake it till you make it," and use the experience to keep building your skills and moving your career forward.

Debra Shigley

#36. An overwhelming majority of us come from dysfunctional families in which we were taught we were not okay, where we were shamed, verbally and/or physically abused, and emotionally neglected even as (we) were taught to believe that we were loved.

Bell Hooks

#37. When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.'

Stacy Schiff

#38. Okay, I'm not in the news business, and I'm not going to tell anyone how to do their job. However, it'd be good to have news reporting that I could trust again, and there's evidence that fact-checking is an idea whose time has come.

Craig Newmark

#39. I don't feel good anymore with this skin... probably a new title... a new chapter.. something new will be more okay than that... to much honesty... I am not on this... After all if you don't know this fact, I am going to point it to you...
Marriage is successful if it's build on a lie...

Deyth Banger

#40. -Fuck- He looks frustrated -I insulted you again. I didn't mean to do that. I'm not trying to be a dick, okay?-

-Of course you're not trying. You just are-

Elle Kennedy

#41. What does it mean to be healthy? You may think that being healthy means that you are not sick, but being healthy is far more than that. If you feel okay, or average, or nothing much at all, you are not healthy.

Rhonda Byrne

#42. It'll be okay. She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Suzanne Weyn

#43. You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.

Sam Altman

#44. When people are talking about soul and other stuff and how other people communicate - it's not scary it's something normal???
...Okay then but why you are afraid of horror films with paranormal stuff?? Why???

Deyth Banger

#45. I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay?

Jacob Lusk

#46. I'm willing to give up a little control but not a lot. So I say I want the money, but when push comes to shove, I'm not sure I'll be able to compromise in order to make the big studio movie. Maybe something in between would be okay, like a low-budget studio film.

Nicole Holofcener

#47. No, it's not okay. You said you wanna be friends, but we can't hang out?" I rolled my eyes, and Travis huffed. "Don't roll your eyes at me. Are you coming or not?

Jamie McGuire

#48. I've always known who I am. I might not work perfectly, or be like them, but that's okay. I know I work in my own way.

Sarah Dessen

#49. It's okay, Fia," said Nathan from the end of the hallway. He carried a large bundle of white comforter in his skinny arms and dumped it on the couch. "Aaron sucks at compliments."

"I am quite adept with compliments," he said dryly. "But I do not praise bad behavior.

Deidre Huesmann

#50. Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?'

Amy Lee

#51. Sometimes you're not ready to give the world quite what it wants. And that's okay, because the Earth is generously patient.

Jaree Francis

#52. On this walk I'd had so much time and space to actually figure out who I was without my mother's influence. I understood now: the things that my mother had found made her happy were not the same as the things that made me happy. And I understood: that was okay.

Aspen Matis

#53. Now that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#54. One thing I've learned best from my mom is to be yourself and not everyone will get you and that's okay. I try to bring that into everything that I do and just understand that I will not be everyone's cup of tea and that's fine.

Tyler Oakley

#55. Aunt Bette." I started squirming toward her voice. "Are you okay?" "No, I'm not okay. We've been kidnapped and Marsh is drinking martinis and probably flirting with the waitress!" she snapped, and it sounded like she too was moving but not in my direction.

Kristen Ashley

#56. True personal growth is about transcending the part of you that is not okay and needs protection.

Michael Singer

#57. If she spoke, she would tell him the truth: she was not okay at all, but horribly empty, now that she knew what it was like to be filled.

Jodi Picoult

#58. Okay but he has a case for you," she said again, her voice singsong.
"Don't care."
"It's right up your alley. There's been a rash of suicide notes."
"That's not right up my alley. That's, like, two blocks over from my alley.

Darynda Jones

#59. I am hopelessly devoted to paper. Nothing against e-readers of any sort - anything that keeps people reading is okay by me - but I am not, historically, an early adopter of such things.

Jonathan Dee

#60. It's okay that we're not perfect. It's okay that we all have problems. It's okay to cry, to show emotions.

Marina Abramovic

#61. They all think I'm a queer now."
"I can't say I disagree with them."
"I'm not. I'm not queer."
I shrugged. "Okay, I believe you. But you might want to tell that to your cock.

Marshall Thornton

#62. He's painting your living room as a thank you."
"Huh. My decorator might screech, but I'm okay with that."
"Your decorator? Seriously? How did you not know you were gay?

Dani Alexander

#63. It's not as if the stories merge to a point where you think they are your life, but you do let them in the front door and the back door, and it's okay that sometimes certain characters stay for dinner.

Tori Amos

#64. He smiles and the world is okay. It feels like it grew a tiny bit. Like I let him into the small corner where I live. He grabs my hand, squeezing it and kisses the top of it, Now stop trying to scare me off with talks of having kids and area rugs and shit. I'm not going anywhere.

Tara Brown

#65. I'm not one of these actresses like, 'Okay, where's the camera? Is it here? Is it here?' I don't even ask the questions because I don't really want to know. I like not performing for a camera but giving it my best every single time whether you're close or whether you're far.

Halle Berry

#66. Not everyone will understand your journey. That's okay. You're here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.

Banksy

#67. Actually I want to scare away method actors because it's a pain. It's like, 'Come on, what are you doing? It's not real. What are you doing? Oh, you're really brooding. Okay, good. Go to your trailer. I'll see you in an hour.'

Natalie Portman

#68. Fifteen years old! Okay, okay. In our part of the world that's not so young.

Salman Rushdie

#69. You've grown tired of your four-year-old pointing to words and asking, "What does this say?" Apparently it's not okay to respond to them with, "It says, 'Learn how to read.'

Jim Gaffigan

#70. I pushed Liam back, wanting him to fall like I was falling. To feel that instant of confusion, of not being sure where life was leading, but thinking that might be okay.

Laura Marie Altom

#71. In Naples, there were kids who were just lost. You knew they were never going to get back to what they'd been, or have a normal life. And then there were other ones who you though, maybe they will. What I'm saying is, we're the survivors. Not everyone is. But we are. Okay?

Jennifer Egan

#72. Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer.

Olivier Martinez

#73. Okay, enough self-pity. I'm not doomed. Things will just be harder than planned. I have all I need to survive.

Andy Weir

#74. As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.

Melissa De La Cruz

#75. Okay, Galen."
"Galen, Emma," Nalia calls from the dining
room, saving him from making a fool of
himself. "Everyone is here."
Emma gives him a look that clearly says
"We're so not done with this conversation."
Then she turns and walks away.

Anna Banks

#76. It wasn't even fair. Which was okay, since Sorceri only cared about fair play when it benefited them. Otherwise, they were not fans.

Kresley Cole

#77. Well, in the sense of the traditional notion of God, coming out of Christianity and Islam and the Abrahamic religions, I do not hold with that concept of a God or deity. In that concept, I'm agnostic. Okay, I don't know the answer, let's find the answer.

Edgar Mitchell

#78. Okay then. Let's go get our girl back." "My girl," I correct him. "She's my girl." Kenji snorts as we head in the direction of the compounds. "Right. Minus the part where she's not actually your girl. Not anymore." "Shut up." "Uh-huh." "Whatever.

Tahereh Mafi

#79. It's going to be okay, Eric," Urte said, helping me sit up.
I shook my head. "Lying is my forte, Urte, not yours." (Eric.)

Shannon A. Thompson

#80. I have a lot of advantages: I'm not addicted to horrifying pills. I also have surrounded myself with far more caring and upright individuals. And I wasn't abused as a child, so I'm doing okay!

Rufus Wainwright

#81. Life was not all laughter and mornings at the beach. It was okay to cry.

Karen Kingsbury

#82. Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

Brooke Burke

#83. Okay, so he's hot and he's alone, but how do you know he's not a serial killer or even worse, a lawyer?

Helena S. Paige

#84. I am able to talk about my life in a way that helps other women - and men, but mostly women - understand their own life. I feel real proud of that. And then the fact that my children are okay. You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

Jane Fonda

#85. I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat.
It's okay,' I said. 'I know I'm blue.'
It caught me by surprise,' he said. 'I didn't want to seem rude.

Janet Evanovich

#86. It's okay not to know all the answers. It's better to admit our ignorance than to believe answers that might be wrong. Pretending to know everything, closes the door to finding out what's really there.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#87. Harvey out.
PS I have puny shoulders.
PPS And I'm okay with that.
PPPS I'm not really.

Laura Buzo

#88. I was not good at the whole making-death-a-positive-transition thing. How could I? I wanted her to fight to the last breath. It was a mistake. I should have listened to her fear, comforted her. Instead I'd promised her that everything would be okay, that she would heal.

Kristin Hannah

#89. I am not their f*****g entertainment. And I am not a f*****g hero! Given the choice, a hero would do exactly the same again. I wouldn't. Okay?

Andrew Barrett

#90. Okay, look. I get it. You're one of those people who thinks they have to help screwed-up people. Or maybe you're attracted to dangerous, unbalanced people. But listen up: I'm not Edward and you're not Bella - Lana

Michael Grant

#91. And she was okay with this not because she was a bad person, but because there was no alternative.

Garth Risk Hallberg

#92. I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.' Okay, we may make a few mistakes along the way but we are not going to waste any time.' They make decisions; they are incredibly disciplined and focused.

Larry Ellison

#93. Not every song has to be about love and tenderness, sometimes you have those strictly physical feelings for somebody and it's okay to have those feelings.

Adam Levine

#94. I'm not comfortable in this stadium," I explained, trying to look calm.
"I know. And you hate Fang looking at those girls. But we're still having
fun, and Fang still loves you, and you'll still save the world. Okay?

James Patterson

#95. Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

Keri Russell

#96. And just because your life isn't as awful as someone else's, that doesn't mean it doesn't suck. You can't compare how you feel to the way other people feel. It just doesn't work. What might look like the perfect life - or even an okay life - to you might not be so okay for the person living it. God,

Michael Thomas Ford

#97. Let's start by taking a little responsibility, okay? Let's not say "what happened" let's say "what I did". "What happened" sounds like you weren't involved and that's bullshit, Alex.

Kate Sherwood

#98. I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support the rebels there. It's okay to support those people who share your view. But for the United States to be embroiled in a civil war in Syria against [Bashr] Assad I think is a big mistake.

John Kasich

#99. Not ... good." Stefano pressed his lips together.
"Okay. Don't speak I'll touch you, okay?"
"You do," Stefano answered. You do touch me.

Aleksandr Voinov

#100. We all have secrets, Beth."
"Not like mine."
"Okay, I'll tell you one of my secrets and make it fair."
She gave me a sidelong glance. "You don't have to do that."
"I know. Strangely, I want to tell you all my secrets.

Pamela Sparkman