Perked Quotes

#1. Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail!' Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I've ever done in my career, that's the only thing that's perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that's done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!

Viola Davis

#2. Chloe? It's me." After a pause, he added, "Derek," like I could mistake that deep rumble for anyone else, like I could mistake that little part of me that perked up like an eager puppy saying, "It's him. Quick! Go see what he wants."
God, how had I been so blind? It seemed so obvious now.

Kelley Armstrong

#3. Oh, yes." Magnus seemed to have perked up. "Are you the one with the blue eyes?"
"He means Alec," Clary said helpfully.
"No. My eyes are usually described as golden," Jace told the intercom. "And luminous."
"Oh, you're that one." Magnus sounded disappointed.

Cassandra Clare

#4. Elizabeth glanced over at Nick, striding along with Lizzy on his shoulders. Once in the shade, the child had perked up enough to giggle as she bounced along on her moving perch. Nick caught Elizabeth's glance and winked.

Debra Holland

#5. Aw, man," Finn said, coming up to stand beside me, a black duffel bag dangling from his hand. "I didn't even get to shoot anybody." "Well, look on the bright side," I drawled. "Your clothes didn't get messed up. Neither did your hair." Finn perked up at my reasoning.

Jennifer Estep

#6. T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. King Henry VIII. II.3

William Shakespeare

#7. I don't want any part of this. The whole thing kinda freaked me out. I'm sure girls always do what you tell them because you're hot, Brent, but I'm just not that interested."
His head perked up with a wide smiled. "You think I'm hot?

Lani Woodland

#8. The door opened, held by the butler, and Lord Montagu swept into the room, his presence overwhelming the space. She could swear even the flowers in their vases perked up and listed in his direction. Honest to Pete.

Angela Quarles

#9. Connor perked up like a dog begging for a bone. "Does the almighty Chase Matthews want to be an Edward to her Bella?

R.S. Grey

#10. What do you have there?"
Mouse perked up at her interest. "I'm making ski masks to have on hand for bank robberies. Last night I finished the fingerless mermaid gloves for Eve. She likes her fingers free for gunplay."
Mouse's needles clicked together in a peaceful rhythm.

Debra Anastasia

#11. Oberon perked up, Awesome! I've never seen a base model elf before! But they come with bonus dudes?

Kevin Hearne

#12. You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

Yann Martel

#13. noticed how Will perked up when Emily made the announcement about his truck. When she turned her back, he lifted his head and shot Abe a conspiratorial glance. Abe shook off the look, swallowed some of his

Sandra Bolton

#14. He dropped back into the couch cushions, stroking the condensation dripping off his glass. "You're in a pickle."
"You want one?" Her eyebrows perked up, though her eyes weren't tracking well. "I think I have a jar in the fridge.

Kristin Miller

#15. My Date was waiting for me at the kitchen door, ears perked, tail wagging and bits of wicker clinging to his nose and mouth
Abby Shaw, Sucker Punched

Sammi Carter

#16. Joss's ears perked up. He loved libraries. Nowhere else in the world felt so safe and homey. Nowhere else smelled like books and dust and happy solitude quite like a library did.

Heather Brewer

#17. She set the tray down on the table in the sitting area
which instantly perked up Galahad's ears.
Roarke simply pointed a warning finger that had the cat shooting up a leg to wash as if a morning ablution had been his only intention.

J.D. Robb

#18. I could tell you more about reading and how it perked up our spirits while the Germans were here.

Mary Ann Shaffer

#19. The only offer/threat that had perked her momentary interest was when he'd shouted that he was going to toop her 'til her bonny legs fell off.

Karen Marie Moning

#20. In time the whole family perked up like Sesame Street puppets, hoping that cheer, if worked at hard enough, could sugar the living and quiet the dead.

Toni Morrison

#21. Cursed at the fact that, even given my danger, my damned nympho magic perked up at his masculine grin. Somehow, the fact I that found him attractive, even as I knew he was going to attempt to kill me, seemed wrong. I bet he's got a hard stake, my snide magic murmured in my mind with a lusty chuckle.

Eve Langlais

#22. 'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.

Albert Brooks

#23. Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

Karl A. Menninger

#24. Be neither attracted nor repulsed is the message of Tantric Buddhism. Don't be drawn to something, don't run away from it. Just naturally accept whatever comes into life.

Frederick Lenz

#25. Popularity isn't just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that's the dangerous part of the process.

Robert Bringhurst

#26. Scar tissue is what remains when the wound heals. they never tell you that. reminders, they are. those sons of bitches.

Darnell Lamont Walker

#27. Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

Mark Twain

#28. The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind.

James Pierpont

#29. I am in so many movies that are on TV at 2:00 a.m. that people think I am dead.

Michael Caine

#30. If virtue no delighted beauty lack, Your son-in-law is far more fair than black.

William Shakespeare

#31. The purpose to live a life is to live a life of purpose.

Unknown

#32. I seem to remember there was some hocus-pocus with that one."
"You mean hanky-panky!" shouted Ruth. "There was hanky panky.

E. Lockhart