Top 100 Quotes About Harry Potter

#1. I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.

Gene Wolfe

#2. Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work.

J.K. Rowling

#3. Someday an opportunity will come. Think about Harry Potter. His life is terrible, but then a letter arrives, he gets on a train, and everything is different for him afterward. Better. Magical."
"That's just a story."
"So are we- we're stories too.

Matthew Quick

#4. And anyway, it's not as though I'll never see Mum again, is it?

J.K. Rowling

#5. Last night, we were all watching Harry Potter in bed, and I thought, 'This isn't something you have when you're single, that's for sure.'

Rob Lowe

#6. I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public.

Richard Griffiths

#7. I teach 18- to 21-year-olds - the 'Harry Potter' generation. They grew up as voracious readers, reading books in this exploding genre. But at some point, I would love for them to give Umberto Eco or A.S. Byatt a try. I hope 'A Discovery of Witches' will serve as a kind of stepping-stone.

Deborah Harkness

#8. All the same, we should get to bed," whispered Hermione. "It wouldn't do to oversleep tomorrow."
"No," agreed Ron. "A brutal triple murder by the bridegroom's mother might put a bit of a damper on the wedding.

J.K. Rowling

#9. Boys," said Hermione Granger, "should not be allowed to love girls without asking them first! This is true in a number of ways and especially when it comes to gluing people to the ceiling!

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#10. J. K. Rowling's first 'Harry Potter' manuscript was rejected 12 times. Stephen King's 'Carrie' was rejected 30 times. 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected 38 times. I was immensely proud to have beaten them all.

Ashwin Sanghi

#11. I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on.

Rupert Grint

#12. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like weve both got red hair, we both like sweets, weve both got lots of brothers and sisters. Ive got one brother and three sisters, and both scared of spiders.

Rupert Grint

#13. You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!

J.K. Rowling

#14. Is my world turning into Harry Potter's?!

Jada Berglund

#15. So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling.

Gary Oldman

#16. Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you've seen everything and know better. Or because putting something down feels like pushing yourself up.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

#17. I'm a Harry Potter fan.

David Yates

#18. Killing rips the soul apart.

J.K. Rowling

#19. I definitly wouldn't want Harry Potter to be the last thing I do.

Emma Watson

#20. Go on, have a pasty, said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with. It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all Harry's pasties, cakes, and candies (the sandwiches lay forgotten).

J.K. Rowling

#21. Only children simply accept the fact that their parents have the right to make choices for them. Even disobedient children never question the fact that their parents have that right. They may choose to flout the rules, but they don't question their parents' right to make those rules.

The Mirror Of Maybe

#22. He must have known I'd want to leave you."
"No, he must have known you would always want to come back.

J.K. Rowling

#23. Because, sometimes you've got to think about more than your own safety! Sometimes you've got to think about the greater good! This is war!

J.K. Rowling

#24. All I ever wanted to do was go to Hogwarts and have a mate to get up to mayhem with. Just like Harry Potter. And I got his son. How crazily fortunate is that. ALBUS

John Tiffany

#25. I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.

J.K. Rowling

#26. I hate being poor.

J.K. Rowling

#27. Brighton goes through English teachers like Hogwarts devours Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers.

Shannon Lee Alexander

#28. If there is a connection between Harry Potter and my new novel, it's my interest in characters.

J.K. Rowling

#29. Sometimes people are like, 'Hey, you played Dean Thomas!' and I'm like, 'Wow, you actually know!' It kind of shocks me because when I think about movies I love, and if I saw someone who essentially did what I did in Harry Potter, I probably wouldn't recognize them walking down the street.

Alfred Enoch

#30. Yes, Harry, you can love, said Dumbledore, who looked as though he knew perfectly well what Harry had just refrained from saying. Which, given everything that has happened to you, is a great and remarkable thing.

J.K. Rowling

#31. In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

Mary Grandpre

#32. Harry Potter has kindly joined us for my rebirthing party. One might go so far as to call him my guest of honor.

J.K. Rowling

#33. Merlin's pants!" shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room.
"Merlin's pants?" repeated Ron, looking amused. "She must be really upset.

J.K. Rowling

#34. I like Disney stuff. No-one looks at 'Toy Story' and says,' Oh, that's just for kids.' Why is it that games can only appeal to a certain audience, but movies and books - I mean, how many adults read 'Harry Potter?'

Warren Spector

#35. [On playing a bad guy in Harry Potter's film]: I think it's more fun, there are a lot of goodies in the film and not a lot of baddies, so I like to be in the baddie group.

Tom Felton

#36. Sirius was a brave, clever, and energetic man, and such men are not usually content to sit at home in hiding while they believe others to be in danger.

J.K. Rowling

#37. Intends to move Harry Potter from his current place

Anonymous

#38. Potter, you can skin Malfoy's shrivelfig...

J.K. Rowling

#39. We need Harry Potter.

Sarah Ruhl

#40. Apple enjoys 'Harry Potter'-like adoration and queues because it sells physical objects, limited by the pace of assembly lines in China. To own is to have, to have is to hold, and to hold is to show off.

Douglas Rushkoff

#41. I see myself doing Harry Potter films as long as I'm enjoying it and as long as they are going to challenge me as an actor. I want to be an actor - it's my aspiration - so I want to do other films. I want to write something and I want to direct something!

Daniel Radcliffe

#42. Hagrid!" Harry called, holding on to the bike for dear life. "Hagrid - Accio Hagrid!

J.K. Rowling

#43. Yeh don' have ter be ashamed of what yeh are.

J.K. Rowling

#44. Like Harry Potter's cape?" I said. "Yes." Matthias's grey eyes gave me a flat look, his voice heavy on the sarcasm. "Just like that. You're such a moron.

A&E Kirk

#45. You're a wizard Harry." Hagrid
"I'm a what? I can't be a wizard. I'm just Harry." Harry Potter [1]

J.K. Rowling

#46. Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

J.K. Rowling

#47. And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say 'be careful' or 'don't do it', but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him.

J.K. Rowling

#48. She should've interviewed Snape," said Harry grimly. "He'd give her the goods on me any day. "Potter has been crossing lines ever since he first arrived at this school ...

J.K. Rowling

#49. You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on stage at the UN. It's a good question and trust me I have been asking myself the same thing. I don't know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about this problem. And I want to make it better.

Emma Watson

#50. I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons," said Luna, sounding mildly interested. "That was noisier than I thought it would be.

J.K. Rowling

#51. It seems no matter what I read I think this is not harry potter.

Hank Green

#52. Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students.
"Don't let it worry you," said Ron. "It's me. I'm extremely famous.

J.K. Rowling

#53. If his surroundings could have reflected the feelings inside him, the pictures would have been screaming in pain.

J.K. Rowling

#54. I dreamed I was buying new shoes last night," said Ron. "What d'ya think that's gonna mean?"
"Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something," said Harry.

J.K. Rowling

#55. London 'Harry Potter' premieres are very special events: There is this sense of love and ownership and pride, and it's just palpable. It's a very different feel from an L.A. premiere. It's nice to be a part of something that's so positive.

Michael Goldenberg

#56. It's a sad day when your iPhone becomes a horcrux, witches hunt your soul and you have to seek the resurrection stone just to find yourself. I was hardly Harry Potter. There was no lightening bolt on my forehead, but if you knew my life you would have met a storm.

Shannon L. Alder

#57. I was asked to be in the last two 'Harry Potter' films and I couldn't do it because I was busy filming 'Grey's Anatomy.'

Kevin McKidd

#58. Hes gonna come back, and when he does, im gonna kill him

Harry Potter

#59. Come, daddy, Harry doesn't want to talk to us right now. He's just too polite to say it. ~Luna Lovegood

J.K. Rowling

#60. And anyway, life's too short....

J.K. Rowling

#61. Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you, said Dumbledore quietly.

J.K. Rowling

#62. I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.

Judy Blume

#63. Another song for Harry Potter is my time is know by John Cena. It relates to Harry because it is his time to be the best wizard at Hogwarts his school.

J.K. Rowling

#64. Wild!" Ron said, twiddling the replay knob on the side. "I can make that old bloke down there pick his nose again ... and again ... and again ...

J.K. Rowling

#65. Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.

J.K. Rowling

#66. Listen, Harr,y can I have a go on it? Can I?"
"I don't think anyone should ride that broom just yet!" said Hermoine shrilly.
Harry and Ron looked at her.
"What d'you think Harry's going to do with it - sweep the floor?" said Ron.

J.K. Rowling

#67. Do not pity the dead, Harry.

J.K. Rowling

#68. I'm the only kid in the world who doesn't want an eighth Harry Potter book.

Daniel Radcliffe

#69. I think Harry Potter's very important. Every opportunity I will get for the rest of my life, I would not have got if it wasn't for Harry Potter. And it would be height of ingratitude if I was ever anything but proud to be associated with these films.

Daniel Radcliffe

#70. It is our choices ... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. Albus Dumbledore

J.K. Rock

#71. Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had, what, a 10-year run?

Kellan Lutz

#72. I like a quiet life, you know me.

J.K. Rowling

#73. Still here, Faulkner?" Luke sneered.
"Still doing that terrible impression of Draco Malfoy?" I asked.

Robyn Schneider

#74. It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'.

Robbie Coltraine

#75. Facing this stuff, in real life is not like school, in school, if you make a mistake you can just try again tomorrow, but out there ... when your a second away from being murdered or watching a friend die right before your eyes ... you don't know what that's like.

J.K. Rowling

#76. You gonna keep her under the stairs like Harry fucking Potter?

Abbi Glines

#77. I don't care if you fall off your broom as long as you catch the Snitch first.

J.K. Rowling

#78. You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry.
"No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends.

J.K. Rowling

#79. Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.

J.K. Rowling

#80. J. K. Rowling was on welfare when she wrote the first Harry Potter book and has stated that she considered herself "the biggest failure I knew," but this didn't stop her.

Bob Proctor

#81. Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books.

Rupert Grint

#82. Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: Believing in yourself.

J.K. Rowling

#83. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for.

J.K. Rowling

#84. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are
-Sirious Black, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

J.K. Rowling

#85. What a beautiful place to be with friends. Dobby is happy to be with his friend ... Harry Potter ...

J.K. Rowling

#86. Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive.

J.K. Rowling

#87. Harry Potter is greater by far than Dobby knew!" he sobbed. "Farewell, Harry Potter!

J.K. Rowling

#88. Had it been in the Old Testament Harry Potter would have been put to death.

Becky Fischer

#89. Three turns should do it.

J.K. Rowling

#90. They're evacuating the younger kids and everyone's meeting in the Great Hall to get organized. We're fighting.

J.K. Rowling

#91. Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a son called Harry. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure his nephew was called Harry. He'd never even seen the boy. It might have been Harvey. Or Harold.

J.K. Rowling

#92. With 'Harry Potter,' I've been all over the world. I probably wouldn't have gone to New York so young if it weren't for the films.

Emma Watson

#93. I WILL NOT TOLERATE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!

J.K. Rowling

#94. This has to be a joke. After all, an owl hadn't dropped a letter down my fireplace to let me know I'd been accepted into a special school, and I certainly hadn't taken an enchanted train to get to Kinsley High.

Michelle Madow

#95. There. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll get a scar! That's what you want, isn't it?

J.K. Rowling

#96. If we die for them, Harry, I'm going to KILL YOU!

J.K. Rowling

#97. It's leviOsa, not levioSA!

J.K. Rowling

#98. Famous Harry Potter," said Malfoy. "Can't even go to a bookshop without making the front page.

J.K. Rowling

#99. Aha! What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!

J.K. Rowling

#100. Harry Potter. But Dumbledore won't always be there to protect you." Harry looked mockingly all around the shop. "Wow . . . look at that . . . he's not here now! So why not have a go? They might be able to find you a double cell in Azkaban with your loser of a husband!

J.K. Rowling

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