Top 100 Quotes About You Did It
#1. If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away.
Neil Gaiman
#2. Getting on a plane, I told the ticket lady, "Send one of my bags to New York, send one to Los Angeles, and send one to Miami." She said, "We can't do that!" I told her, "You did it last week!"
Henny Youngman
#3. When I first met you, I thought you were unlike anyone else I had ever known. You made me laugh. No one but Jem has made me laugh in, good God, five years. And you did it like it was nothing, like breathing.
Cassandra Clare
#4. His voice was soft. "I did, you know. I did love you."
... "I know. You did it well.
T. Torrest
#5. It was you who ended it, Chace. You that dug me out. You that pulled me free. You had help but you did it. That's my last memory of that nightmare. You pulling me free.
Kristen Ashley
#6. When something is hard, but you do it anyway and get stronger because you did it, that's building character.
Susan Wiggs
#7. I think that's the reality of the business. It's not about what you did. It's what have you done for me lately. We're in the production business. What you did before is irrelevant. Everyone knows that.
Don Davis
#8. It is easy when you are successful to think that you did it all by yourself and to forget that you didn't. You got here because a lot of things broke your way. You were lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford to take care of you well.
Elizabeth Warren
#9. If you want to change the world, first change yourself, then tell others how you did it. Never demand that people change. Inspire them to change using your own change as an example instead.
Dan Pearce
#10. To believe is not intellectual assent: "Yes, I believe in Jesus. I will sign my name to the Nicene Creed. I believe it all" - which you could do, [but] it would have no effect on who you were or what you did. It is, rather, to give your heart.
Frederick Buechner
#11. How could you let him do this? (Shahara)
I know you're not going to pin this on me, Shay. I didn't raise the embryo. You did. It's what you get for teaching him things like honor, love, courage, and loyalty. If you'd left him a scared little snot-nose, he'd still be living in your basement. (Vik)
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#12. Who are you? What is your distinct contribution? That is so valuable whether it gets you anything or not. Trophies? Doesn't matter. If you know you did it, that's what keeps you going, you know? Success is illusive.
Rodney Mullen
#13. You did it! Congratulations! World's best cup of coffee! Great job, everybody! It's great to be here.
Will Ferrell
#14. Make all your decisions based on how hilarious it would be if you did it.
Aubrey Plaza
#15. You made him stay shut up in that house and he hated it, that's why he wanted to get out last night -"
"I was trying to keep Sirius alive," said Dumbledore quietly.
"People don't like being locked up!" Harry said furiously, rounding on him. "You did it to me all last summer -
J.K. Rowling
#16. How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
Nana Mouskouri
#17. I think people are enticed by indie rap and every time you have a group going against the grain, they're gonna be like, 'Wow, you did it yourself in 2012, that's impressive - how did you do it? What're you doing that's different? And how can I be a part of it?'
Macklemore
#18. Science isn't just about blowing things up. Rather it's about blowing things up and knowing how you did it.
William Gurstelle
#19. My idea of the perfect exercise class is this: The teacher gives us all a hug and goes, 'You did it! You showed up! Let's lie down.' We all lie down and she's like, 'How is everybody feeling?' We're like, 'Great!' And the teacher's like, 'Great!' Then we all get to leave 20 minutes early.
Amy Poehler
#20. You've got to set a trap so that it kills the rabbit straight off. On the leg is no good. All night the rabbit will cry and twist, then you'll have to kill it in the morning with its eyes looking at you, wondering why you did it.
Cate Kennedy
#21. Toshaway had been right: you had to love others more than you loved your own body, otherwise you would be destroyed, whether from the inside or out, it didn't matter. You could butcher and pillage but as long as you did it for people you loved, it never mattered.
Philipp Meyer
#22. Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. Shadow thought there was a lot to be said for bottling up emotions. If you did it long enough and deep enough, he suspected, pretty soon you wouldn't feel anything at all.
Neil Gaiman
#23. Blimey, Neville,' said Ron, 'there's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth.' 'You didn't hear her,' said Neville. 'You wouldn't have stood it either. The thing is, it helps when people stand up to them, it gives everyone hope. I used to notice that when you did it, Harry.
J.K. Rowling
#24. You did it... now you should pay... that's how the world works.
Deyth Banger
#25. We had told people. We had to untell them. You did it so I wouldn't have to speak.
Jenny Offill
#26. And then I saw Niko. He had sunk down to his knees and had his face in his hands.
I went over to him.
"You did it," I said. "You saved us."
"Yeah," he moaned, "but I lost her.
Emmy Laybourne
#27. If you have endured a great despair, then, you did it alone.
Anne Sexton
#28. When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.
Milla Jovovich
#29. To write much, and to write rapidly, are empty boasts. The world desires to know what you have done, and not how you did it.
George Henry Lewes
#31. A stale article, if you did it in a good, warm, sunny smile will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
#33. I don't care whether it's a chance meeting or playing a role that you thought was totally wrong but you did it anyway. It will often turn out to be the thing that will lead you to the role which is sublime.
Angela Lansbury
#34. I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama.
Michelle Rodriguez
#35. Be a father, if not, why bother, son?
A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one.
If you did it, admit it and stick with it.
Ed O.G.
#36. The problem with dictatorships - as I read somewhere recently - and with poisonous ideologies, too, is that they are like sharks. They must keep moving forward or die. What caused their aggression is not what you did. It's who they are.
Robert A. Heinlein
#37. Perhaps more important, it also showed that you could get away with being a little dangerous, provocative, or just plain deep if you did it with a smile on your face and remembered that entertainment always came first. When done right, it's possible to be silly and subversive at the same time. F
Brian Jay Jones
#38. It was weird because my first couple stories had been so easy. Now it was like, the more you did it, the harder it became. But in another way, it was addicting. It was like gambling, every time you'd start another one you'd think this time I'm going to get it right ...
Blake Nelson
#39. Please God, let me hit one. I'll tell everybody you did it.
Reggie Jackson
#40. If you believe Karma, believe that you are looked at by an eternal. What is logical in saying to be punished for something same you did it to others?
Bhavik Sarkhedi
#41. God, help me ... did you send her to me? Because it felt like you did. It felt like you put her on this earth to find me and take over my very being with her goodness. I closed my eyes and hoped so.
Shelly Crane
#42. In 1927, if you were stuck with idle time, reading is what you did. It's no accident that the 'Book-of-the-Month Club' and 'The Literary Guild' were founded in that period as well as a lot of magazines, like 'Reader's Digest,' 'Time,' and 'The New Yorker.'
Bill Bryson
#43. There is no better insurance than the knowledge of how to do something the right way. There is no greater peace of mind than knowing you did it the right way.
Jerry G. West
#44. He grinned, flashing his even white teeth, a wicked gleam shone in his eyes, making her insides melt. "So that's why you remember the last time you saw me? Obviously I made a lasting impression."
"You did. It scarred me for life," she quipped.
Tracey Rogers
#45. In today's globalized world nothing is sure. Routines are falling; stereotypes are breaking. Life has never been as piquant as it is now. So go out of your way; leave your cocoon. Do that crazy thing and be happy you did it.
Ogwo David Emenike
#46. What if today you gave yourself permission to be outrageously kind? What if you extended as much good will and kindness as you can possibly muster to every person you meet? And what if you did it with no thought of reward? I'm sure of one thing: it will be a day you will never regret.
Steve Goodier
#47. If life hands you lemons turn around and make grape juice then stand back and watch while everyone try's to figure out how the fuck you did it.
Emma O'Connor
#48. That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as dark as possible.
Jay Asher
#49. Will looked as if she had slpped him. "I didn't do it so you'd be grateful!"
"Then what?" Her voice rose. "You did it because it's your mandate? Because the law says-"
"I did it because I love you!
Cassandra Clare
#50. What you're doing--it's the right thing. Going after what you love despite everything you've done, and I won't sugarcoat it, you've done some pretty lousy things, but you did it all because you love this single human being so much you couldn't help yourself. There is an honesty to that.
Tarryn Fisher
#52. Most of the big money people don't know what would interest an audience if you did it. They only know what interested the audience last time.
Harold Prince
#53. What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did it on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your life?
Stephen R. Covey
#54. God does not care what good you did, but why you did it. He does not grade the fruit but probes the core and tests the root.
Angelus Silesius
#55. Just because you didn't torture him doesn't mean you weren't rough, but I know why you did it." I threaded my fingers through his hair. "Thank you for trying to protect me." The barest smile touched his mouth. "I prefer simply killing people who hurt you. Much less complicated that way.
Jeaniene Frost
#56. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not repeat yourself.
Paul Thomas Anderson
#57. The silence stretched. Finally Al added one more sentence that I have been thinking about ever since. 'And if you did it again,' he said, 'we would have to kill you again.' We stared at each other for some time after that; each convinced, I am sure, that the other was a total idiot.
Dan Simmons
#58. It's not about what you said. It's not about what you did. It's not about what you love. It's about them feeling bad about themselves.
Wil Wheaton
#59. And if you did it for a good reason, you'd do it for a bad one. You couldn't say "we're the good guys" and do bad-guy things.
Terry Pratchett
#60. Try to get up from above,then tell me how you did it.
Ana Plascencia
#61. I didn't just want your light, your power, your strength. I wanted all of you. I asked for it. I fought for it. But you kept it from me and you did it willingly knowing I needed it. I'm sorry, Sam, I've made my decision. I thought I could do it but I was wrong. It's all or nothing.
Kristen Ashley
#62. The minute I told you to spread your legs and you did it, you were mine. When I told you to beg for it and you did, you were mine. When you put your hands behind your back without being told, I owned you.
C.D. Reiss
#63. If you win a race, you don't ask how you did it, as long as you do it.
Gene Simmons
#64. I didn't know it was possible to conquer fear in your body before you did it in your mind. That was when I knew I should be wary of him.
Veronica Roth
#65. If life gives you lemons, make apple juice and make people wonder how the hell you did it.
Gurbaksh Chahal
#66. You did it, Whitebread! You saved him. You're amazing. My brother. My brother. His voice breaking, Beckett set her back on her feet and hugged her.
Debra Anastasia
#67. You're making me get used to sleeping at night," she said. "Plus, I don't sleep in my clothing anymore." "If you did, it would make things a little awkward." "Yes," she said, "but what if we get attacked during the night? I'd have to fight them naked." "I wouldn't mind watching that." She
Brandon Sanderson
#68. In the name of the Father
and his wife, the spirit
you said you did not
they said you did it.
Gavin Friday
#69. You're mine. The minute I told you to spread your legs and you did it, you were mine. When I told you to beg for it and you did, you were mine. When you put your hands behind your back without being told, I owned you. You never had to say a word. You're a natural submissive.
C.D. Reiss
#70. No one would blow up their entire country in the hope that a few angels might be in the air when you did it. It's just not responsible nuke behavior."
"Unlike nuclear cow missiles," says Dum.
"Exactly.
Susan Ee
#71. You're chained up." A wince pulled at Safi's eyes. "I upset the Admiral." "Of course you did." "It's not funny.
Susan Dennard
#72. Unfortunately, you're going to have to face the consequences of what happened. Your friends got you into trouble, and you're going to have to pay the price for that. You knew it was wrong to take the clothes, but you did it, anyway. She
Susan Mallery
#73. There was no fast and painless way to perform an amputation, Tessia knew. Not if you did it properly.
Trudi Canavan
#74. Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them - even if someone has practically had to throw you over - it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.
Randy Pausch
#75. Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
Oprah Winfrey
#76. Life is like a roller coaster- it has its ups and downs but in the end you have smiles and giggles because you know ... you did it.
Julia Serano
#77. You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have filled your house and now you fear burglars. You have hoarded money and lost sleep. See what greed has commanded you: "Do this!" And you did it.
Saint Augustine
#78. You did it, didn't you?" Baz whispers. "You defeated the Humdrum. You saved the day, you courageous fuck. You absolute nightmare.
Rainbow Rowell
#79. People can easily forget how fast you did your work, but can hardly forget how well you did it.
Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
#80. When I was 14, I thought, 'How wonderful to be a science fiction writer. I'd like to do that.' I have never lost touch with that ambitious 14-year-old, and I can't help chuckling and thinking, 'You did it, and you did it right.'
Robert Silverberg
#81. He shook his head. "No. For a change, something's right." He smiled at Clary, and there was nothing awkward about it: He looked pleased with her, and even proud. "You did it, Clary,
Cassandra Clare
#82. Making a spell is easy. It's trusting you did it right that's hard.
Kim Harrison
#83. I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'
Alice Walker
#84. Good morning, beautiful." "Did I snore?" she asks right away. "Not bad," I lie easily. "And even if you did, it just means that you slept well, and that's good.
Kristen Proby
#85. You did it, Taylor! You did it! You got yourself a backstage pass!" He was screaming in her ear.
"I did?" Great. Now the last thing on earth she wanted to do was face that Brody Gallagher backstage. She never wanted to look him in the eye again.
Teal Ceagh
#86. Yes, and you did it spectacularly. They were the best non words ever not spoken.
Robert Thier
#87. Rowing it was pointed out, was a sport that risked few injuries. So it was, I ould discover, but only if you did it right.
Barry S. Strauss
#88. When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.
Sarah Dessen
#89. Waking up in the morning, you didn't have to even think, you did it. Being able to get to work, didn't even have to think, you did it. That's miraculous.
DeVon Franklin
#90. I have a responsibility to not look crazy in public. I don't want to be the person where later in life when I have kids, to say, 'Don't do this' and my kids go, 'But Mom, you did it.'
Raven-Symone
#91. You know what's fun? You pick somebody at random, like out of the phone book, and send them about 100 'Just Because' cards. They can't even ask you why you did it.
Brian Regan
#92. Yvette had never talked about her marriage - she was a smart girl, and she knew you had no right to complain about someone you got all the way to the altar with. You made that choice, even if you were a child when you did it, and the marriage vow was sacred.
Maile Meloy
#93. Not my finest hour," he says, shaking his head.
"You realize you did it for no reason," I say. I tell him about talking to my dad and explain that I was crying because of that.
"That information would have been useful BEFORE I shoved him in the pool.
Heather Hepler
#94. Sweet. You did it, Pat. I thank you. My libido thanks you and my manly bits that the ladies love, thank you as well." Shawn grinned.
Ginny Atkinson
#95. When life gives you lemons make grape juice and let the world wonder how you did it.
Anonymous
#96. The only thing you are allowed to take from an affair is wisdom. You can't say you are glad you did it or had moments of joy, but you can say that you learned a lot from your mistakes.
Robin Black
#97. When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.
Paul Oakenfold
#98. I need to know how you did it it.
I did it, said Sweeney, with the air of one confiding a huge secret, witch panache and style. That's how I did it.
(Shadow & Mad Sweeney)
Neil Gaiman
#99. I'm never letting you do my laundry. Again."
"I didn't know the red towel was in there," Prophet protested.
"You did it on purpose to get out of doing laundry."
"Maybe. But it worked."
"Fucking impossible.
S.E. Jakes
#100. Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.
Tom Waits