Turnabout's Quotes

#1. It's okay," said Alec. "I once walked in on you and Isabelle. I guess turnabout's fair play." He frowned. "Although you two were in my room at the time, so actually I think you still owe me.

Cassandra Clare

#2. I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.

Madeleine Stowe

#3. When you're a kid, you're not as corrupted by the world at large. You're not corrupted by prejudices. You're much more open-minded. Much more interested in the world around you. 'Sweet Tooth' is about the world returning to that kind of place.

Jeff Lemire

#4. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.'
That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

Benjamin Disraeli

#5. When we are returned to power we want to put in the statute book an act which will make our people citizens of the world before they are citizens of this country.

Clement Attlee

#6. The banquet of eternal glory is made out of the ingredients of time.

Arnold Albert Van Ruler

#7. [God] deposits a dream of what we can be for Him, a dream that acts as our internal honing device.

Wayne Cordeiro

#8. Could he actually be a decent guy?
Hard to imagine.
He was pretty to look at, though, she thought. Boys weren't objectified nearly enough, and turnabout is always fair play.

Daniel Marks

#9. It's funny to be in rooms where you were originally referred to as 'The Shakespeare Guy' and to suddenly be in the position where you're 'The Blockbuster Guy.' That's a pretty unusual turnabout, I must say.

Kenneth Branagh

#10. The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.'

Tim Jackson

#11. Follow the deer? Follow the Christ the King. Live pure, speak true,right wrong, Follow the King
Else, wherefore born?

Alfred Lord Tennyson

#12. A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over years.

Tan Twan Eng

#13. Turnabout is fair play. Payback is a bitch.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#14. It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

Robbie Coltrane