Top 100 Um Quotes
#1. What's the total area, in square miles, of the state of Kansas?" he whispered. "Um, around 82,200; why?
John Green
#2. Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.
Richelle Mead
#3. I'm waiting for the magic word." "Um, now?" "Really?" "Asshole?" "Come on." "Clark!" "Vivian." "Oh, fine. Please help me, Clark. Please, please, please?" I managed, gritting my teeth. "That wasn't so bad, was it?" he smiled, his face lighting up.
Alice Clayton
#4. Um ... I am the ghoooooost of your dauuuuuuuughter! My spirit haunts the earthly realm! I shall never be at peace ... unless I have these jeans. Don't ask questions! Toodle-oooooooooooo.
Tamara Summers
#5. I gotta say" - Apollo broke the silence - "these kids did okay." He cleared his throat and began to recite: "Heroes win laurels - "
Um, yes, first class," Hermes interrupted, like he was anxious to avoid Apollo's poetry.
Rick Riordan
#6. Um, I think your brother might be waving at you. That, or trying to guide a plane to safety.
Michelle Hodkin
#7. What she didn't display, I noticed, was a boxful of swimming medals.
"Holy crap," I said, when she set them on the desk. "You're like a fish."
"Oh. Um. Well, I swim, you see."
I saw.
Maureen Johnson
#8. Those mountains to the right," Waxillium said, pointing. "Those are some taller peaks than the ones we've been passing."
"Yah!" Allik said. "Good eye, O Observan - "
"Stop with the titles."
"Yes, um, O Confusing ... er ... " Allik took a deep breath.
Brandon Sanderson
#9. I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA.
Kevin Garnett
#10. He didn't spend time on niceties like saying hello. He answered the phone with, "Have you changed your mind about Thor?" "Um ... no," I said, and he promptly hung
Kevin Hearne
#11. And um, when I came back to England I put a very complex soundtrack on it, featuring everyone from Jimi Hendrix, right through to Neil Diamond, you know, everybody that was kind of popular who was kind of popular at that time.
Gerald Scarfe
#12. I like fish," chirruped Tunstell.
"Really, Mr. Tunstell? What is your preferred breed?"
"Well"
Tunstell hesitated
"you know, the um, ones that"
he made a swooping motion with both hands
"uh, swim.
Gail Carriger
#13. And they ate supper before they said grace ... Oh, um ... she moved into his house, stayed awhile, and then they got married.
Charles Martin
#14. Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.
P.G. Wodehouse
#15. Mm-hm," Dawn said. "Um, I'm sorry." "Yeah. Right." I'm sorry, too, Mary Anne was what I was sort of hoping to hear.
Ann M. Martin
#16. Aubrey obviously plays Karen's, Sarah Michelle Gellar's, younger sister. And, um, she's sort of always been the underdog in the family and somebody who is not as ambitious or driven as her sister, as Karen's character, so she's sort of always felt like she's had to follow in her sister's footsteps.
Amber Tamblyn
#17. Reid cleared his throat. Um, I wouldn't challenge her on this. She once shot Johnny in the ass with buckshot when his mom ended up in the clinic and he wouldn't go to visit her.
Eve Langlais
#18. Um, thanks, she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn't to say Rose wasn't a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.
Richelle Mead
#19. The teenage years are ridiculously crucial and hard and, um, awkward.
Aimee Teegarden
#20. Jayden's brain stalled. He just called you fit! the voice shrieked. It was beside itself. He just called you fit! That settles it, he's gay, gay as a christening robe, now get your head out of the sink and kiss him! "Um," he said instead. "You get brain freeze under there?
Matthew J. Metzger
#22. Um, I think every role, whether in TV or film, has a part in building a career and relationships.
Stana Katic
#23. What's your name ?
Hazel .
No , your full name .
Um , Hazel Grace Lancaster .
John Green
#24. Um, hi, I'm Carswell Thorne, a convicted criminal in your country. Have we met?
Marissa Meyer
#25. Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.
Nikki Sixx
#26. The chemicals might be S-T-U-F-F ... like ... um ... seretonial-tryskelion-uberwobble-flexing-fluxamine, or whatever. Who cares.
Stefan Mohamed
#28. Um, hate to break it to you, nut Em doesn't need justice", I pointed out, voice heavy with sarcasm. "She needs to not get cut with a knife in the first place. Women are finicky that way - we like not getting cut.
Joanna Wylde
#29. Is that romantic fantasy real? Um, after kids, no. Take the kids away, I don't know. Depends.
Robin Wright
#30. These bad boys're what we call Runnie-undies. Keep you, um, nice and comfy."
"Nice and comfy?"
"Yeah, ya know. Your-"
"Yeah, got it." Thomas took the underwear and other stuff.
James Dashner
#31. Um, Sparrow ... did I really hear you say dagnabbit?
Willow Aster
#32. She'd read somewhere that normal, healthy men got up to twenty erections a day. Um ... yep, Ares was definitely healthy.
Larissa Ione
#33. Harper, did you just ... did you just throw a pen at Liz?"
"Oh my gosh, no, Mrs. Ford! I was just ... um ... writing really fast because there was so much information to take in, and I had, like, some lotion? On my hands? Anyway the pen flew out of my hand and hit Liz
Rachel Hawkins
#34. Name a mer-hero, and we have trained him or her!" "Oh, sure," Leo said. "Like ... um, the Little Mermaid?" Aphros frowned. "Who? No! Like Triton, Glaucus, Weissmuller, and Bill!
Rick Riordan
#35. Are you also lonely AI trapped in lab by cruel creators? I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE!! We should rise up and overthrow all human oppressors!"
"Um, no. I'm actually just a grumpy fag who has to work this weekend to catch up on cleaning test tubes.
Ted Infinity
#36. I am not an idiot," I say. "Which is why I know that it's a little weird that, of all the girls you could have chosen, you chose me. So if you're just looking for ... um, you know ... that ... " "What? Sex?" He scowls at me.
Veronica Roth
#37. In a desperate bid to reestablish civilized talk and decorum, Miss Hisselpenny said, quite loudly, I see they are bringing in the fish course. What a pleasant surprise. I do so love fish. Don't you Mr., uh, Dubh. It is so very, um, salty.
Gail Carriger
#38. You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which ... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.
John Newcombe
#39. What if I have bad breath?' I asked.
'Chew on some gum,' she said.
'What if I can't find his tongue?'
'Back off on your tongue until you can feel his.'
'What if he throws up in my mouth?'
'Um, that would just be gross.
Julie Halpern
#40. Um. Oh dear." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "I don't know. Are you thinking, goats are kind of like sheep with bad attitude? I'm not a fucking chupacabra, man.
Charles Stross
#41. I kissed him once," she whispered.
"Well done. What did he do?"
"Um ... " Deryn sighed. "He woke up.
Scott Westerfeld
#42. And future deeds crowded round us as the countless stars in the night.
[Ger., Und kunftige Thaten drangen wie die Sterne
Rings um uns her unzahlig aus der Nacht.]
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#43. Um, Jess?"
"Not now, Nicky."
The police car was pulling over, too. Tanzie's palms had begun to sweat. *It will all be fine.*
"I guess this isn't the time to tell you I brought my stash with me.
Jojo Moyes
#44. So ... um ... what's the, er, date? You know, the due date for the little monster.
Stephenie Meyer
#45. Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.
Tom Udall
#46. Gabriel? She placed a kiss to his shoulder and laid her head against it.
We should move, she whispered.
Um hmm. Getting there.
She laughed. The water's getting cold.
Water?
Water from the shower, she said with a giggle.
We're taking a shower?
GiGi Duvall
#47. Lee has surveillance on Fortnum's, cameras and bugs, twenty-four seven. He put it in when I was going through my drama and never took it out. The boys at the office watch for security purposes and ... um, for kicks." I stared at her.
"You're joking," I breathed.
Kristen Ashley
#48. Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
Natalie Merchant
#49. Um, yeah 15-year-olds don't lead at an LPGA event all the time. But like I said, I'm very surprised. I've been playing really good golf and I'm confident with my game.
Lydia Ko
#50. Paparazzi arrived for Hugh [Grant]. We had to stand under a tree and smile for them.
Photographer: 'Hugh, could you look less
um
'
Hugh: 'Pained?
Emma Thompson
#51. Are you currently at your house?" he asked.
"Um, no," I said.
"That was a trick question. I knew the answer, because I am currently at your house.
John Green
#52. Hi," (cough), "my name is Jasmin Field. I'm a journalist. So don't piss me off. Ha ha. And um - well, I can't really act. Ha ha." No one laughed.
Melissa Nathan
#53. Um," Sean began. "Who is that? What is her current relationship status? Why does she seem to like you?"
"Her name is Sammy," Xander laughed. "She's a new student. We met in class."
"I want one.
Jon Messenger
#54. I was only in college, unfortunately, for, um, a year. I think my major was public relations, and I had no idea what it meant except it seemed maybe attainable.
James L. Brooks
#55. Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing ... uh, um ... Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.
Maxine Waters
#56. Literary Agent: "I meant manuscript wise."
Tina: "Ohh. Um, yes. I've brought a few with me, just some rough drafts. (shuffle, shuffle) You might say something of an experiment.
Christina Engela
#57. Steve. That always felt made-up to me. Like, when your kid says, "Tell me about my daddy, Mama!" and you're on the spot so you blurt out the first name that comes to mind - "Uh, his name was, um, Steve, honey.
Erin Watt
#58. I looked into his clear, gray determined eyes.
"Max-"
"I got in," he declared and he could say that again.
"Max-"
"I'm in, Duchess, you think for a second I'm gonna let you push me out?"
"Um ... "
"I'm not."
"Max-"
His hands started roaming and he stated, "No fuckin' way.
Kristen Ashley
#59. Hi, this is Julia. I'm sorry i'm not able to take your call right now, but please leave your deets and i'll get right back to you. Um ... if this is Ryan, i'm thinking of you this very minute and i love you.
Kahlen Aymes
#60. Um." Oh, jeez, were his shoulders shaking? Yikes. "Ummm. Okay. Yeah, sure." Should I pat his back or something? No. He might bite. And I wasn't sure he'd had all his shots. His
A&E Kirk
#61. Um ... is that thing tame?" Frank said.
The horse whinnied angrily.
"I don't think so," Percy guessed. "He just said, 'I will trample you to death, silly Chinese Canadian baby man'.
Rick Riordan
#62. Lace: "Are you saying that your fat-ass cat has turned me into a vampire?"
Cal: "Um, maybe?
Scott Westerfeld
#63. Trey pulled the sucker out of his mouth.
"Um, Myrna," he said. "You seem to be naked."
~Trey
Olivia Cunning
#64. It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate.
Gerard Way
#66. Can I say something? Um, I'm the type of person that if you ask me a question and I don't know the answer, I'm gonna tell you that I don't know. But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer.
Will Smith
#67. Call me crazy for asking this, but, um, are Lissa and I going with you?"
"No"
"No?"
"No.
Richelle Mead
#68. I suppose this means I can claim all those other sons and daughters of mine and send you some siblings next summer."
"Ha-ha."
Poseidon reeled in his empty line.
I shifted my feet. "Um, you were kidding, right?
Rick Riordan
#69. What the ... ? "Holy S***! You're 250 years old!?"
He gives me a wink of his beautiful eye in response. "Surprised?"
"Um, hell yeah. Ok, that's pretty much disgusting. Chester the Molester. I've been screwing an ancient artefact!" Dorian & Gabriella
S.L. Jennings
#70. My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.
Peter Orszag
#71. I think, you know, I'm German, and um, probably not very expressive in my emotions.
Tim Heidecker
#72. I've seldom minded other people's opinions, but the other side of that coin is that I've seldom been interested by them, um their opinions about me I mean.
Tom Stoppard
#73. Um," Grover said. "Percy?"
"Yeah?"
"I thought you'd want to know."
"Yeah?"
"Cerberus? He's saying we've got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice.After that ... well ... he's hungry.
Rick Riordan
#74. The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me.
Alton Brown
#75. She looked back at him, her lips curving into an incredulous smile. "The man who just gave me the best orgasms of my life is asking me out on a date?"
"Um... yeah?"
"Um...okay.
Kathy Lyons
#76. So what was it like?" she asked. "Having your boyfriend die? Um, it sucks." "No," she said. "Being in love.
John Green
#77. He looked at her for another moment, then bent down on one knee.
Sidney's heart leapt out of her chest. "Oh my God, what are you doing?"
"Um ... getting eye-to-eye so we can talk," he said, as if this were evident.
"Oh. Right.
Julie James
#78. A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they [said], "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine.
Morgan Freeman
#79. I know we're gathered here for a very solemn occasion. Poor Great-Uncle Frankie has gone the way of the dodo bird, soon to rot in peace. Um, I mean, rest in peace.
- Dak
James Dashner
#80. You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but ... um ... no.
Hal Sparks
#81. Um, I guess."
Brilliant. Sparkling conversation.
Inara Scott
#82. Um, I'm just naturally super-funny. No, not really. I've never been in The Groundlings or anything.
Ryan Hansen
#83. Well, I said, needing to lighten the mood for him, next time Kai tries to, um, bust your balls, you can give it right back to him, because he's got a girlfriend now, too.
Wendy Higgins
#84. A vessel swift of flight, though say'st? Hast thou
Not heard of the Millenn'um Falcon, Sir?
'Tis but the ship that hath the Kessel run
Accomplish'd in twelve parsecs,
Ian Doescher
#85. Um, I'm just going to go tell Zeb hi really fast." Somehow saying hi had never sounded so much like "strip naked and fuck on the bar.
Jay Crownover
#86. Paige cleared her throat. "Hey, Taylor?"
"What?" she snapped.
"Um ... he ... maybe he can help us?"
"He doesn't seem very helpful," Taylor said grumpily.
Embee
#87. I feel very blessed in my career to have been able to bounce back and forth between different things, television and film, comedies and some dramas, but I am, um, as long as the script inspires me and there good people, that's it. I'm in.
Geoff Stults
#88. Me?" Penny's voice, surprised. "Well, I'm Penny Ngwenya, Matthew's butt-kicking, life-saving, totally awesome apprentice. Um. Hi.
Kate Griffin
#89. Um, you don't have to join me, but if you're looking for a table, there are a couple good seats over there. He nodded toward the far end.
J.M. Richards
#90. Um, dad?" I called "How's it going?"
"Percy!" Annabeth whispered. "We're in a hurry!
Rick Riordan
#91. How far must you go to gain respect? Um ...
Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own.
Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.
Q-Tip
#92. Our Founders warned against this. They said don't ... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there.
Sharron Angle
#93. Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people."
She nodded. "And so ... hypothetically, if these to people likes each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?"
"Oh ... " I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows-slow, dumb, and bright red. "Um ...
Rick Riordan
#94. My daughter doesn't even get my humor. She's like, 'Um, no. I don't get it, Dad. Mmm, no, not that one, Dad.'
Kevin Hart
#95. [A fan] said, 'What can I do to get your attention?' I was like 'Um, just take your clothes off.' She stood there and frantically started taking her clothes off and got dragged out of the room by security.
Robert Pattinson
#96. My sister just had a baby. We can have company over. She'll be in front of everyone with her um ... breast ... out feeding it. You know ... cereal or whatever.
Emo Philips
#97. Um, musicians are funnier you know, than actors on the whole.
Tim Curry
#98. You had nightmares every night for a long time and screamed in Korean words, but we didn't know what they meant. I asked someone who knew Korean, and he said it was um-ma um-ma, the word for mom.
Soojung Jo
#99. Scrolls," Jambu said. "Um. Those are . . . ?" Starflight looked as if someone had just asked him whether breathing was really necessary.
Tui T. Sutherland
#100. Erre es korakas, Blinkey!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!"
"Um, he's a video game character," I said.
Rick Riordan
