Vandemar's Quotes

#1. People think it's how hard you kick that hurts,' Mr Vandemar's voice was saying. 'But it's not how hard you kick. It's where.

Neil Gaiman

#2. Further movements are not recommended," said Mr. Croup, helpfully. "Mister Vandemar might have a little accident with his old toad-sticker. Most accidents do occur in the home. Is that not so, Mister Vandemar?"
"I don't trust statistics," said Mr. Vandemar's blank voice.

Neil Gaiman

#3. Some of us are so sharp," he [Mr. Vandemar] said as he leaned in closer to Richard, went up on tiptoes into Richard's face, "we could just cut ourselves.

Neil Gaiman

#4. I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

Chuck Norris

#5. Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Deborah Tannen

#6. They always scream when the eyeballs fall out.

Neil Gaiman

#7. If you cut us, do we not bleed?' Mr. Vandemar pondered this for a moment, in the dark. Then he said with perfect accuracy, 'No.

Neil Gaiman

#8. Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#9. Circumlocution," said Mr. Croup to Mr. Vandemar. "It's a way of speaking around something. A digression. Verbosity.

Neil Gaiman

#10. All inspiration comes from a higher power. The body is a shell. The creative spot is from God - You hear voices, everybody does. When you get older, you refer to it as intuition.

Eddie Murphy

#11. Relationships evolve, just like people do. Just because you know someone doesn't mean you know everything about them.

Sarah Dessen

#12. Whether you are talking about cardiac care or education, the fundamental question is: How do you provide it for everyone?

Thulasiraj Ravilla

#13. You can stay and die or you can walk your ugly ass back through that gate. It's your call, pal.

Dante Alighieri

#14. I'm not one of those academics that don't do shit but reads about it. The difference is, I do shit. I have a proof of concept and it works.

Ron Finley

#15. Everyone knows that when advancing into danger, the soprano goes first. They are your infantry, while the altos and tenors are your cavalry, and the bass your artillery.

Rick Riordan

#16. Everyone wants to get better as they go along, but sometimes it's all you can do to stay consistent.

Peter Straub

#17. A man who is afraid will do anything.

Jawaharlal Nehru

#18. What," asked Mr Croup, "do you want?"
"What," asked the Marquis de Carabas, a little more rhetorically, "does anyone want?"
"Dead things," suggested Mr Vandemar. "Extra teeth.

Neil Gaiman

#19. Now me," said Mr. Vandemar.
"What number am I thinking of?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"What number am I thinking of?" repeated Mr. Vandemar. "It's between one and a lot," he added, helpfully.

Neil Gaiman

#20. It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

David Blunkett

#21. With cities, as with people, Mister Vandemar," said Mr. Croup, fastidiously, "the condition of the bowels is all-important.

Neil Gaiman

#22. Champions don't become champions in the field
they are merely recognized there.

Bob Costas

#23. Sometimes that's a year, sometimes it's 18 months, where all I'm doing is taking notes. I'm reconstructing the story from the back to the front so that I know where the front is.

John Irving

#24. As I've learned in the past few years, Mali is home to some of the most incredible musicians in the world.

Nick Zinner

#25. Mr. Vandemar showed them his teeth, demonstrating his sunny and delightful disposition. It was unquestionably the most horrible thing Richard had ever seen.

Neil Gaiman