Well Then Quotes

#1. Was anybody shooting at you?"
-George "Judge" Knott (responding to his son-in-law after hearing complaints about the army in 1963.)

"No."
-Son-in-law

"Well then, sounds like you had a pretty good day."
-George "Judge" Knott

Jennifer Rude Klett

#2. Falco's eyes widened in fake shock. "Well, then perhaps I should ask for a tour of the house." He grinned, clearly relishing Cass's embarrassment. "Can we start with your bedroom?

Fiona Paul

#3. They flank me - depression on my left, loneliness on my right. They don't need to show their badges. I know these guys very well ... Then they frisk me. They empty my pockets of any joy I had been carrying there. Depression even confiscates my identity; but he always does that.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#4. I can't wait for the oil wells to run dry, for the last gob of black, sticky muck to come oozing out of some remote well. Then the glory of sail will return.

Tristan Jones

#5. Everyone wants to be king," said Vortalis. "Not me," said Holland. "Well, then you're either a liar or a fool.

V.E Schwab

#6. If somewhere is a deficiency the normal American answer would have been well then, let's spend some more money, build some more weapons and deploy them. That's the normal way of thinking of the military, in America not only but also all over the place, but America or Russia or other countries.

Helmut Schmidt

#7. When script is written well, then you start to make decisions of, "Well, do I want to be away from home for that long? Do I like the people involved?" When it's written well, a lot of those things go away and you can't not do it.

Michael Cudlitz

#8. Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

Brian Epstein

#9. Well, you know what? If that guy can do it, I can be myself too, and if that rapper can be himself and be free and be happy and still hold masculinity and love people and love flowers and just be happy being alive, well then, I can do that too.

Lil B

#10. First of all, do any of you here think it's a crime to help a suffering human end his agony? Any of you think it is? Say so right now. Well, then, what are we doing here?

Jack Kevorkian

#11. Lucia opened the door. "They say not to discuss politics and religion on the first date."
"Well, then." I gave her a huge smile. "We're screwed.

Jennifer Lane

#12. Well then, music take me on that wonderful journey of my lost memories, and never take me back to reality.

Seth Hawkins

#13. So, how's school? How's everything going?"
"Can Gio hear us?"
... "Yes"
"Oh, well then, it's going magnificently. I'm so fortunate to have a knowledgeable and patient teacher like my uncle, who is imparting his centuries of wisdom into my eager young mind.

Elizabeth Hunter

#14. You say that you'll grow up to be nobody. But logically.. if nobody's perfect... well then, you must be perfect.

Lynda Mullaly Hunt

#15. Well then, I guess I'm man enough to admit that I'm trying to get in touch with my inner bitch.

Elle Lothlorien

#16. Three coffees, two with milk, please," said Francis to the fat woman behind the counter. "No milk, just Cremora." "Well, then, just black, I guess." He turned to us. "Have you seen the paper this morning?

Donna Tartt

#17. You want to wake the Old Gods, don't you?" "Yes." "Well then, go where the Old Gods are accustomed to be worshipped.

Dion Fortune

#18. In the industry, you do need some ethics - if one film does well, then thousands get work and money comes back to the industry. I guess the bottomline is, if there are two versions, then the better one will click.

Ajay Devgan

#19. Some couples
most couples
waited years and years before they developed the ability to read or to feel each other so well. Then there were those very few who touched each other so deeply, so perfectly that first time that the bond was almost immediate.

Lora Leigh

#20. Well, then why should we do anything more than once? Should I just smoke this one cigarette? Maybe we should only have sex once, if it's the same thing. Should we just watch one sunset? Or live just one day? Because it's new every time. Each time is a different experience.

Jane Margolis

#21. Well then," said Locke. "Now that we've all realized precisely how tough we'll never be, let's stand on what we have.

Scott Lynch

#22. Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.

Alice Waters

#23. If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Well then here's to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver.

Bruce Springsteen

#24. Fred always goes with Daphne and Shaggy always sticks with Velma."
"Well then, in that case, I'm Scooby.

Peter Clines

#25. When you speak of heaven, let your face light up ... When you speak of hell well then, your everyday face will do.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#26. Was that life? Well then, once more!

Friedrich Nietzsche

#27. And if this seems strange to you - that, under these difficult, frightening, and outlandish circumstances, children might be happy...well, then you don't know all that much about children.

Adam Gidwitz

#28. So if you feel as if you feel too much, well then you are not alone. May these words find you like a friend.

Jamie Tworkowski

#29. They got special terms that they use when they're pregnant. They don't even say pregnant, got special words they use - I'm expecting. Expecting what? I'm expecting a child, silly. Well, then, you probably got a good shot!

Brad Stine

#30. You killed him."
I held up my index finger and my thumb, slowly closing the gap between them, peering over at Dre through the tiny slit that remained. "Little bit."
"I don't think you can kill someone a little bit."
"Oh, well then, a lot bit. I killed him a lot bit.

T.M. Frazier

#31. Are you a peice of Saran Wrap?
No
Well then why are you acting so clingy?

Lisi Harrison

#32. Well, then, for what my opinion is worth, I'm sure you'll be an excellent father and husband. And since you don't believe in those things, you'll never take them for granted.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#33. Being different is ... interesting; there's nothing implicitly inferior or superior about it. Great difference, of course, produces natural caution; and if the differences are too extreme ... well, then, reality tends to fade away.

Edward Albee

#34. Beauty is no end in itself, but if it makes our lives less miserable so that we might be more kind - well, then, let's have beauty, painted on our porcelain, hanging on our walls, ringing through our stories. We are a sorry tribe of beasts. We need all the help we can get.

Gregory Maguire

#35. If I could act like This was my real life, And not some cage where I've been placed, Well then, I could tell you The truth like I used to And not be afraid of sounding fake.

Conor Oberst

#36. Well then, as your boyfriend, I order you to tell Zane that you are and always have been my girlfriend. -Fenn

Candace Knoebel

#37. Josh: "Are there any rules to this deal I should know about?"
Shel: "Don't make me want to keep you."
Josh: "Well then, don't make me want to be kept.

Ella Frank

#38. Well, then
our course is chosen
spread the sail
Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well
Look to the helm, good master
many a shoal
Marks this stern coast, and rocks, where sits the Siren
Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.

Walter Scott

#39. Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee - and, because she was feeling generous, and okay, maybe because she wanted to irritate Michaela - Raphael's as well. Then she put down the carafe.

Nalini Singh

#40. Well then," said I, "if God does not forsake me, of what ill consequence can it be, or what matters it, though the world should all forsake me, seeing on the other hand, if I had all the world, and should lose the favour and blessing of God, there would be no comparison in the loss?

Daniel Defoe

#41. Well, then, Otter, of course I don't like Bundt cake. It has eggs in it. Baby chicken eggs. You don't see chickens standing outside of maternity wards waiting to get our babies to make their Bundt cake, do you?

T.J. Klune

#42. Like all their peers they went about things in the reverse order to the practice of their parents generation. They had sex, realised they got on really well then fell in love.

Patrick Gale

#43. If I have played my part well, then give me applause.

Mary Beard

#44. It's brain," I said; "pure brain! What do you do to get like that, Jeeves? I believe you must eat a lot of fish, or something. Do you eat a lot of fish, Jeeves?"
"No, sir."
"Oh, well, then, it's just a gift, I take it; and if you aren't born that way there's no use worrying.

P.G. Wodehouse

#45. When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.

James McAvoy

#46. Do a thing well then leave it alone .

Agatha Christie

#47. It's all very well to say you are waiting; so am I waiting.' 'Father's a cowardy custard.' 'So are you a cowardy custard.' 'I'm not frightened.' 'Neither am I frightened.' 'Well, then, take it.' 'Well, then, you take it.

J.M. Barrie

#48. You're the only person who means anything to me in the whole world, you're all I've got..."

"Well then you've got nothin.

Garth Ennis

#49. To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look for somebody who is in a good place who can help you.

Rigoberta Menchu

#50. I just don't trust people who have bodies that change with their moods.
Well then you'll never trust the opposite sex again.

Melina Marchetta

#51. This is the only thing that makes life worth living. If you have succeeded in doing something you wanted to do, something that seemed impossible - well, then, make the most of it, with all your heart, to the very brim.

Ivan Turgenev

#52. Delusional or not, maybe if I believe in a better world with enough conviction, and convince others to believe it as well, then it will be real.

Emilyann Girdner

#53. Every word you utter to another human being has an effect, but you don't know it. If people begin to understand that change comes about as a result of a million tiny acts that seem totally insignificant, well then, they wouldn't hesitate to take those tiny acts.

Howard Zinn

#54. Stamp: "Fine Maddy, Whatever. Take your little punk loser to the dance. I don't need you, Maddy. I can ask two dozen, three dozen chicks right now to go with me." Maddy: "Well then," I guess you better start stocking up on corsages.

Rusty Fischer

#55. Well then ... " I clear my throat once. "You are a fantastic actor," I say, breathless, and emotionally drugged up on Mr. Sexdorable.

Brittainy C. Cherry

#56. If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them.

Barry Ritholtz

#57. Well, then, I must say that I do not like him at all. Though it has turned out so well for us, I do not like him at all. As it happens, there is no great harm done, because I do not think Isabella has any heart to lose. But, suppose he had made her very much in love with him?

Jane Austen

#58. Go on writing plays, my boy, One of these days one of these London producers will go into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this morning?" and when she says, "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.

George Bernard Shaw

#59. I don't think people should be fed mesclun salad and chicken breast. My grandmother would serve grits and oxtail stew at a formal dinner, and if you didn't like it, well then you ate more beans or you went home and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Marjorie Gubelmann

#60. From listening in on these chicks wax rhapsodic over these brothers, if they were anything less than Nick Bateman clones, well, then I'd be highly disappointed.

Harper Bentley

#61. You killed me! That's not something you can ever apologize for!"
"Well,then,I'm not sorry."
"You son of a-"
"Hey, you leave her out of this.

Lia Habel

#62. You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on.

Norah Vincent

#63. A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.

Warren Gatland

#64. Learn the rules well. Then forget them." ~ Basho

Alvin Alexander

#65. The soul is immortal- well then, if I shall always live, I must have lived before, lived for a whole eternity.

Leo Tolstoy

#66. 'Scissorman' is terrifying. The studio at the time didn't want Scissorman because they were afraid that he'd look silly to which my response was, 'Well, then why did buy this because that's what the game is.' But I lost that battle.

Todd Farmer

#67. Do you trust me Ana?"
Ana! "Yes,I do."I respond spontaneously, not thinking ... because it's true-I do trust him.
"Well,then"he looks relieved. "The rest of this stuff is just details"
"important details

E.L. James

#68. You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors ... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way' ... Keep moving forward.

Joel Osteen

#69. Everything's not exactly the way it seems " I said.
"It seemed like you had your tongue down his throat " Finn glared at us both.
"Well then everything is exactly as it seems " Loki said glibly.

Amanda Hocking

#70. Men think that it is impossible for a human being to love his enemies, for enemies are hardly able to endure the sight of one another. Well, then, shut your eyes
and your enemy looks just like your neighbor.

Soren Kierkegaard

#71. If a bank's too big so that it can't fail without hurting our economy, well then, it's too big.

Martin O'Malley

#72. The commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper says it tastes just like regular Dr. Pepper. Well, then they screwed up!

Mitch Hedberg

#73. I'm not on a diet. And it's funny cause people go 'Well, then why do you drink diet soda?' So I can eat regular cake.

Gabriel Iglesias

#74. Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.

Bette Greene

#75. Is Thom Yorke there? Oh he is? Well then how the can I be Thom Yorke, talking to you, right here, on the phone.

Thom Yorke

#76. If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

Edie Brickell

#77. Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?"
"Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet.

Paulo Coelho

#78. When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

Bruce Lee

#79. If you want to defend torture, well then go ahead. But please spare me any sermons about the law ever again.

Chris Hayes

#80. Zora was a woman of principle, an open atheist. At the age of thirteen, a priest had told her that animals had no souls, and she had said, "well then, fuck you, Pops," and walked out of church.

Tea Obreht

#81. If the community is happy, then they support your business and if your business is doing well, then you can give back even more to the community.

Magic Johnson

#82. Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!

Augustus

#83. You gotta know it before you move on. You gotta recognize yourself. Understand the lessons. If you cain't make no sense of it, well then, what use was it?

Eric Arvin

#84. But songbirds are trash," the chicken said, and the guinea hen laughed, saying, "Well, then, I guess we could all use a little more trash in our lives.

David Sedaris

#85. Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.

Socrates

#86. But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?

Walter E. Williams

#87. If you come out of British TV, they're kind of saying, Here's the keys to the kingdom. You are now going to go off and become a moviemaker. If you do really well, then the world is your oyster.

Peter Webber

#88. But if one's dreams having to come true was the only referendum on whether they were beautiful, or worth dreaming, well then, no one would wish for anything. And that would be so much sadder.

David Rakoff

#89. Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia.

Julie Bishop

#90. SF's NO GOOD!
They bellow 'til we're deaf
But =this= is good
Well, then, it's not SF!

Kingsley Amis

#91. To think you can just go out and help people and somehow get a better life is not reincarnation as I know it. A better life comes from being happy and inner realizations. Now if helping others adds to that, well then, it's great.

Frederick Lenz

#92. Did you think you had educated the superstition out of those people?'
'I certainly did think it.'
'Well, then, you may unthink it.

Mark Twain

#93. Even if the painting is green, well then! The 'subject' is the green. There is always a subject; it's a joke to suppress the subject, it's impossible.

Pablo Picasso

#94. Needless to say, it was inconceivable that I would be welome in, let alone invited to, their home. It was as well, then, that I did not limit myself only to those places where people might wish me to be.

David Liss

#95. I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.

Aaron Swartz

#96. I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.

Hunter S. Thompson

#97. We don't have marriage in Cokyri."
My eyebrows shot upward. "You don't have ... marriage? Well then, how do you ... I mean where ... where do your children come from?

Cayla Kluver

#98. When I have finished a job, done all the promotion, and it's been received well. Then I can allow myself the luxury of a break, and chilling out with my family and friends, and taking a nice break knowing I've done a good job.

Naomie Harris

#99. If you've ever wondered what you would have done in 1930s Germany well then my friend here is your fucking chance to find out.

Colin Dickey

#100. If the choice is a life without dance or death, well then I choose DEATH! Now hand me my whiskey and tights.

Jason Whitman