Robert > Robert's Quotes

“Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.”
― Alexander Hamilton, Writings

“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“[HAMILTON]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory”
― Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair." (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)”
― Alexander Hamilton

“Perseverance in almost any plan is better than fickleness and fluctuation. (Alexander Hamilton, July 1792)”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“I have thought it my duty to exhibit things as they are, not as they ought to be.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.”
― Alexander Hamilton

“Men are reasoning rather than reasonable animals.”
― Alexander Hamilton, The works of Alexander Hamilton

“For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”
― Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

“Hamilton, the human word machine,”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“The law is whatever is successfully argued and plausibly maintained,”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“If Washington expected relief from Hamilton badgering him for an appointment, he soon learned otherwise. Hamilton was fully prepared to become a pest.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“In fact, no immigrant in American history has ever made a larger contribution than Alexander Hamilton.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“After the death of John Laurens, Hamilton shut off some compartment of his emotions and never reopened it.”
― Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under it.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

“Who could refrain,
That had a heart to love, and in that heart
Courage to make love known?”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth