Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
From Dickens's cockneys to Salinger's phonies, from Kerouac's beatniks to Cheech and Chong's freaks, and on to hip hop's homies, dialect has always been used as a way for generations to distinguish themselves.
Christopher Moore
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Christopher Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 1
Actor
Assistant Director
Journalist
Novelist
Radio Dj
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Toledo
Ohio
Used
Dialect
Phonies
Way
Dickens
Chong
Always
Phony
Cockneys
Distinguish
Beatnik
Hops
Kerouac
Freak
Homies
Hips
Salinger
Beatniks
Generations
Freaks
Cheech
More quotes by Christopher Moore
Not unlike the toaster, I control darkness.
Christopher Moore
When I teach seminars, I tell people, Your stuff has to look like something thats out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.
Christopher Moore
Only cops and vampires have to have an invitation to enter.
Christopher Moore
Charlie Asher: Mrs. Ling, is that duck wearing trousers? Mrs. Ling: Could be . . . . You hear of paper-wrap chicken? This duck in pants.
Christopher Moore
I could stand on my head and flick the bean right there at the dinner table and my mom would be all, Honey, Christmas is family time, we should be together and make me finish in front of everyone.
Christopher Moore
Compliment but do not covet.
Christopher Moore
We know there's going to be nothing but pain, but we go back again and again.
Christopher Moore
What this movie needs is more brain eating zombies.
Christopher Moore
The bat was looking at Theo and Theo was having trouble following his own thoughts.The bat was wearing tiny sunglasses.Ray Bans,Theo could see by the trademark in the corner of one lens.I'm sorry, Mr.,uh- Case, could you take the bat off your head.It's very distracting. Him. Pardon? It's a him.Roberto.He no like the light.
Christopher Moore
The medium obscured the message.
Christopher Moore
That's the scary thing about hope, she said. If you let it go too long it turns into faith.
Christopher Moore
It was sometimes difficult to reconcile a man's talents with his personality.
Christopher Moore
I can be most colorful and inventive when I am angry.
Christopher Moore
The value of the work we do is the value we give to it.
Christopher Moore
It's about average for us. Behavior always draws more than survey. We're the sexy ones,' Nate said with a grin. Amy snorted. 'Oh, yeah, you guys are the Mae Wests of the nerd world.' We're action nerds,' Nate said. 'Adventure nerds. Nerds of romance.
Christopher Moore
He was a writer and words were his weapons.
Christopher Moore
The netherworld is timeless and unchanging, and boring -- much like a doctor's waiting room.
Christopher Moore
You were supposed to empathize with your friend's problem, but they were, after all, your friend's problems.
Christopher Moore
Stephenie Meyer: Her vampires are sparkly, which I think we can all agree is wrong.
Christopher Moore
Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't break any rules. You have to let tradition fall sometime, you have to take action, you have to eat bacon.
Christopher Moore
