quotes about Wizards
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I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.
-- Afrika Bambaataa -
Well, have you ever thought of bathing?' I asked, turning away. 'No one wants to hire a wizard who smells worse than their outhouse. And who knows what creatures are living in that hair?
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Viper: "The dark wizard and I had a mild disagreement." Dante: "What sort of disagreement?" Viper: "I thought he should be dead and he disagreed.
-- Alexandra Ivy -
Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls.
-- Alfred NoyesSource : Alfred Noyes (2008). “The Flower of Old Japan”, p.60, Wildside Press LLC
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It was like the Wizard of Oz had spoken, and what he said was too ludicrous to take seriously.
-- Anthony Kiedis -
I walked away a little disheartened, thinking, 'Oh well. I came a long way to meet the Wizard of Oz, but I guess I won't. Such is life.
-- Anthony Kiedis -
I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me.
-- Aubrey PlazaSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.
-- Barbara HamblySource : Barbara Hambly (1987). “The Witches of Wenshar”, Del Rey
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I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
-- Ben WhishawSource : "Ben Whishaw: Hold the front page" by Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.
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America may be entering it's Michael Jordan on the Wizards period.
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What is it with you and the Wizard of Oz references? Zombies and werewolves and vamps, oh my. Zombies and werewolves and...
-- Christopher GoldenSource : Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Diana G. Gallagher, Pierce Askegren (2011). “Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2: Halloween Rain; Bad Bargain; Afterimage”, p.86, Simon and Schuster
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Fitch is on his way. He's coming after he blows up some wizards.
-- Cinda Williams Chima -
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Her clothes still smoked from the wizard’s assault. But to him, she always smelled of flowers.
-- Cinda Williams Chima -
I thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor.
-- Daniel RadcliffeSource : "I Am Harry Potter". Interview with Judd Apatow, www.funnyordie.com. November 22, 2010.
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I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
-- David Geffen -
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It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.
-- Diana Wynne Jones -
Well, the rollout of new technology always affects how wizards do business.
-- Diane Duane -
Perhaps it's rude to notice when a wizard does something strange.
-- Donita K. PaulSource : Donita K. Paul (2008). “DragonSpell: A Novel”, p.200, WaterBrook
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A mouse slid out from under his hat and scrambled down his sleeve, across his lap, and down to the floor. Nothing,' said Fenworth, 'should distract from a wizard's dignity.
-- Donita K. Paul -
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The only place where David Duke and I are alike is we are both wizards under the sheets.
-- Edwin Edwards -
One remarkable fact stands out in the history of witchcraft; and that is, its victims were chiefly women. Scarce one wizard to a hundred witches was ever burned or tortured.
-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton -
I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
-- Emir KusturicaSource : "I will not cut my film" by Emir Kusturica, www.theguardian.com. March 03, 2005.
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The Wizard of Oz' is my favorite movie. It was the first movie I can ever remember watching.
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The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. You're going to look like you have magic powers compared to everybody else.
-- Gabe NewellSource : YouTube Chanel "Code.org" / "What Most Schools Don't Teach", www.youtube.com. February 26, 2013.
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The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future,
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Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
-- Helen Keller -
So truth created the ultimate lie. Was this what the world was like for wizards? This thorny, gray tangle where right and wrong were so mixed there was no telling them apart?
-- Hilari Bell -
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What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.
-- Hugo Chavez -
The wizards represent all that the true 'muggle' most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!
-- J. K. Rowling -
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
-- J. R. R. Tolkien -
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog. But I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from 'The Wizard of Oz.' But I warn you, my dog is always with me... WOOF!
-- Jack NanceSource : "Fictional character: OO Spool". "Wild at Heart", 1990.
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I am the Wizard of Oz of housewives (in that I am both "Great and Terrible" and because I sometimes hide behind the curtains
-- Jenny Lawson -
HARRY DRESDEN—WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment
-- Jim Butcher -
It is the prerogative of wizards to be grumpy. It is not, however, the prerogative of freelance consultants who are late on their rent, so instead of saying something smart, I told the woman on the phone, "Yes, ma'am. How can I help you today?
-- Jim Butcher -
I put it down to the paranoia of advancing age. It isn't like I'm all that old or anything, especially for a wizard, but age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.
-- Jim Butcher -
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When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.
-- Jim Butcher -
I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.
-- Jim Butcher -
And then I went to visit my sister in the states and all of a sudden it was just like, it's like... it's like the movie Wizard of Oz when all of a sudden it changes from Black and White to glorious Technicolor.
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Everyone knows that wizards are pigheaded and come to bad ends.
-- Kelly LinkSource : Kelly Link (2009). “Pretty Monsters”, p.34, Canongate Books
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Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
-- L. Frank Baum -
Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody.
-- L. Frank Baum -
I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs.
-- Lindsay Hartley -
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Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards.
-- Patricia C. Wrede -
The efficiency of the cleaning solution in liquefying wizards suggested the operation of an antithetical principal,which-" "Did you have to get him started?" Cimorene asked reproachfully.
-- Patricia C. Wrede -
Imagining [The Wizard of Oz] without Judy Garland is a bit like dancing on wet cement: you can do it, but why would you want to?
-- Pauline Kael -
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Chaos, the life force of the universe, is not human-hearted. Therefore the wizard cannot be human-hearted when he seeks to tap the force of the universe. He performs monstrous and arbitrary acts to loosen the hold of human limitations upon himself.
-- Peter J. CarrollSource : Peter J. Carroll (1987). “Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magic”, p.66, Weiser Books
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
-- Peter Jackson -
You guys are related to Jonah Wizard?" Jake asked, his lip curled disdainfully. "And the other guy," Dan grumbled. "Vin Diesel's stunt double.
-- Peter LerangisSource : Peter Lerangis (2012). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 3: The Dead of Night”, p.18, Scholastic Inc.
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My favorite movies growing up were things like 'The Wizard of Oz,' but as I got older, I really began to admire people like Steven Soderbergh.
-- Rainey QualleySource : "Andie MacDowell and Rainey Qualley Prove Mighty Fine". Interview with Alex Simon, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.
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Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.
-- Ralph BakshiSource : Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 25, 2004.
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I think probably the scariest thing, as weird as it sounds, was 'The Wizard of Oz' and the flying monkeys with the witch. I remember seeing that - it still seems freaky.
-- Rob ZombieSource : Interview with David Gralnik, collider.com. August 25, 2009.
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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
-- Robert Genn -
Barack Obama, foreign policy wizard. I just have to laugh.
-- Rush Limbaugh -
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Yesterday in a 25 to 24 vote, Republicans welcomed back Lott back into their leadership and named him minority whip. That is great for Trent. They say minority whip is a stepping stone to Grand Wizard.
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No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style.
-- Steven BrustSource : Steven Brust (2003). “The Book of Athyra”, p.134, Penguin
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I'll not deny I am impressed by your mastery of six warrens, Quick Ben. In retrospect, you should have held back on at least half of what you command." The man made to rise. "But, Bauchelain," the wizard replied, "I did.
-- Steven Erikson -
I'm blessed to be working with wizards like Vishal Bhardwaj as well as many young composers.
-- Sukhwinder Singh -
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Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
-- Terry Goodkind -
Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.
-- Terry Goodkind -
Wizard's Eighth Rule Talga Vassternich. (Deserve Victory)
-- Terry Goodkind -
Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.
-- Terry Goodkind -
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Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.
-- Terry Goodkind -
Wizard's Eleventh and Final Rule The "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.
-- Terry Goodkind -
Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.
-- Terry Goodkind -
Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.
-- Terry Goodkind -
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You ought to go to the Wizard of Oz and ask him for some courage.
-- Thomas Henderson -
The earliest truth that we're taught is that there's a world alongside this world, with spirits, not mortals, an enchanted universe of fairies, wizards, leprechauns and trolls. They are all around us. One has only to open his eyes.
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I'm a season ticket holder to the Washington Wizards, and I love going to Washington Nationals and Redskins games.
-- Wolf Blitzer -
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I have my wizards rock along. Could I interest you? Naked?
-- Zedd -
I'm on a show called Wizards of Wavery Place, and I like it, but I'm unable to convince my Tivo that I wouldn't also like iCarly.
-- Andy Kindler -
You know what I would do? I would remake The Wizard of Oz with Robin Williams, and that's it. Just let him do the whole dang thing by himself.
-- Frank Caliendo -
I actually prefer the silent black and white version of the Wizard Of Oz from the 20's.
-- Marcel Dzama -
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There are a lot of unspoken things with me and Nimai [Larson]. We're very yin and yang, neither one of us really treads on each other's toes. She's this wizard of the rhythm world, and I know nothing about that, but I can dabble with melody and lyrics and that's something she doesn't really have any interest in. We complement each other in that way.
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It still feels unreal sometimes. It all happened so fast, like an explosion you know. But I am really hyped about the success of 'Animals' and 'Wizard'.
-- Martin GarrixSource : Source: www.independentphilly.com
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My favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz. I love the fairy tale of it. And Gone With the Wind was always one of my favorites because it's so dramatic and stunning.
-- Meredith Brooks -
America may be entering it’s Michael Jordan on the Wizards period.
-- Christian FinneganSource : "Christian Finnegan Delighted America Is Going Downhill". www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2011.
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I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher
-- David Axelrod -
Try to learn as fast as you can from the wizards and then steal what you can appropriate from them and use it to modernize your existing business model (without disrupting it).
-- Geoffrey MooreSource : Source: bobmorris.biz