I can't help but laugh into my next sip of water. For the first time, mine doesn't seem so bad.
"I don't know why you're fucking laughing. You have a girl's name and no middle name.
Krista Ritchie
Related
Um, I don’t know your name but -”
“Knight,”
“Right, Mr. Knight-”
“No, K...
KRISTEN ASHLEY Today I was rejected...
...
I hate being rejected... SAYYYYYYYYYY MY FUCKING N...
DEYTH BANGER Look, you can date whoever you want and I will totally support you. I am all about support. Support ...
CASSANDRA CLARE But he grins, so brilliantly, not even paying attention. “I love it when you say my name,” he sa...
TAHEREH MAFI Is my name dorothy?
No
Then why do u think munchkins could help me?
LISI HARRISON Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?"
"Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
KAMILA SHAMSIE He took a sip of my father’s weak coffee and spit it back into the mug. "This shit’s like making...
DAVID SEDARIS Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.
But what about your true n...
VERA NAZARIAN Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him spe...
ANTHONY HOROWITZ what's your name?"
what?" i asked, squinting at the light.
your name." I reconized Dr. Ole...
RICHELLE MEAD This is sams phone" there was a long,heavy pause, and then: "oh." Another pause. "Youre the girl, ar...
MAGGIE STIEFVATER So Jason, in England, do you eat these ‘Farmer burgers?’” Wong Tong asked.
“Farmer burg...
MARK A. COOPER If it doesnt help, I damned sure dont know what will.
JACK MOORE Name me no names for my disease,
With uninforming breath;
I tell you I am none of these, WITTER BYNNER Thorne scoffed. “Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring.”<...
MARISSA MEYER Just that I have loved you, even when I was nothing and no one to you, when you didn’t know my nam...
SHERRY THOMAS [...] I could cease to be a Grey and take the name of my mother should have had before she was marri...
CASSANDRA CLARE Who's Jessie?"
"My Yugo"
"You have a name for your Yugo? Please don't tell me you're one o...
RACHEL COHN Auburn Mason Reed,” I say out loud.
What are the chances?
I smile and run my...
COLLEEN HOOVER What's your name?" he asked above the roar of the music.
She leaned close. "My name is Wi...
SARAH J. MAAS see me now
your severed daughter
laughing our name into echo
all the world shall reme...
AUDRE LORDE My brother William is a fisherman, and he tells me that when he is in the middle of a fogbound
...
PATRICIA MACLACHLAN Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped away into the next room,
I am I and you are you...
HENRY SCOTT HOLLAND What is your name?"
Why?"
So I can mark your grave...
DAVID GEMMELL The problem is that literalization everything said!
For example Philip Dick.........,
whe...
DEYTH BANGER I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue.
COCO J. GINGER The first time I heard you laugh,
I only wanted to say funny things
so you would always ...
KAMAND KOJOURI But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will...
T.S. ELIOT No, my young apprentice. You said the exact right thing. Again. I'm just laughing at life."
"Wh...
P.C. CAST Rose: My mum's here.
The Doctor: Oh, that's just what I need! Don't you dare make this place do...
RUSSELL T. DAVIES Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully.
Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty sa...
LEWIS CARROLL You cant live champagne life,if you cant buy beer.
I DONT KNOW I promise I'll never tell."
"Don't promise that," he said in an ultraserious voice. "If t...
JERI SMITH-READY Nobody can claim the name of Pedro,
nobody is Rosa or María,
all of us are dust or sand,<...
PABLO NERUDA My name is Katniss Everdeen.
Why am I not dead?
I should be dead.
SUZANNE COLLINS Why I Cannot Relate
"What do you think of this piece?" Someone will ask
About some w...
KYLEE CARRIER My first name is a boy's name. It's Tanner. I've always gone by my middle name but, yeah...
ELLE KING 'You know what I thought the first time I saw you?'
'No.'
'Point of no retu...
JOSH LANYON No, Mo," Miss Watkins said, turning to Nesta who was crying with laughter. "Nesta Williams, seeing a...
CATHY HOPKINS I break out laughing. I frown.
I yell and scream. Sometimes,
if one jokes and giggles,
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI The cocktails were fizzy and pink toward the top, then became a dark red at the bottom of the glass....
AMY E. REICHERT There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's you...
VERONICA ROTH I had this guy’s file pulled this morning, along with the rest of your neighbors. His name is Desp...
LAURA KREITZER Whatever happened to the dragon?"
I mustered my primmest tone. "He has a name, you know."...
RICHELLE MEAD ...I don't understand this gap you see between us, but can't you meet me somewhere in the middle?" KIERSTEN WHITE Who are you?'
I didn't understand the question.
I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?'
JERRY SPINELLI I just stare at him. I want to ask him a thousand questions, but I can tell he doesn't want to be as...
MELINA MARCHETTA I replied with an Avenian accent. "Is the priest of this church still here?"
"No." He squinted ...
JENNIFER A. NIELSEN You next," he said. "Out of those clothes and into bed."
She nodded but didn't move from Sally'...
DEEANNE GIST I don't think I know your name.'
'Yes, yes my dear sir and I do know your name Mr. Bilbo Baggin...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Ed?" Ritchie says later. We're still standing in the water. "There's only one thing I want."
"W...
MARKUS ZUSAK Before loving you, love, nothing was mine:
I hesitated through the streets and things:
not...
PABLO NERUDA Purple,
Wonder, majesty, and enchantment doesn't
even begin to cover the feelings that I h...
OTTILIE WEBER I Name you Echthroi. I Name you Meg.
I Name you Calvin.
I Name you Mr. Jenkins.
I Nam...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE Very well."
"Say it."
"Say what?"
"Say my name. Say, 'Very well, Dorian.'"
She r...
SARAH J. MAAS He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees...
VERONICA ROTH i smoke and i drink
and every time i blink
i have a tiny dream
but as bad as i am ...
ANI DIFRANCO I couldn‘t tell the difference between the two of you anymore!" he roared.
I smashed m...
KAREN MARIE MONING A postcard. Neat handwriting fills the rectangle.
Half my days I cannot bear to touch you...
MICHAEL ONDAATJE I twist like a flower
at the sound of your voice
But you leave the receiver
static ...
KAIT ROKOWSKI I don't know. I was just calling it that in my head all along, and so I programmed that name into th...
WESLEY KING I miss you. I miss you so fucking bad it hurts, but I don't know how to find you even though you'...
J.R. WARD Get control of yourself, Zahra!
My name isn’t Zahra. I am Smoke-on-the-Wind, Curl-of-t...
JESSICA KHOURY The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may...
T.S. ELIOT I lied," I said. ...
"I know it," he said.
"Then do something about it. Do anything, just ...
WILLIAM FAULKNER What’s your name?' she asked, and surprised herself. But for some reason, she wanted to know.
RACHEL CAINE Zombie!” Sammy calls. “I knew it was you.”
Zombie?
“Where are you taking him?” B...
RICK YANCEY You need a name.”
I covered the receiver for a moment. “We need a team name.”
“H...
ILONA ANDREWS His name is Tristan, by the way."
"Tristan?"
"Yes. Oh, I should have told you. You must h...
JAMES HERRIOT i want to be the best i can be but when i cant i'll try my best to achieve my goal my goals in life ...
DALLY SALAD This was a conversation I had with a so-called-fellow-trekkie the other day:
''So Picard ...
MELANIE KAY TAYLOR JAQUES: Rosalind is your love's name?
ORLANDO: Yes, just.
JAQUES: I do not lik...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How was the kiss with Alex?"
"Nice," I say, thinking about how sensual it was. "Actually, Isabe...
SIMONE ELKELES Like time suspended,
a wound unmended--
you and I.
We had no ending,
...
LANG LEAV You broke me bodily.
The heart ain't the half of it,
And I'll never learn to laugh at it ANI DIFRANCO You are the night."
"I am the night," I repeated.
"You are the night."
I cocked my he...
MOLLY HARPER She: Why was there a distance between you and me?
He: Distance makes us realize how much we mis...
AVIJEET DAS Are you afraid of falling, baby?
No, I’m afraid of landing.
[He’s laughing, and I’m ...
ANN AGUIRRE I gave a helpless laugh. “Damned if I know. I think…we seem to have reached impasse.
I feel...
JOSH LANYON Because now people use the phrase OCD to describe minor personality quirks. "Oooh, I like my pens in...
HOLLY BOURNE For the first time, I have a parking place with my name on it.
BRUCE HAYWOOD I am five, I will never understand
why we are stranded in our selves
but in this moment I ...
SHARON DOUBIAGO Most people write me off when they see me.
They do not know my story.
They say I am just a...
IDOWU KOYENIKAN Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steals ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steal...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls:
Who steal...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My friends call me by my name."
"You don't have any friends."
"I don't want you to be my f...
SHANNON HALE Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Alwa...
RICHELLE MEAD We were both quiet a long time and I was about to fall back asleep in the curve of his arm with his ...
KRISTEN ASHLEY Bottle of mine, it's you I've always wanted!
Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?
ALDOUS HUXLEY It isn't Narnia, you know," sobbed Lucy. "It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, n...
C.S. LEWIS Do you know a cure for me?"
"Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water...
KAREN BLIXEN You cant be in a position where you dont know what you are going to do next.
ERIC GREEN And the best and the worst of this is
That neither is most to blame,
If you have forgotten...
ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in ...
SIMON ARMITAGE My fellow Americans, good evening. My name is Becca Goldman and I weep with all of you."
I text...
JERI SMITH-READY This is a bad story.”
“Sorry. I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have told you.”
“N...
EMMA DONOGHUE Poor Nico di Angelo. The god's voice was tinged with disappointment. Do you know what ...
RICK RIORDAN Cars they sound like waves that are breaking
On some distant shore
I gazed so hard into th...
DAVID GRAY Everything I have become,
everything I will ever accomplish
cannot compare to my most
KAMAND KOJOURI
More Krista Ritchie
I can sue you for harassment".
"Lets play that fucking game." Lo replies "lets see whose ...
KRISTA RITCHIE Cheekbones that cut like ice and eyes like liquid scotch. Loren Hale is an alcoholic beverage and he...
KRISTA RITCHIE Promises from Lo are like bars at 2 a.m.--empty.
KRISTA RITCHIE I love you,” he says again, “and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I ...
KRISTA RITCHIE No one told me you can love someone and still be miserable. How is that possible?
KRISTA RITCHIE Wait for me.” The words come out choked and pained. “I need you to wait for me.
KRISTA RITCHIE Just repeat this phrase whenever you feel the urge to jump some other guy’s bones.”
His mou...
KRISTA RITCHIE Whether it's men, women—it doesn't really matter. The human race is filled with passion and lust. ...
KRISTA RITCHIE The fear of losing each other is always stronger than the pain we cause.
KRISTA RITCHIE I want to love you more than I love this" --he waves his bottle--"and I don't know how else to do it...
KRISTA RITCHIE I think the six of us—we’re all strong. We’re each just a different kind of strong. But we all...
KRISTA RITCHIE you're easily lovable, Loren Hale.
KRISTA RITCHIE I love you and no other man will ever say those words and mean them the way I do."-Loren Hale
KRISTA RITCHIE In this moment, I'm yours.
KRISTA RITCHIE Would you like a glass or are you still being obnoxious?
KRISTA RITCHIE A tiger would birth a baby llama sooner than Rose would be barefoot in a dirty club.
KRISTA RITCHIE Hatred is an animal you feed, and I imagined that after four years, Aaron’s became plump and bloat...
KRISTA RITCHIE I don’t think there’s a black and white
answer. I think I’ve been swimming in the gray st...
KRISTA RITCHIE I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like a complete prick.
KRISTA RITCHIE It just happened, Lo. I can’t take it back, and I honestly wouldn’t.”
I think that should...
KRISTA RITCHIE People talk about you like you're Jesus, but you're not. You only pull out the miracles to save your...
KRISTA RITCHIE I know the kind of remorse that puts deep pain on your chest, the kind that feels as weighted as Atl...
KRISTA RITCHIE I’m going to take care of you now. I’m going to fill you so deep that you’re going to wish you...
KRISTA RITCHIE Lo shakes his head at him.
“What?” he says.
”You’re walking a thin fucking line.�...
KRISTA RITCHIE She shrunk into herself and waited for me to stare at her like she was gross an dirty. But I just wa...
KRISTA RITCHIE It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that ...
KRISTA RITCHIE You think you’re indebted to your parents because they gave you everything you have. But they didn...
KRISTA RITCHIE Some battles are best fought with a sidekick.
KRISTA RITCHIE He’s Loren Hale. Ice and whiskey. Powerful and intoxicating.
KRISTA RITCHIE You could have knocked ... Or, you know, announced your entrance like they do on Downton Abbey KRISTA RITCHIE Yeah, my father is an egotistical douchebag," he says roughly. "My name literally means Jonathan emp...
KRISTA RITCHIE Because I think she loves you more than she loves sex. And you love her more than you love alcohol, ...
KRISTA RITCHIE I thought Rose was making that fucking shit up.”
“When you string together curse words, I g...
KRISTA RITCHIE I could not live without Lo. He is as much a part of me as the sun is a part of the sky, as the eart...
KRISTA RITCHIE His lips rise. “I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like...
KRISTA RITCHIE He stands confidently in his hot pink mankini. When I told him it was the only suit left, he literal...
KRISTA RITCHIE I need you to know that I’m not going anywhere. I’ll always be here when you come home. There wi...
KRISTA RITCHIE I have so many regrets. I don’t believe anyone who says they don’t. How can you live life making...
KRISTA RITCHIE Why is it that the people you come to love are the ones that seem to hurt you the most?
KRISTA RITCHIE He is my breath. My soul. My life-force. I have spent forever with him.
KRISTA RITCHIE What’s going to happen,” he breathes, “is that I’m going to carry you through this door. I�...
KRISTA RITCHIE Sometimes the person we think we’ll become is the person we already are, and the person we truly b...
KRISTA RITCHIE She went a little fucking overboard on her anger." He looks at me. "Her daughters are all a bit nuts...
KRISTA RITCHIE Lo: “How much did it hurt?”
Ryke: “Did what hurt?”
Lo: “Watching her with other ...
KRISTA RITCHIE Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for a...
KRISTA TIPPETT Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.
KRISTA TIPPETT Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an impor...
KRISTA TIPPETT Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For ...
KRISTA TIPPETT Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.
KRISTA TIPPETT Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake t...
KRISTA TIPPETT I put a lot of faith in dreams. I know that big movie roles and opportunities are going to happen.
KRISTA ALLEN I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between ...
KRISTA TIPPETT Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurt...
KRISTA ALLEN Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.
KRISTA ALLEN I'm a firm believer that it's not the way you look or what you have, but what you've got inside.
KRISTA ALLEN I think men are a beautiful creation.
KRISTA ALLEN At a pool party, with everybody around, a guy and I had sex in the pool, but nobody knew it.
KRISTA ALLEN I called them because my car was taken without my permission. My baby was inside of my car and they ...
KRISTA ALLEN [She has learned a lot from her political job.] Every morning I wake up an hour early and attend bri...
KRISTA ALLEN You don't catch him. He comes to you.
KRISTA ALLEN I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner worki...
KRISTA ALLEN I don't accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is...
KRISTA TIPPETT You realized you were surrounded by love, that you were held by love, and that you’d had too small...
KRISTA TIPPETT I’m sure all of that’s true. Especially the anal bit--Marshall’s always been an ass--but I don...
KRISTA ALASTI So what did you do, drug me, stuff me in the trunk, then dump me like a sacrificial offering into th...
KRISTA ALASTI I can be a gentleman off and on. When the urge hits me. - Tran
KRISTA ALASTI Why would Dad call you? I mean, you have to admit that he would have been better off calling the loc...
KRISTA ALASTI Don’t be hating on my peacock. It’s just not right. - Kye
KRISTA ALASTI You’re starting to look like you did before, and that’s not good because what you looked like wa...
KRISTA ALASTI Just shut up and talk. - Shella
KRISTA ALASTI I’m drawn to the Jewish notion of the soul, nephesh, which is not something preexistent but emerge...
KRISTA TIPPETT That's Susan. She's always doing stuff like that.
KRISTA RAPPAHAHN I’m strangely comforted when I hear from scientists that human beings are the most complex creatur...
KRISTA TIPPETT I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Chris...
KRISTA TIPPETT It's not superstition. I keep getting hit, so I've kept wearing it. The trainer told me it could sti...
KRISTA RAPPAHAHN It's a high-energy team. We have some great freshman talent and they bring a lot of energy, too.
KRISTA RAPPAHAHN My experience here has been amazing. The coaching staff is super knowledgeable; they get to know you...
KRISTA RAPPAHAHN I'm glad we had a year of experience, so we could come back and show we could do it.
KRISTA WALKER She's big down there and can put it up strong.
KRISTA WALKER We were there for each other.
KRISTA WALKER It got really familiar. It's not something you want to be familiar with.
KRISTA WALKER At high school I wanted to be a million different things so acting is the one profession where you c...
KRISTA VENDY If we win the rebounding war, we'll have a much better chance to win the game.
KRISTA VANDEVENTER We have to defend against her drive, so that will be tough. We'll have other people guarding her som...
KRISTA VANDEVENTER It was one turnover after another.
KRISTA VANDEVENTER They made a lot of great runs. They weren't going to lay down and die. I thought we did a good job o...
KRISTA VANDEVENTER We knew that the posts were going to front a lot, so, we looked for the lob pass a lot. We like to r...
KRISTA VANDEVENTER They're just playing very, very well right now. We've been forced to work as a team a lot more these...
KRISTA VANDEVENTER And it goes down through the dam and the water spins the turbine that helps create the power.
KRISTA UMSCHEID If these [dry] conditions continue we could be looking at Lake Travis going down another 20 feet or ...
KRISTA UMSCHEID A drop of 17 feet can mean a drastic change in how the lake looks out here. There's a lot of exposed...
KRISTA UMSCHEID We think we're highly competitive right now and getting more so.
KRISTA TILLMAN To be very parochial, most of our employees are implementers and very focused on customers and custo...
KRISTA TILLMAN It is not our goal to serve every customer out there. It is our goal to provide as many products and...
KRISTA TILLMAN Is it the end or the beginning? I think it's the beginning, from my perspective. It's far from the e...
KRISTA TILLMAN If we brought mentors in it would help us. I think it will give kids a chance to learn more than the...
KRISTA SPINDLER I thought if my mom has something that she can do with children with acting and speaking to your pee...
KRISTA SPINDLER I'm really excited. This is the chance of a lifetime.
KRISTA SPINDLER Every single game we've had has been a close one. But I found we were more relaxed today. We were ge...
KRISTA SCHARF Maybe in juniors, but not in ladies' play. It was a little intense, but I'll take it. It was a strug...
KRISTA SCHARF With the age thing, it's kind of fun. And we bug Lorraine every now and then, but they also bug me b...
KRISTA SCHARF I was talking to somebody about this the other night. How would you guard us? Do you put a big man o...
KRISTA SANCHEZ They're always like, 'What can I do for you,' not, 'What can you do for me. That's why everybody lov...
KRISTA SANCHEZ It's amazing. When you put a little bit of pressure on her, then she's OK. Like it makes it easier.
KRISTA SANCHEZ I remember when we came in as freshman and Coach [Sherri] Coale would talk about that 2002 team. To ...
KRISTA SANCHEZ That's what we talked about at halftime having patience, working to get the shots we wanted and r...
KRISTA PETERSON I'm really proud of the way my people played. They left all they had out on the floor. The differenc...
KRISTA PETERSON I'm proud of the progress we've made. We should have won that game, up by six, and that letdown w...
KRISTA PETERSON From a fan's perspective, it was probably a great game to watch. I thank all the fans we had come ou...
KRISTA MIKESCH We started slow, but we once we started to play Michigan Tech volleyball everything started to work ...
KRISTA MIKESCH It's always great to get a sweep on the road, especially this road trip. For the first time all year...
KRISTA MIKESCH I just told them if they played Michigan Tech volleyball and played the way they play every day in p...
KRISTA MIKESCH I told our girls I was happy with the way they fought back and took it to five games, but I thought ...
KRISTA MIKESCH There's no stars on our roster. Everyone made a contribution tonight.
KRISTA MENARD It was just our press-breaker. We knew what kind of in-your-face defense Windsor is noted for and we...
KRISTA MENARD Oh my God, words can't express my happiness.
KRISTA MENARD I'm sure that's probably true. We also work with a wonderful (booking) agency, McKinney Associates o...
KRISTA KHONE That's the most we've ever had and pretty much the max. The Clarion says it can't hold much more.
KRISTA KHONE He will tell us if it's a good fit, based on his knowledge of the speaker. Sometimes, we get lucky t...
KRISTA KHONE I'd give anything for these girls.
KRISTA FOSTER It's an amazing experience for any student-athlete to just have the academic background. To be able ...
KRISTA FOSTER I'm so excited. It is going to be a wonderful opportunity for me.
KRISTA FARR This is amazing. It's what we've all dreamed of and worked for.
KRISTA FARR We just wanted to win. We're a Bonneville Team. It just comes down to if someone's on fire, give her...
KRISTA FARR My songs are about anything my son does that I seem to find funny and that all dads and moms can enj...
KRISTA EYLER While I was singing in the car, I thought to myself, there needed to be a female children's singer/s...
KRISTA EYLER I've always been open to new opportunities.
KRISTA EYLER The feeling is, we're due for a major catastrophic event to occur here. We're doing this in order to...
KRISTA CONTE It was a combination of factors. We have, by far, the largest market share of any carrier in the sta...
KRISTA CONTE We have had the largest share of the market for decades. It's time for some of the other insurers to...
KRISTA CONTE It was not in the spirit of community. We'll be working with the Beer-Bike coordinators to straighte...
KRISTA COMER It was between people who have different visions of how to lead a Christian life. Some people though...
KRISTA COMER People came to speak with us one-on-one and then there were group e-mails. There got to be what we c...
KRISTA COMER We explicitly asked people not to submit divisive themes at cabinet.
KRISTA COMER Back in goal, I don't get a lot of action, but the action I do get is tough.
KRISTA COLEMAN You don't have the advantage of knowing absolutely everything that has happened in its life. But tha...
KRISTA CLARK The plan was to get it into Katie (Daly) so every time I saw her I chucked it at her. She was incred...
KRISTA CLARK This is insane. I can't compare this to anything in my life. This was crazy, but I knew we could do ...
KRISTA CLARK Sheltered Paws has found homes for 12 dogs in the past two months. I directly helped with two. That'...
KRISTA CLARK Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be ...
KRISTA ALLEN Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be ...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attra...
GUY RITCHIE There might not have been that much intent to pull Marc Richards down, but the rules say he has to g...
ANDY RITCHIE We want to have a closer look at them. We'll try to get them involved in another game.
ANDY RITCHIE All three of them did very, very well and I was pleased with what I saw. Michael impressed and took ...
ANDY RITCHIE He went over on an ankle. But he's a tough so and so and I think he should be okay for next week.
ANDY RITCHIE It is a massive opportunity for Scott and we cannot stand in his way. He will go down to train with ...
ANDY RITCHIE It's vitally important to be winning games at this stage of the season. We've gone six games now wit...
ANDY RITCHIE It's not easy to strap yourself down to a desk and bash on a keyboard when you know you can dire...
GUY RITCHIE If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time the...
GUY RITCHIE I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rathe...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing elect...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE What I liked about American movies when I was a kid was that they're sort of larger than life an...
GUY RITCHIE They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already don...
DENNIS RITCHIE We're too old and too mature to fight. Fighting's not necessary.
BRIAN RITCHIE In the '80s, bands could just hop on the bus and travel for a few weeks; it was profitable. Now, eve...
BRIAN RITCHIE I bet some of them are shocked when they come to our shows and see a bunch of fat old guys on stage....
BRIAN RITCHIE When I was growing up there weren't any bands who'd been around for 25 years â€Ã...
BRIAN RITCHIE When I was growing up there weren't any bands who'd been around for 25 years the Rolling Stones had ...
BRIAN RITCHIE For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.
DENNIS RITCHIE The kind of programming that C provides will probably remain similar absolutely or slowly decline in...
DENNIS RITCHIE My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which forma...
GUY RITCHIE Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimatel...
GUY RITCHIE I'm a vested veteran, so that kind of slowed things up.
JON RITCHIE My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies ...
DENNIS RITCHIE I'll be going to the granddaddy of the Los Angeles theaters.
MICHAEL RITCHIE We need and want and articulate to Tony to be aggressive, because that really helps our team. We kee...
RITCHIE MCKAY Those results came out as we expected them to. The girls are certainly more willing to do the work, ...
CARLA RITCHIE I'm stunned. From the get-go, we weren't on. It was shocking.
JON RITCHIE I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there wa...
GUY RITCHIE A new release of Plan 9 happened in June, and at about the same time a new release of the Inferno sy...
DENNIS RITCHIE I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussi...
DENNIS RITCHIE I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.
DENNIS RITCHIE C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.
DENNIS RITCHIE After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to t...
GUY RITCHIE I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the a...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I ...
GUY RITCHIE There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft...
MICHAEL RITCHIE Over the past several years, I've been more in a managerial role.
DENNIS RITCHIE We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
GUY RITCHIE I may go back in there, but I will never take my purse. I'll stick my ATM card in my pocket.
BETTY RITCHIE I was tired, I wasn't gonna let anybody steal my purse. I held on for a while until he dragged me an...
BETTY RITCHIE The guy came down the aisle, looked me in the face and went by me. I kept looking for the cookies I ...
BETTY RITCHIE It was explicitly understood that the video would remain at all times the private property of Mr. St...
ROBERT RITCHIE I think it's a great shame they are suing a group of people who put all the profits of the event bac...
IAN RITCHIE I probably have 4,000 shirts. I'm totally ready for next year.
KURT RITCHIE I'm not a person who particularly had heros when growing up.
DENNIS RITCHIE We really didn't buy it thinking we'd have this enormous investment,
DENNIS RITCHIE I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
RITCHIE BLACKMORE The visible things that have come from the group have been the Plan 9 system and Inferno, but I hast...
DENNIS RITCHIE Brad [Pitt], poor geezer, was blown up, thrown around, burned, slapped, frozen. But never a moan or ...
GUY RITCHIE I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife [Madonna]. That's even why I married ...
GUY RITCHIE The critics have been harsh all the way through my career but it doesn't affect me.
GUY RITCHIE We're not unique. We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we a...
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