Half Quotes

I hope I'm at least half the dad that he didn't have to be.

Methods and conclusions formed by half the race only, must necessarily require revision as the other half of humanity rises into conscious responsibility.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but not famed enough to make a living in this society.

God save us from half the people who think they're doing God's work.

The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.

Remember, half the people you know are below average.

I don't understand these national awards, because half of those who sit in judgement over Indian films do not... possess the competence to evaluate a film correctly.

I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There's no doubt of it in my mind.

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise -begin!

I'm in pro football to win, to have the Raiders dominate, to have the Raiders global, and we're not going to be able to do that with a half-filled stadium.

I don't know how to live in the world as a Shadowhunter without Will. I don't think i even want to. I am still a parabatai, but my other half is gone.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

I might have to wait. I'll never give up. I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck. Wherever you are, whenever it's right, you'll come out of nowhere and into my life.

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.

To ask the proper question is half of knowing.

Work only a half a day. It makes no difference which half-the first 12 hours or the last 12 hours.

Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.

A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious.

Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And halfway out!

Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life!

Probably the greatest writer of westerns himself was Homer. His character were never all good or all bad. They're half and half, these characters, as all human beings are.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted, Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets. Where were you the day hip-hop died? Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?

Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)

Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane - while the other half of the window is wide open?

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

One does not make revolutions by halves.

Half-caf, double-tall, non fat, whole-milk foam, bone-dry, half-pump mocha, half sugar in the raw, double cup, no lid, capp - to go.

Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.

I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.

Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.

To deny the darkness of the soul is to be but half a human being. But we had both sides.

I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbour on the next block who is worth only half a million.

History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

For as this appalling ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors of the half known life.

Not knowing is half the fun," Aphrodite said, "Exquisitely painful isn't it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It's so cute I'm going to cry!

Half full, half empty, what the hell difference does it make? If there's something in the damn glass, drink it.

A bold onset is half the battle.

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.

I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined European that can be found in all the earth.

This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.