Jim C. Hines Quotes

History is full of times when the inevitable front-runner is inevitable right up until he or she is no longer inevitable.

I don't want to set the world up for surprises.

I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.

… experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur!

We all have expectations but sometimes the greatest thing is to be surprised with what happens and to find out that it is quite different from the way you imagined it.

Even with most finite planning, you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at you.

You can't predict things in football because anything can happen.

In 90 minutes, anything can happen.

You just never know what's around the next corner in life or business or anything.

Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it.

Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit?

Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far.

I don't know what humor is.

I know I got to be right now Cause I can't get much wronger

This book is dedicated to all of my friends who helped me get to where I am today - you know who you are... and when I find you I am going to kill you.

What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “Oh no, Ron,” came Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up.

Here we are. Maybe I should warn you before we enter...(Asmodeus) (Jericho stepped past him and threw open the door.) Or maybe not. Let’s just barge in and be surprised, shall we? (Asmodeus)

You don't know anything, but I know even less.

I only need to know one thing. Am I going to need the flamethrower?

On ne sait jamais! One never knows!

I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.