J. K. Rowling Quotes

Most popular J. K. Rowling Quotes

Time is making fools of us again. - J. K. Rowling quote.
Time is making fools of us again.
— J. K. Rowling

time

Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure. - J. K. Rowling quote.
Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.
— J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

adventure

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. - J. K. Rowling quote.
Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
— J. K. Rowling

technology artificial intelligence

There are all kinds of courage.  It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. - J. K. Rowling quote.
There are all kinds of courage.  It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
— J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

courage

It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up. - J. K. Rowling quote.
It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
— J. K. Rowling

time

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else. - J. K. Rowling quote.
The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else.
— J. K. Rowling The Casual Vacancy

self-acceptance

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default. - J. K. Rowling quote.
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.
— J. K. Rowling

caution

Rock Bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.  You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable.  It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default. - J. K. Rowling quote.
Rock Bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.  You might never fail on the scale I did, but some failure in life is inevitable.  It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all—in which case, you fail by default.
— J. K. Rowling

failure