Shrug Quotes

Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders. (Charles Albert Gobat)
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humour teaches tolerance, and the humorist, with a smile and perhaps a sigh, is more likely to shrug his shoulders than to condemn.
W. Somerset Maugham
I have come to kill you.” The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.
Vernor Vinge
Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed.
Robert Silverberg
Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?” The Imass shrugged before replying. "I think of futility, Adjunct.” "Do all Imass think about futility?” "No. Few think at all.” "Why is that?” The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. "Because, Adjunct, it is futile.
Steven Erikson
Your hair looks funny," Lief said, as soon as the Ugloids left. "It stands straight up!" No," said Nick, intensely irritated, "It's hanging straight down." Lief just gave him an upside-down shrug. "Up is down in China and you're part-Chinese.
Neal Shusterman
Why didn't you sleep with the headrest?” I shrugged. "It was uncomfortable.” I looked at Sadie for support. "You didn't use it, did you?” Sadie rolled her eyes. "Well, of course I did. It was obviously there for a reason.
Rick Riordan
It is," I said. "And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx." "What?" Dionysus cried. "You don't trust us?" "Someone once told me," I said, looking at Hades, "you should always get a solemn oath." Hades shrugged. "Guilty.
Rick Riordan
I turned to Annabeth and shook my head in exasperation. "Always Hercules. What is it with Hercules?” Annabeth shrugged. "He had a great publicist.
Rick Riordan
Nut shrugged. "Set had always been Set, for better or worse. But he is still part of our family. It is difficult to lose any member of your family... is it not?
Rick Riordan
It's just the way things are." she shrugged. "It's no one's fault." "Or everyone's. (Scott Westerfeld)
Hi." "Hi." I shrug, as though to say "Whatever." In my peripheral vision I can see Magnus exhale. He looks a teeny bit nervous. "So." "So." I can play this game too. "Poppy." "Poppy. I mean, Magnus." I scowl. He caught me out.
Sophie Kinsella
I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.
Stephen Chbosky
If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge." We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth." Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.
Holly Black
Kicking a police car? Really?' Caleb shrugged. 'Car offended me. It was sitting right where I wanted to stand. What would you do?
Sherrilyn Kenyon
You can be known as Val or Babycakes.” His gaze darkened. "My name is Valerius and I will not answer to Val.” She shrugged. "Fine then, Babycakes, have it your way.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
... You're omniscient, right?" "For the most part, yes." "Then you have to tell me this ‘cause I have to know. What's at the end of everything?" He shrugged. "That's easy enough." "Then tell me." "The letter G.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'm supposed to figure out if the glass is half full or half empty,” I told her. Without a moment's hesitation, in a split second, my grandmother shrugged and said: "It depends on if you're drinking or pouring.
Bill Cosby
What are you?" I whispered. He shrugged again. "Something," he said. "Something like you, something like a beast, something like a bird, something like an angel." He laughed. "Something like that.
David Almond
All I knew was that I would die if he sent me away. He shrugged. You can cut a man's heart out with a shrug, did you know that?
David Eddings
All genders?' whispered Nudge. 'Aren't there just the two' I shrugged. 'No idea. Maybe they've created others. (James Patterson)
Which leaves us to the question, what is he up to?" Evanlyn said. Will shrugged. "I suppose we'll find out soon enough," he said, and urged Tug forward to take up the point position once more. They found out the following evening.
John Flanagan
But if we're going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. "Do as you wish,” he said. "Occasion or not, as long as they're all dead, I'm happy.
John Flanagan
Let's face it, she can't have simply disappeared... can she?" Horace shrugged. "That's what I keep telling myself," he said morosley. "But somehow it looks as if she has.
John Flanagan
Her heart was heavy because it was open, and so things filled it, and so things rushed out of it, but still the heart kept beating, tough and frighteningly powerful and meaning to shrug off the rest of her and continue on its own.
Helen Oyeyemi