The Rosie Project Quotes & Sayings

I've sequenced the questions for maximum speed of elimination,' I explained. 'I believe I can eliminate most women in less than forty seconds. Then you can choose the topic of discussion for the remaining time.'
'But then it won't matter,' said Frances. 'I'll have been eliminated.'
'Only as a potential partner. We may still be able to have an interesting discussion.'
'But I'll have been eliminated.'
I nodded. 'Do you smoke?'
'Occasionally,' she said.
I put the questionnaire away. 'Excellent.' I was pleased that my question sequencing was working so well. We could have wasted time talking about ice-cream flavours and make-up only to find that she smoked. Needless to say, smoking was not negotiable. 'No more questions. What would you like to discuss? — Graeme Simsion

Pride begins when someone starts to assume that s/he is the custodian of all truths and attempts to be right in all circumstances, which is IMPOSSIBLE! — Assegid Habtewold

I have never heard of the Wife Project. But I'm about to. In detail.'
'Of course,' I said. 'But we should time-share it with pizza-consumption and beer-drinking.'
'Of course,' said Rosie — Graeme Simsion

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean? — Graeme Simsion

But I could kill a girl with my kiss. ( ... ) Want to die? ( ... ) Want to live forever? — C.M. Stunich

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road. — Dolly Parton

In a way, gluttony is an athletic feat, a stretching exercise. — John Updike

Whatever I'm thinking about has got to fit into thirty-two pages, the standard picture book size. So that's something. But the structure and the form for me are almost the most important, because these will express as much as words and images will the content of the work. — Chris Raschka

I met Rosie at the airport. She remained uncomfortable about me purchasing her ticket, so I told her she could pay me back by selecting some Wife Project applicants for me to date.
'Fuck you,' she said.
It seemed we were friends again. — Graeme Simsion

All that remains of that minute is time in all its purity, bone-white time. — Marguerite Duras

If Rosie's mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm her suspicions, there would have been no Father Project, no Great Cocktail Night, no New York Adventure, no Reform Don Project - and no Rosie Project. Had it not been for this unscheduled series of events, her daughter and I would not have fallen in love. And I would still be eating lobster every Tuesday night.
Incredible. — Graeme Simsion

Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything. — Rick Springfield

How are you going to kiss a girl if you won't share her ice cream? p.203 The Rosie Project — Graeme Simsion

Of course, love has no respect for questionnaires. As The Rosie Project tells us. — Graeme Simsion

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought. — Wilson Mizner

I look into your eyes and see my own soul. — Laura Ramirez

high words, that bore Semblance of worth not substance, gently — John Milton

When you're alone, you look at yourself more, it is kind of inevitable. — Bryan Lee O'Malley