A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“An explanation of an old man’s mistakes. For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears all hallmarks of the failings of age. Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they what it was to be young… and I seem to have forgotten lately…”
“An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.”
“An exploding electrical fuse is an injury and fire risk!”
“An exploration of the challenges Korea faces in transforming its economy from a government-directed, low-cost producer to an innovative world economic power based on its own scientific and technological development.”
“An explorer cannot stay at home reading maps other men have made.”
Source: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
“An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.”
“An explosion in space makes no sound at all.”
Source: Sister
“An exponential desire to succeed is a prerequisite for career advancement.”
“An expression crossed her face – one that I imagined had crossed my own face quite a few times when I was close to Dylan. It was a look that said something along the lines of – ‘my God, you’re an idiot, but for some unfathomable reason … I kind of like you.”
Source: So Very Unfae
“An expression of feeling isn't worth anything unless it interferes with what the other actor in the scene wants.”
“an expression of surprise falls from her face, though she's trying to keep it. it breaks off and she seems to catch it and fidget with it in her hands.”
Source: Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger
“An Exquisite Black Queen knows how to love her Black King properly! She respects, loves, appreciates, supports, encourages, and inspires him. She is his treasure… Beautiful inside and out!”
“An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency for juveniles amatory whom the odoriferous flambeaus of the paranymphs have escorted to the quadrupedal proscenium of connubial communion.”
Source: Ulysses
“An exquisite invention this, Worthy of Love's most honeyed kiss,-- This art of writing billet-doux-- In buds, and odors, and bright hues! In saying all one feels and thinks In clever daffodils and pinks; In puns of tulips; and in phrases, Charming for their truth, of daisies.”
“An extended school day gives administrators the ability to ensure children get a well-rounded education.”
“An extended stay in the wilderness inevitably directs one's attention outward as much as inward, and it is impossible to live off the land without developing both a subtle understanding of, and a strong emotional bond with, that land and all it holds.”
Source: Into the Wild
“An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in action and rich in resources; a swift and easy communication with the extreme parts; fortifications to check the first effort of rebellion; a regular administration to protect and punish; and a well-disciplined army to inspire fear, without provoking discontent and despair.”
Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people-it takes away the heat and fever; and helps, by widening speculation, to ease the burden of the mystery.”
Source: Life, Letters, and Literary Remains, of John Keats
“An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the former to one side, and the latter in the other direction.”
“An external locus of identity is unhealthy and yet the very thing that social media encourages in those with low self-esteem.”
Source: 500 Relationships And Life Quotes: Bite-Sized Advice For Busy People
“An external smile is an expression of gratitude. An internal smile is the contentment, knowing and accepting the fact that nothing is permanent.”
Source: Smiling Brahma
“An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul].”
“An external threat that is not a rival endogroup does not produce an endogroup power structure to combat it. A naturally occurring environmental threat creates widespread exosocial collaboration, as is seen in every disaster.”
Source: The Creation of Me, Them and Us
“An extra hour on the treadmill tomorrow," he said, patting his naked abs.
She was pouring wine and missed the glass.
He grinned.
"Can it," she grated.
"They're just abs, Elle-oh-Elle, and you claim to be so above it all."
She pushed a glass his way. "No one likes a braggart, Kershaw.”
Source: Instacrush
“An extra pressure, a silent rebuke, an unseen praising, a firm correction: all these passed between us as through telegraph wires.”
“An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.”
“An extra-terrestrial philosopher, who had watched a single youth up to the age of twenty-one and had never come across any other human being, might conclude that it is the nature of human beings to grow continually taller and wiser in an indefinite progress towards perfection; and this generalization would be just as well founded as the generalization which evolutionists base upon the previous history of this planet.”
Source: Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays: Top Philosophy Collections
“An extraordinarily precocious mind, a political free thinker, who towered above his political contemporaries in Germany.”
“An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.”
“An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.”
“An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which is bound to amaze the reader and the scholar. Who was Shakespeare?”
“An extraordinary dancer, whose blend of tautness and buoyancy is not only exciting but also suggestive of clarity and immediacy with which dance can communicate deep, conflicting emotions.”
“An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.”
“An extraordinary dream by lord charles wellesley. (Charlotte Bronte)
'In this slumber i thought i was walking on the banks of a river... Which murmered over small pebbles at the bottom, gleaming like crystals through the silver stream' 'and the green buds of the wild rose trees around were unopened' 'and a mild warmth were shed from the sun... Then at its height in the blue sky”
“An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.”
“An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe. Harry could hear Lockhart dangling bellow him, saying, "Amazing! Amazing! This is just like magic!”
“An extraordinary man is a time-lapse captain who uses his time to do the extraordinary. His path is a celestial observatory that seeks answers beyond the ordinary. He possesses an archive, not filled with dusty scrolls, but filled with active, extraordinary results.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“An extraordinary man is an ordinary man who refuses to live an ordinary life.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“An extraordinary proportion of life problems and resulting mental disorders arise from mating conflicts. Unrequited love, the pain of being rejected, the fear of being left, being stalked, being harassed, jealousy and being trapped in an abusive relationship are common precipitants of mental disorders.”
Source: Evolutionary Psychiatry: Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health
“An extraordinary set of reminiscences, beautifully put together by an extremely sensitive, even gifted interviewer. It is a jewel.”
“An extraordinary woman spends extra time turning ordinary things into extraordinary things.”
Source: Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman
“An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.”
“An extrapolation of its present rate of growth reveals that in the not too distant future Physical Review will fill bookshelves at a speed exceeding that of light. This is not forbidden by general relativity since no information is being conveyed.”
“An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books - might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity, and consumerism. We keep at it, and through constant repetition many of them finally get it.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.”
“An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.”
“An extreme fearfulness moves through all your body, and your mind is troubled more.”
“An extreme passion of any human being is to be unique”
“An extreme rigor is sure to arm everything against it.”
Source: The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke: On Conciliation with America; Security of the Independence of Parliament; on Mr. Fox's East India
“An extremely competitive retail market is pushing extensive discounting and large volumes of wine at low prices, and New World competitors from South America and South Africa are also impacting on the market.”