A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three.”
“And the sunset still stirs in my heart a longing for worlds that I don't know and may never know.”
“And the supreme mystery was simply this: here was one room; there another. Did religion solve that, or love?”
Source: Mrs. Dalloway
“And the sweetest, spellbound feeling spilling from her heart.”
Source: The Fallen Sequence: An Omnibus Edition
“And the system pretends to go along, to become more supple and resourceful, less dependent on rigid categories. But even as desire tends to specialize, going silky and intimate, the force of converging markets produces an instantaneous capital that shoots across horizons at the speed of light, making for a certain furtive sameness, a planing away of particulars that affects everything from architecture to leisure time to the way people eat and sleep and dream.”
Source: Underworld
“And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth; Four things greater than all things are Women and Horses and Power and War.”
“And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.”
“And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.”
Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper
“And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.”
“And the tears that stream down my face
Could simply be misplaced rivers
Of the words I do not say
Beneath the roar of the crowd
Speaking in the words of a clock.”
Source: Prince of Chandeliers
“And the terrible thing, the terrible thing is, but the good thing too, the saving grace, is that if something happened to one of us--excuse me for saying this--but if something happened to one of us tomorrow, I think the other one, the other person, would grieve for a while, you know, but then the surviving party would go out and love again, have someone else soon enough. All this, all of this love we're talking about, it would just be a memory. Maybe not even a memory.”
Source: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
“And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.”
“And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away.”
“And the testicles of the fathers hang down like old lace”
Source: Selected Poems, 1923-1975
“And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I wanted to try to make some more upbeat songs, so, I ended up gravitating toward writing songs with friends, which was a great learning process, and also we came up with great songs. Those are the songs that came out the most naturally.”
“And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or they're terrible or they're good, or whatever, but you can just pass 'em by. But with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law! And every time they make a law, it's a joke!”
“And the thing about trying to cheat death is that, in the end, you still lose.”
Source: Extraordinary Means
“And the thing is, James and I trust each other enough to make mistakes. We trust each other so much we don't have to tell each other everything. There's freedom in that, and it's freedom I don't want to lose.”
Source: City of Villains
“And the thing is, we can’t fail. We’ve already hit the bottom and come out of it. From here on out, if we just love and listen, we can’t go wrong, babe.”
Source: Hot Finish
“And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.”
“And the thing that I always tried to do with important singers when I met them was to sit down and record everything they knew, give them a first real run-through of their art.”
“And the thing which is missing is love, some feeling for, as well as some understanding of, the inclusive community of rocks and soils, plants and animals, of which we are a part.”
Source: The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.
“And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us.”
“And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world.”
“And the third is from him: "Second date?"
I immediately text him back: "Hell yeah!"
Then I collapse on my bed and enjoy that "butterflies in the stomach" feeling. I've felt the butterflies before from time to time, but this is the first time I haven't sort of wanted to attack them with a flyswatter.”
Source: I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It
“And the thought of that makes me want to open a vein, experience pain, know I'm alive, despite this living death.”
Source: Impulse
“And the three of us laugh. And I imagine this must be what it's like to have real friends.”
Source: I Was Born for This
“And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“And the time sundials tell
May be minutes and hours. But it may just as well
Be seconds and sparkles, or seasons and flowers.
No, I don't think of time as just minutes and hours.
Time can be heartbeats, or bird songs, or miles,
Or waves on a beach, or ants in their files
(They do move like seconds—just watch their feet go:
Tick-tick-tick, like a clock). You'll learn as you grow
That whatever there is in a garden, the sun
Counts up on its dial. By the time it is done
Our sundial—or someone's— will certainly add
All the good things there are. Yes, and all of the bad.
And if anyone's here for the finish, the sun
Will have told him—by sundial—how well we have done.
How well we have done, or how badly. Alas,
That is a long thought. Let me hope we all pass.”
Source: The Monster Den: or Look What Happened at My House — and to It
“And the time will come when you see, we’re all one, and life flows on within you and without you.”
“And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.”
“And the tree was happy”
“And the trespass which came by the tree was undone by the tree of obedience, when, hearkening unto God, the Son of man was nailed to the tree; thereby putting away the knowledge of evil and bringing in and establishing the knowledge of good: now evil it is to disobey God, even as hearkening unto God is good.-”
“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
“And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.”
Source: Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers
“And the true inspiration, the sparkling grace note of genius that brings his masterpiece to life, is the soprano counterpoint: a syncopated sequence of exterior hatches in the outer hull sliding open and closed and open again, subtly altering the aerodynamics of the ship to give it just exactly the amount of sideslip or lift or yaw to bring the huge half cruiser into the approach cone of a pinpoint target an eighth of the planet away.”
“And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective and learns more and does more good”
“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty, using these steps only, and from one going on to two, and from two to all fair forms to fair practices, and from fair practices to fair notions, until from fair notions he arrives at the notion of absolute beauty, and at last knows what the essence of beauty is.”
Source: The Portable Plato
“And the true order of going, or being led by another, to the things of love, is to begin from the beauties of earth.”
Source: Symposium
“And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all.”
Source: Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature of Robert Louis Stevenson: Autobiographical Writings and Essays by the prolific Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, author of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona
“And the truth from so much lies.... wasn't ever told...”
Source: ((...)...)...
“And the truth is I am not strong enough to tread water in the salty abyss as I watch the ship sail away. I am weak-hearted. I can't hold my breath for long. I don't know how to stay afloat while searching for shallower waters. I only know how to hope that my drowning will be quick.”
Source: Survived By: A Memoir in Verse + Other Poems
“And the truth is I've always taken very good care of my skin, and always, always worn make-up.”
“And the truth is, sometimes my sisters and I do get jealous, and sometimes we do say things to-and about-one another that are thoughtless and rude. We don't meant them, though. It's just whenever we're together, we slip into our old familiar roles.”
Source: I Couldn't Love You More
“And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful.”
“And the truth is, I’d felt kind of a thrill about wearing Jason’s Big Boy pants. I was a sick kid, even way back then.”
Source: How to be Popular: ... when you're a social reject like me, Steph L.!
“And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.”
“And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express”
“And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject.”
Source: Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
“And the truth of your experience can onlycome through in your own voice. If it is wrapped in someone else's voice, we readers will feel suspicious, as if you are dressed up in someone else's clothes. You cannot write out of someone else's big dark place; you can only write out of your own.”
Source: Bird by Bird