A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts never do.”
Source: The Bachelor Home Companion: A Practical Guide to Keeping House Like a Pig
“A fruit is not afraid of its own weight. It grows into its skin fully. It is whole, each part of its body equally alive.”
Source: Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write
“A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Personal Workbook
“A fruit that comes forth is the desire and joy for the labour of a farmer.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“A fruitfly is ancient in 40 days,
a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30,
a man at 100, and some species of
tortoises not until 150 years.”
“A fruitful life is his raison d'être. In his eyes, the ability to bear fruit is a fundamental requirement. He balances the scales of effort and endurance, for he knows that for every seed planted, there is room for harvest.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful man always gets a sense of fulfilment from knowing that with diligence, he is able to tend to his garden. He is a testament to the fact that greatness comes after perseverance.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful man dedicates himself to living a fruitful life. He does more than what he says all the time. In everything he does, he aims for the most favourable outcomes.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful man does not waste his time feeling sorry for himself. He spends most of his time making good investments, because he yearns for success.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful man does not waste time sulking. He spends most of his time working, because for him being fruitful is key.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful man sows the seeds of excellence. He diligently nurtures them with utmost care. As he tends to his garden, he imagines his potential on earth. He is aware that, through dedication and perseverance, his endeavours will yield a bumper harvest.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“A fruitful ministry will not abandon the gospel by overcontextualizing to its place and culture, nor will it privatize the gospel by undercontextualizing to his place and culture.”
Source: A Big Gospel in Small Places: Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters
“A fruitlessly worrying male is a nuisance. The best thing he can do is to disguise his worry, and stand staunchly by, impersonating a pillar of strength while performing certain practical and organizational services. I offer you the fruit of somewhat intensive experience.”
Source: The Midwich cuckoos
“A frustration that I've had recently is that a lot of songs that I listen to draw on scenarios that aren't very realistic, so I just wanted to do something that was more down to earth. And I think my fans, who already know a lot about me, will learn something new.”
“A fucked-up family's a fucked-up family, whether or not werewolves are involved.”
Source: Kitty Takes a Holiday
“A fuckin' miracle, that's what you are.”
Source: Vendetta Road
“A fucking cop.”
“What do you have against cops, man? They protect and serve,” Doug argued.
“Yeah they serve and protect other people, not people like me.”
“What do you mean, people like you?”
Furi pushed his fists into his eyes and winced at the memories. “When I was first beaten by Patrick. He’d cracked two ribs, busted my lip and given me a black eye. I had other bruises on my legs and back from being kicked repeatedly. All because that motherfucker thought it would make him a man. After sex he had to do something to feel like he was in control. I got myself to the hospital and after I was released I took a cab to the police station. I was going to file a restraining order against Patrick. But the cops, they, they ...” Doug noticed Furi was shaking and scooted closer to put his arm around him.
“Shhh. It’s okay. You don’t have to talk about it.” Doug rubbed soothing circles on Furi’s shoulder.
Furi nuzzled in close to Doug and was immediately calmed by the contact with his friend. “It’s fine. The cops there wouldn’t help me. It was because I was gay, I know it was. They looked at me with disgust on their faces. Cops are fucking homophobic as hell. There I was, all banged up, begging for help but all they were concerned about was my sexual preference. The bruises meant nothing. Like they felt I deserved it.”
“A fucking gorilla was murdered in a zoo last month and you’re telling me to have faith in our country?”
Source: Hills
“A fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congestion and delays, Amtrak offers an invaluable alternative upon which Americans have come to rely”
“A fuerza de llamar a esto mi vida terminaré por creérmelo.”
Source: Molloy
“A fuga - segundo parece - é um pedido de socorro e, por vezes, uma forma de suicídio.”
“A fugitive becomes a queen or a scientist or, worse, a poet.”
Source: This Is How You Lose the Time War
“A fugitive on the run with a plan for the future is the definition of hubris.”
Source: On Killing and Innocence: The Chronicles of Henry Fellows
“A fulfilled life doesn’t point to the number of years, awards, wealth and followers someone amassed for himself, but the number of faces that smiled because of him.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.”
“A fulfilling long-term relationship is not accomplished by just finding the one. It is rather a co-operation between two passionate and highly motivated partners working together, figuring out every single situation holding hands. If there is trust at the root of the relationship, if the partners make an effort to keep it interesting, if difficulties are handled tactfully and if you can appreciate every single deed of your partner no matter how insignificant it is, the flames of love would never burn out and your love can truly live happily ever after.”
Source: The Art of Neuroscience in Everything
“A fulfilling sex life is one of the most powerful marital glues a couple can have.”
Source: Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
“A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.”
“A full appreciation of this crucial position requires an examination of the Confederate defense on this side of Antietam Creek and a walk across the famous Burnside Bridge to explore the IX Corps’ efforts to cross the span and push up to this high ground and beyond.”
Source: A Field Guide to Antietam: Experiencing the Battlefield through Its History, Places, and People
“A full Belly brings forth every Evil.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.”
“A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.”
Source: Autobiography and Other Writings
“A full belly neither fights nor flies well.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“A full belly to the labourer was, in my opinion, the foundation of public morals and the only source of real public peace.”
Source: The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament: As Exemplified in the History of the Life of William Cobbett, Member for Oldham
“A full bosom is actually a millstone around a woman's neck.”
“A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!”
Source: Three Song Cycles in Vocal Score: Songs of a Wayfarer, Kindertotenlieder and Das Lied Von Der Erde
“A full figured woman may proudly flaunt her dangling behind but unknown to many, they bruise as they cruise. In a stampede however, it dawns on her that her admired ‘superior’ posterior is a liability in reality.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“A full fridge is like an empty one: What am I going to eat?”
Source: Book of Wisdom
“A full house in disorder is better than an empty one in perfect harmony. Better to refine disorderly success than perfect orderly failure.”
“A full lifer doesn't commit to anyone until they've committed to her”
“A full mind is an empty bat.”
“A full mind is unlucky if a good idea comes to enter inside; an empty mind is unlucky if a bad idea comes to enter inside!”
“A full moon gleamed over the bay. Eric leapt onto the banister of the long stairs that led to the beach and slid down it, balanced on his stocking feet with arms outstretched. Ariel, standing in the shallows, laughed softly.
"Aren't you getting a little old for that sort of thing?"
"I feel like a kid again," he said, scooping her up in his arms. He spun her around and she laughed again, drips of water flying off her toes like diamonds in the moonlight. Then he put her down and they kissed. Properly. For a long time. For the first time Ariel understood the human expression "making one's toes curl.”
Source: Part of Your World
“A full moon, incandescent and circled by a glowing blue halo, began to take form in the night sky. When fully formed, the orb—like hope in the dark, caught in an empty, cloudless sky—glinted like a jewel, shining and persisting through the miserable screen of darkness surrounding it.”
Source: If I Should Go Tomorrow
“a full moon is a flashlight so everyone can see your drama!”
“A full relationship is what God offers to those who come to God by Jesus. Imagine this! An open invitation to become a member of the royal family and a joint-heir with the Son of God.”
“A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well as untold numbers elsewhere. And the survivors-as Chairman Khrushchev warned the Communist Chinese, `the survivors would envy the dead.' For they would inherit a world so devastated by explosions and poison and fire that today we cannot conceive of its horrors.”
“A full, rich drawing style is a drawback.”