A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A naked blade sheathed in velvet, that was Raphael's voice.”
Source: Angels' Blood
“A naked breast is no more a threat to the well-being of a child than a naked hand or foot. So from a European point of view, American media censorship seems utterly ridiculous.”
Source: Bad Choices Make Good Stories - Going to New York
“A naked dog for a naked lady.”
“A naked lover bound and bleeding lies!”
Source: The works of Alexander Pope. With notes by dr. Warburton
“A naked lunch is natural to us We eat reality sandwiches. But allegories are so much lettuce. Don't hide the madness.”
“A naked moon stood in a naked sky.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“A naked woman in heels is a beautiful thing. A naked man in shoes looks like a fool.”
“A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.”
“A naked woman sat sunning herself on a nearby rock like a mermaid. Beads of water sparkled like diamonds on her slicked-back hair and bronze skin. A row of pearls appeared when she grinned. Brigid briefly wondered if women like this were the inspiration of seafaring folks' legends.
"Harriet?" Brigid asked, though she recognized the woman immediately. There was no one on the Island--- no one anywhere--- who looked anything like her.
"I like to swim in the buff. Hope you don't mind."
"Not at all," Brigid said. Harriet's nudity seemed so natural that Brigid had barely taken note. She looked back out at the sound. "I saw a whale out there a few nights ago."
"I saw one this morning," Harriet told her. "She's a friend of mine. I've known her for years."
Brigid stared off across the endless expanse and imagined the whale out there, keeping watch beneath the waves.”
Source: The Women of Wild Hill
“A name after all is a label as personal as “sweetheart” that a lover may use or as distant as a “hey you” that a stranger in a crowd may call out. But a name is more than a label. It is an inheritance that is uniquely your own. It is the primary way in which you respond to the world and the lens through which the world sees you. It defines you, shapes you, and grounds you. It is the one right you take for granted from the time you start interacting with society.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“A name alone cannot keep a heritage alive.”
Source: Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
“A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory individuals we are can be called up complete and whole in another mind through the simple sorcery of a name.”
“A name could be either a ghost or a portent depending on which side of time you were standing. The name Whaletown had become a mere specter of the past, a crepuscular Pacific shimmer, but the name Desolation Sound still hovered in the liminal space and felt to her both oracular and haunted.”
Source: A Tale for the Time Being
“A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.”
“A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there.”
“A Name Is A Label, And As Soon As There Is A Label, The Ideas Disappear And Out Comes Label-Worship And Label-Bashing, And Instead Of Living By A Theme Of Ideas, People Begin Dying For Labels... And The Last Thing The World Needs Is Another Religion.”
“A name is a solemn thing.”
Source: The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
“A name is important. It isn't something you drop in the litter basket or on the ground. Your name is now people know you. The very mention of your name makes a picture spring to mind, whether it's a picture of clashing fists or a mighty mountain that can't be knocked down. Your name is who you are and how you're known even when you do something great or something dumb.”
“A name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. Losing it meant losing my ties to all those things too.”
Source: The Moor's Account
“A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?”
“A name means a lot just by itself.”
Source: Truisms and essays
“A name only fades when no one is left to whisper it.”
“A name spoken from the heavens can reshape what we thought was lost.”
“Crossing vastness begins not with strength, but with presence.”
“When identity is tested, the heart discovers its own story.”
Source: The Heavens Call Him By Name: An Inner Trial
“A name,” the windspren said, walking through the air to stand beside his face. She was in the shape of a young woman, complete with flowing skirt and delicate feet. “Sylphrena.”
“Sylphrena,” Kaladin repeated, tying on the sandals.
“Syl,” the spirit said. She cocked her head. “That’s amusing. It appears that I have a nickname.”
“Congratulations.” Kaladin stood up again, wobbling.”
Source: The Way of Kings
“A name with a gently exotic ring to it, like birdsong, like a grain of sand in the far-off Gobi Desert or the northern steppes, whipped up by the wind, carried by storms, swirling through the sky, travelling, crossing whole countries without knowing quite how, and ending up in the crook of my ear.”
“A name with meaning could bring up a child,
Taking the child out of the parents' hands.
Better a meaningless name, I should say,
As leaving more to nature and happy chance.
Name children some names and see what you do.”
Source: Frost: Poems
“A name, for me, is a short way of working out what class that child comes from. Do I want my child to play with them?”
“A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth”
Source: The poetical works of Thomas Hood, ed. by W.M. Rossetti
“A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I've been called by a million names all my life. I don't want a name. I'm better off with a grunt or a groan for a name.”
“A named thing is a tamed thing.”
“A Nampara, nonostante tutti i vincoli che doveva rispettare, era libera; e lavorava insieme a persone cui si era affezionata e per un uomo che adorava.”
Source: Ross Poldark
“A nanny state is hostile to liberty. Any attempt to institute or continue it should be opposed, root and branch. Government intervention is never the solution; it is always part of the problem.”
“A nap is not to be confused with sleeping. We sleep to recharge our bodies. We nap to care for our souls. When we nap, we are resting our eyes while our imaginations soar. Getting ready for the next round. Sorting, sifting, separating the profound from the profane, the possible from the improbable. Rehearsing our acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, our surprise on receiving the MacArthur genius award. This requires a prone position. If we're lucky, we might drift off, but we won't drift far. Just far enough to ransom our creativity from chaos.”
“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”
Source: The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“A napfénytől felforrósodott néma lakásban, történjen bármi, biztonságban éreztem magam. A rejtekhely biztonsága fontosabb a levegőnél. Távol lenni mindentől és mindenkitől. Annál azért már többre tartja magát az ember, hogy a saját egoizmusát, más néven az állatiasságát elfogadja. Nem gondoltam az égvilágon senkire. Nem volt levegő. Arra sem gondoltam, hogy valakire gondolnom kéne, vagy lenne lény a földön, akire nem gondolok. Halála óráján tényleg egyedül marad az ember, ezt azonban a nyereség oldalán kell elkönyvelni.”
Source: Own Death
“A narcissism shared by two.”
Source: Venus Envy
“A narcissist can be your husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, boyfriend, girlfriend, neighbor, boss, church member or anyone you come in contact with. There is endless possibilities of “who” they can be. The important thing to remember is the actions, behaviors are all very similar.”
“A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.”
“A narcissist's criticism is their autobiography.”
Source: Are You In An Emotionally Abusive Relationship? (Special Edition for Men): Patterns of narcissistic abuse in the lives of men and boys.
“A narcissist’s goal is to keep you small. Limiting your financial access to your own
money is a favorite tactic. Your goal is to learn your rights and take back your
power. Feeling small is common for victims until they realize this is just another
narcissistic lie.”
“A narcissist society, in which each person is busy looking out for number one, can build neither brotherhood nor community. Aren't we glad in this Easter season and in all seasons that Jesus did not selfishly look out for number one? No wonder we have been told, 'Thou shalt have no other gods
before me,' and this includes self-worship! (Ex. 20:3; emphasis added). One way or another, the grossly selfish will finally be shattered, whimpering, against the jagged, concrete consequences of their selfishness.”
“A narcissist will spread lies about you to anyone that will listen. The more they tell their own victim story about "their abuse" at your hands, the more power and control they feel. They craft the lie tales mixing a nugget of half truths to make them more believable.”
“A narcissist with power will attempt to prove in the world only what is already in his head. He can't 'see' otherwise. For him, the 'outside world' is not beyond him and does not question or challenge him and his ideas. He is the world. Others will assent to his distorted worldview, because he is powerful, not because he is believable. If he possesses any reflection, that will be exactly what will gnaw at the narcissist with power most of all: his 'truths' are inauthentic, and he is a human being without integrity. The very narcissism and power he possesses prevent him from an ongoing relationship with the truth, which begins with self-humility and the curiosity this can create in a person.”
“A narcissistic church leader will preemptively create under-educated, group-dependent followers. By contrast, Jesus admired independent thinkers, exampled at Mt 9:22, where the woman with an issue of blood bucked convention in favor of her Bible-trained faith.
pg 38”
Source: Lamentations: how narcissistic leaders torment church and family
“A narcoleptic is the ultimate cynic, left with nothing to believe in- least of all himself- because everything could simply be a dream, and a lousy meaningless one at that.”
Source: No Sleep Till Wonderland
“A narrative about the world is always a tool - a rough map with which to navigate the complex territory of reality. But the map cannot be mistaken for the territory: if that happens you get stuck in your story, and the story - rather than the reality it points to - begins to dictate your actions.”
“A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens.”
Source: More Matter: Essays And Criticism
“A narrative thread gives people permission to think about other things whilst being carried by its flow. It does not mean that one has to compromise one's vision, or question formal concerns. It's just being more subtle and clever by having one accessible thread.”
“A narrative voice with conviction is often hard to find. But not in baseball. The minors teach two lost American arts: how to chew tobacco and how to tell a story.”
Source: How life imitates the World Series: an inquiry into the game
“A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.”