A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A river never wants to turn into a lake! And a person who likes to flow like a river never wants to be something stagnant like a lake!”
“A river of images and thoughts and feelings, dirtied and polluted so that no one could drink from it without gagging.”
“A river of material flows through us. When we share our works and our ideas, they are replenished. If we block the flow by holding them all inside, the river cannot run and new ideas are slow to appear.
In the abundant mindset, the river never runs dry. Ideas are always coming through. And an artist is free to release them with the faith that more will arrive.
If we live in a mindset of scarcity, we hoard great ideas.”
Source: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
“A river of words flowed between us.”
“A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans.”
“A river reaches places its source never knows.”
“A river reaches places which its source never knows. And Jesus said that, if we have received His fullness, "rivers of living water" will flow out of us, reaching in blessing even "to the end of the earth" regardless of how small the visible effects of our lives may appear to be.”
“A river remains clean because
it goes on flowing”
Source: Love, Freedom, Aloneness: The Koan of Relationships
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.”
“A river starts by longing for the ocean...”
“A river unneeded still finds its way down to the ocean...”
“A river will find its path to the ocean, be positive and be focused”
“A river without banks is a large puddle.”
Source: The Heart of a Leader: Insights on the Art of Influence
“A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.”
Source: A River Runs Through It
“A riverless silence made the air heavy.”
Source: Tell Me When I'm Dead
“A riveting and realistic portrayal of space travel gone wrong, and of a crew who must fight for their survival. Bones Burnt Black is exciting, and expertly told. A must-listen.”
“A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.”
“A road is a dagger placed in the heart of a wilderness.”
“A road need not be paved in gold to find treasures at its end.”
“A road never defines a journey. Rather, it is defined by the heart that has decided to walk the road.”
“A road's just an opinion about which way to go.”
Source: Million Mile Road Trip
“A road that captivates you with its beauty can also shock you with its horror! It keeps you safe to think that anything can have a dark side that cannot be seen at the beginning.”
“A road that does not lead to other roads always has to be retraced, unless the traveller chooses to rust at the end of it.”
Source: Chinese epigrams inside out, and proverbs
“A road that is circular never has an end. And while I don’t drive down any of those kinds of roads, I’ve certainly found myself in a lot of those kinds of arguments.”
“A road that perhaps more than any other leads to self atrophy is undedicated money.”
Source: The way: 364 adventures in daily living
“A road to a friend's house is never long.”
“A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.”
Source: Everything I Know About Cars
“A road trip with your ancient mommy is just what you need after falling off a mountain and having your soul ripped out by your best friend.”
Source: Common Descent
“A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and
get under way.”
“A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed.”
“A “roadmap” is simply a plan for moving or transitioning, from one state to another. A roadmap provides the direction to the future.”
Source: Digital Capability: Building Lego Like Capability Into Business Competency
“A roar cut through the melee: a booming growl, a noise that might come out of a she-bear protecting a cub. It was Alec- and suddenly bodies were flying everywhere.”
Source: The Kill Order
“A roar erupted in his throat, a cry that had been surging up through all the fabric of his flesh since Ha Lin died, rising and growing until it seemed too large for the body that contained it, as though that body had dissolved beneath the pain and the rage, leaving behind a man that was not a man at all, but a scream in the shape of a man, a sob of fury dying to shake free its last mortal bond.”
Source: The Last Mortal Bond
“A roar of relief and belts of glee united the siblings. They rushed past the other Trầns, gloating. Like a clown car, they excitedly filed into a single line and followed the server straight into the bustling lunch crowd at Crawfish & Beignets. It was the siblings' neutral zone, a place where no fighting was allowed.
Except this time felt more like the Last Supper.
Seafood boils were a staple of their childhood, reminding them of all the best parts of being Vietnamese American in the South, and none of the bad. Though unspoken, the migration of the Viet-Cajun boil always lingered over them, reminding them of its roots in Louisiana, from other Vietnamese folks who resettled in Houston after Hurricane Katrina, and the resiliency that came with it.”
Source: The Family Recipe
“A roast is like a get-together where people come down and talk about you and dog you out, the way you came up, the knucklehead things that you did, stuff like that.”
“A robed figure stood before a coin, a cup, a sword, a wand---all of the symbols of all the tarot suits. An infinity symbol floated above his head; one arm was lifted in a posture of power. Yes, thought Adam. Understanding prickled and then evaded him.
He read the words at the bottom of the card.
The Magician.”
Source: The Dream Thieves
“A Robin Redbreast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeons
Shudders Hell thro’ all its regions.
A Dog starv’d at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus’d upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fiber from the Brain does tear.”
“A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage.”
“A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”
“A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics]”
Source: The Naked Sun
“A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
“A robot shares everything with the Hive. A robot has nothing to hide.”
Source: The Last Human
“A robust cybersecurity framework is essential to protect a company's digital assets, sensitive data, and critical infrastructure.”
Source: Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance
“A robust internal auditing program shows its presence both at the beginning and end of continual improvement projects. In the beginning, internal audits identify opportunities for improvement, at the end, internal audits provide a mechanism for monitoring the implemented improvement in order to sustain its benefits for the long term.”
“A robust Liberian middle-class fosters the advancement of social wealth and a well-educated Liberian society.”
Source: Liberian Son
“A robust regional food system that benefits eaters and farmers cannot be achieved in a marketplace that is controlled, top to bottom, by a few firms and that rewards only scale, not innovation, quality, or sustainability.”
Source: Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America
“A rock band is a mysterious thing. Somehow, every once in a while, a few individuals bump into one another, and they look exactly right together and share a focus and an aspiration and the right balance of musical similarities and differences.”
“A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!”
“A rock cannot absorb. It becomes complacent, unmoving, and stuck in its place. A sponge can take on and absorb, grow and expand, and adapt based on the climate around it.”
Source: Suck Less, Do Better: The End of Excuses & the Rise of the Unstoppable You
“A rock, I thought crazily. He'll pick up a rock. He'll break open my skull, my brain leaking onto the sand. He'll tighten his hands around my throat until my wind-pipe collapses.
The stupid things I thought of:
Sasha and her briny, childish mouth. How the un had looked in the tops of the trees lining my childhood driveway. Whether Suzanne knew I thought of her. How the mother must have begged, at the end.”
Source: The Girls