A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A shovel is your idea of romance?”
“No, a shovel is a symbol,” Fire said.
“Of your imminent demise at the hands of an annoyed mate?” Rio asked, and Fire had the audacity to laugh at him.
“Of the work I’m going to put in to make sure you’re getting what you dreamed of,” Fire said, and Rio sputtered.”
Source: Fire
“A show has to change and evolve. Sometimes the change is painful, but that doesn't mean it's not good or correct.”
“A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.”
“A show is going to be good and fun to work on, if the research is interesting.”
“A show is like having a climax. It's like having an incredible, natural climax. And then suddenly it's all finished, and you don't know what to do next.”
“A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on.”
“A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.”
“A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.”
“A show of confidence raises the bar.”
Source: No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book
“A show of daring oft conceals great fear.”
“A show of power is not the same as silent power.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?”
“A show that's been successful that been on a while, chances are it's going to stay that way. At least it's going to maintain some kind of standard. But when a show begins, there's no telling. Even after 13 shows or a whole year, you don't know what will become of it.”
“A shower of rain rejuvenates nature; similarly a Good Teacher rejuvenates learners with the beauty of knowledge. A shower of rain in the desert rejuvenates the most barren wasteland and helps hibernating flowers to bloom with an explosion of colour and eagerness; similarly a Great Teacher rejuvenates hibernating learners to bloom with an explosion of love for learning, curiosity and eagerness to explore the world without fear and inhibitions.”
Source: Wanted Back-Bencher and Last-Ranker Teacher
“A shower of tears streamed from her eyes, birthing an ethereal streaming glow that lit the barn walls in a spectral halo, as if touched by something holy.”
Source: It Appears to be Love
“A shower would minimise the risk of contracting the disease.”
“A shrewd enemy will teach you more than a foolish friend.”
“A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.”
Source: Libra
“A shrewd sinner has many advantages over a foolish saint.”
“A shrieking rise of power rushed into my pathways, rocking me against the wall. Ido's body slammed into mine. He was not going to let go. Not now. The Rat Dragon howled, his heavy blue force driven back by the onslaught of sinuous gold. Raw,rejoicing energy flooded my seven centers of power; opening,pushing, seeking. And behind it all, a presence exulting in the joy of release and reunion. I looked up and finally my mind-sight was clear. I could see the Mirror Dragon. My Dragon.”
Source: Eon
“A shrill cry rang out in the night; and he felt a pain like a dart of poisoned ice pierce his left shoulder. Even as he swooned he caught, as through a swirling mist, a glimpse of Strider leaping out of the darkness with a flaming brand of wood in either hand. With a last effort Frodo, dropping his sword, slipped the Ring from his finger and closed his right hand tight upon it.”
“A shrinking economy means lost sales and lost jobs”
“A shrub that bears fruit deserves to be watered more than a tree that does not.”
“A shudder ran through me as I realized no one saw The GhostMaker and lived. Until now.”
“A shudder runs through the viewer of old photographs. For they make visible not the knowledge of the original but the spatial configuration of a moment; what appears in the photograph is not the person but the sum of what can be subtracted from him or her.”
“A shudder skittered down my spine at the thought, and I shoved it away, focusing on my surroundings, on the task ahead. That was all I could do, all I'd been able to do for years: focus on surviving the week, the day, the hour ahead.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“A shy face is better than a forward heart.”
“A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.”
“A si predstavljaš? sem v prvi zarji še ves zjagan razpredal Romani. Steklenica viskija za pol dolarja in zjutraj nič ne boli glava! Pol dolarja in vsaj za dolar sem ga spil ...
Nekje sredi poti proti jugu pa sem planil čez njo, avtobusno okno se je odprlo le zgrda in komajda sem zvozil, da nisem bruhal po ubožici, vsej nedolžni in zgarani od polnočnih reportaž. Plačal sem vse za nazaj in čez mejo prilezel kot stara kuzla z ohceti; še dobro, da so me tako zdelenaga sploh spustili v nov državo...”
“A sibling in full spate is always frightening, their anger a surprising powerful defense, their deeper impotence equally powerful, absurd.”
Source: Murmur
“A sibling is a friend for life, but they are a friend for life that you are forced to have. And like anything that you are forced to do, occasionally people will drive you crazy.”
“A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood.”
Source: Do Not Go Gentle: My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time
“A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future.”
Source: Where Things Come Back
“a Sicilian grandma is a formidable opponent”
Source: Limoncello Yellow
“A sick body with a good heart is more beneficial to future lives than a fit, healthy body that is used for self-cherishing.”
“A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an
“A sick man spends more than a rich man.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things being equal), when another patient tended by hirelings will die. Doctors decline to see unconscious magnestism in this phenomenon; for them it is the result of intelligent nursing, of exact obedience to their orders; but many a mother knows the virtue of such ardent projections of strong, unceasing prayer.”
“A sick mentality of insecurity is an unfortunate human-developed instrument that is bound with a social impact in the community and the nation.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“A sick person is Allah's guest for as long as he is ill. Every day he is sick, God gives him countless rewards, as long as he says ' al hamdulillah', praise be
to God, and does not fight it and complain. When God returns to him his health, he expiates his sins and gives him the status of the newly-born
(completely pure and free of any sin). Illness is a mercy and a blessing.”
“a sick room is at times too sacred a place for a friend's knock, timid as that is.”
Source: Letters of Emily Dickinson
“A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.”
Source: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis
“a sick society, unlike a sick individual, fares best under the ministration of many doctors.”
“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
“A sickening howl stopped her, sucking the air out of her lungs. The night's chatter silenced, even the loitering city rats pausing to listen. Scarlet had heard wild wolves before, prowling the countryside in search of easy prey on the farms. But never had a wolf's howl send a chill down her spine like that.”
“A sickening smirk spread across his face, and Abigale realized then just how insane he really was.”
“A sickly little smile grew and died on his mouth like a fungus.”
“A sickness ... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things.”
Source: The Mandrake Root
“A side benefit of the new and developing technologies is that soon we won't have to feel guilty about the suffering and denigration of the animals because we will have made them up.”