A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A Tom Sawyerish figure she imagined growing up on some widwestern farm, reading adventure books and butchering chickens, pulling the braids of milkmaids and leaving his hometown to travel the world; a more devout and sober Hemingway, in search of a deeper meaning, but never losing sight of where he came from.”
Source: In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology
“A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits.”
Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
“A tomb is a monument placed on the limits of two worlds.”
“A tomb is a vault, a vault is a home,” Mr. Sadlot said casually sniffing the flower in his lapel. “That’s where the deceased chose to reside and that is where he will be placed.” Kekaju and the Hidden Swamp”
“A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.”
“A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.
[Alexander's tombstone epitaph]”
“A tomboy is a bisexual girl’s dream lover.”
“A ton of athletes, even if they know your name, pretend they don't.”
“A ton of prayer will never produce what an ounce of obedience will.”
Source: Maximized Manhood: A Guide to Family Survival
“A ton of Proust isn’t worth an ounce of Ray Bradbury.”
“A ton of regret never makes an ounce of difference.”
“A Tong can perhaps be defined as a mutual benefit society for people with a common interest which is illegal or dangerously marginal - hence, the necessary secrecy.”
Source: Immediatism
“A tongue can move the world
A tongue is a defensive devise
A tongue is a offensive
A tongue is sharper than a razor
A tongue is faster than a bullet
A tongue is stronger than a racket
A tongue can make you a hero
A tongue can make you a criminal
A tongue can move a trigger
A tongue is as dangerous as all above so please control your tongue because it can Destroy the world!”
“A tongue doesn't get things done.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“A tongue in a bag. Teeth. A room drenched in blood.”
Source: The Kills
“A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.”
“A tongue stings stronger than a bee.”
“A tontine is a kind of primitive insurance fund, combined with a sort of lottery. And while it has many flaws as a financial scheme, as a literary device…”
Source: Humbug on the Hudson
“A too closely watched flower/blossoms the wrong color./Excess attention to the jonquil/turns it gentian. Flowers/need it tranquil to get/their hues right. Some/only open at midnight.”
Source: Say Uncle: Poems
“A too constant preoccupation with money may seem to indicate the lack of a proper sense of moral values, but [let] those who have always had money . . . be without it for a while, and they will soon discover how quickly it becomes their chief concern.”
“A too explicit elucidation in education destroys much of the pleasure of learning. There should be room for sly hinters, masters of suggestion.”
Source: Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-63
“A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessities, and many of the conveniences of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor.”
Source: Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics
“A too often forgotten truth is that you can live through actual events of history and completely miss the underlying reality of what's going. What history misses, the myth clearly expresses. The myth in the hands of a genius give us a clear picture of the inner import of life itself.”
Source: The Pagan Christ: Is Blind Faith Killing Christianity?
“A too-expected image (cliché) will never seem right, even if it is.”
Source: Notes on the Cinematograph
“A too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars.”
“A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.”
Source: An Essay on General Principles which regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures
“A tooth is much more to be prized than a diamond.”
Source: Don Quixote of La Mancha (Full Text)/ Introductory analysis and literary poem by Atidem Aroha.
“A toothache will cost a battle, a drizzle cancel an insurrection.”
Source: The Eye: A Novel
“A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.”
“A Tootsie Roll? You do know that candy is neither chocolate nor a taffy. I do like that it also comes in a lollipop you put in your mouth and suck until you find the chewy center.”
Source: The Perks of Higher Ed
“A top aide to Donald Trump says he quit the campaign this weekend because of Trump's public feuds, but Trump said he was fired. When asked what he was fired for, Trump said, 'Quitting!'”
“A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that means? We are seeing Congress at its smartest and most effective right now.”
“A top McCain policy adviser claimed this week that McCain's work in the Senate helped create the BlackBerry, saying, 'You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.' He then handed the BlackBerry to McCain, who attempted to withdraw $20 from it.”
“A top producing agent is an amateur who didn't quit.”
“A top producing real estate agent is an amateur who didn’t quit.”
“A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill and those who, secretly, desperately, know they are going to get killed-the hunters and the hunted.”
“A top-quartile teacher will increase the performance of their class - based on test scores - by over 10 percent in a single year. ... That means that if the entire U.S., for two years, had top-quartile teachers, the entire difference between us and Asia would go away.”
“A topic is not interesting enough until it is multi layered. There is no vigor in a motive without many layers. One also learns quite a lot when one has been working on a difficult painting. That is my feeling. I believe that.”
“A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.”
“A torero lives with the knowledge that he can die at any moment and in any fight. But a torero is also a person with an invincible will. He doesn't want to be injured, but he is proud of having survived an injury.”
“A tormented lover always tries to screw the prospects of other lovers.”
Source: The Imperfect
“A tormented mind wants to forget, what a broken heart will always remember.”
“A tormented scream pierced the night like a blade. The sky bled, and darkness fell instead of stars, erasing lights across the Magnificent North.”
Source: The Ballad of Never After
“A tormenting thought: as of a certain point, history was no longer real. Without noticing it, all mankind suddenly left reality; everything happening since then was supposedly not true; but we supposedly didn't notice. Our task would now be to find that point, and as long as we didn't have it, we would be forced to abide in our present destruction.”
Source: The Human Province
“A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.”
“A torn rotator cuff is a cancer for a pitcher and if a pitcher gets a badly torn one, he has to face the facts, it's all over baby.”
“A tornado could stir its own coffee. I’ll bet a tornado takes its java with lots of cream, sugar, and roadside debris.”
Source: Whenever you're here, I'm there for you
“A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit.”
“A torpid heart in agony needs a pen to bleed”
“A tortoise is, I suppose, a Jewish pet. It knows its place. Out on the lawn. It doesn't bark. It doesn't tear the Dralon.”
Source: Past-It Notes