A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows - faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double.”
“a weak and irresolute disposition is often more destructive than determined vice.”
Source: Graham Hamilton
“A weak angel is still better than a strong devil.”
“A weak background is a deadly thing.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“A weak but steady throb lay beneath Kev's searching fingertips. Win's heartbeat...the pulse that sustained his universe.”
Source: Seduce Me at Sunrise
“A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.”
“A weak fact is still greater than a strong opinion.”
“A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.”
Source: The Holy Eucharist, or, the Mystery of the Lord’s Supper Briefly Explained
“A weak human mercy walks in the corridors of hospitals and is like a half-thawed winter.”
“A weak invention of the Enemy.”
Source: The Tragical History of King Richard III.: As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal. By C. Cibber
“A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.”
Source: Hart's Hope
“A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.”
Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms
“A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.”
“A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.”
Source: Collected Works
“A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up.”
“A weak man's always in a hurry to punish somebody, so he can show how tough he is.”
Source: Heart of the Assassin
“A weak mind complains about everything and loves nothing. A strong mind complains about nothing and loves everything.”
“A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.”
“A weak mind is the only defect out of our power to mend.”
“A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.”
Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed
“A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. A strong and deep mind has two highest tides - when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon.”
“A weak person demonstrates his weakness by using a cannon where stick could have worked.”
Source: The Tantric Curse
“A weak understanding of what the Bible says about sin is tied to a weak understanding of what the Bible says is achieved by the cross.”
Source: Christ and Culture Revisited
“A weak willpower makes every potential way forward look like a brick wall. But when you are hungry to tap all the talents you are born with, every opportunity looks like an open door to where you are meant to be.”
“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.”
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
“A weakened sense of responsibility does not weaken the fact of responsibility.”
Source: Book of Virtues
“A weakling is incapable of sincerity.”
Source: Maxims
“A weakness is a strength on overdrive!”
“A weakness is caused by the materialistic mind. When you stop your human senses to avoid distraction, you will be the supreme body that can be turned into a divine instrument”
Source: Enter Heaven
“A weakness of the random-walk model lies in its assumption of instantaneous adjustment, whereas the information impelling a stock market toward its "intrinsic value" gradually becomes disseminated throughout the market place.”
“A wealth of experience and wisdom doesn't have to be a dead giveaway to your increasing years. The spin you put on it is what will keep you young. Don't let it make you bitter. Learn from it, and let it make you better.”
“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”
“A wealth of knowledge is openly accessible in nature. Our ancestors knew this and embraced the natural cures found in the bosoms of the earth. Their classroom was nature. They studied the lessons to be learned from animals, knowing that much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. Animals are constantly teaching us things about ourselves and the way of the universe, but most people are too blind to watch and listen.”
“A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you.”
“A wealth you cannot imagine flows through you. Do not consider what strangers say. Be secluded in your secret heart-house, that bowl of silence.”
“A wealthy and wise man doesn't shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand.”
“A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.”
Source: The Tatler
“A wealthy landowner cannot cultivate and improve his farm without spreading comfort and well-being around him. Rich and abundant crops, a numerous population and a prosperous countryside are the rewards for his efforts.”
“A wealthy man can preserve his wealth only by continuing to serve the consumers in the most efficient way.”
Source: Human Action
“A wealthy man is one who earns $100 a year more than his wife's sister's husband.”
“A wealthy mind has a healthy presence of mind”
“A wealthy society’s continued ills represent their continued choices.”
“A wealthy traveller fears an ambush, while one with empty pockets journeys on in safety.”
“A weapon based on Time . . ." mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to defeat, resist, or reverse. It kills all forms of life sooner or later. With a Time-weapon you could become the most feared person in history." "I'd rather be loved," said Root. Mulciber shrugged. "You're young.”
Source: Against the Day
“A weapon didn’t act on its own; it wasn’t the tool that caused harm but the hand that guided it. It was the intention behind the act that determined whether it would destroy or protect. And that, Shamil realised, was a choice he had to make.”
Source: The Syrian Dandelion
“A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.”
Source: The Cellist of Sarajevo
“A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.”
Source: Vorkosigan's Game
“A weapon is a tool," she repeated, a little breathlessly. "A tool for killing and destroying. And there will be times when, as an Envoy, you must kill and destroy. Then you will choose and equip yourself with the tools that you need. But remember the weakness of weapons. They are an extension--you are the killer and destroyer. You are whole, with or without them.”
“A weapon is merely a weapon, nothing more. What matters is how you use it.”
Source: The Battle of Nospherus
“A weapon isn't good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.”