C Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with C. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Coming up with a funny joke is like falling in love: It can hit you any time, anywhere. Having said that, the more you put yourself out there, the better your odds will be.”
“Coming up with a good idea, with an insight into the way the world works that is really new and that you really believe in, is a deeply satisfying experience.”
“Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.”
“Coming up with lectures is a huge amount of work. I was willing to do one lecture for Gresham because I was honored to have been invited, but to create lectures for a class would probably require that I shut down everything else and concentrate on lectures for a couple of years. Then there would be many, many other skills that I'd have to learn, such as how to sit through a faculty meeting, how to deal with students, etc. It is really not in the cards for me. It's not who I am or what I do. I'm a novelist.”
“Coming up with something new and original is so exciting.”
“Coming up with the answers quickly and accurately is what counts the most.”
“Coming up with the bucket list is the easy part, but ticking off the list is the challenge. I love a good challenge, which is why I strongly advise everyone to come up with a bucket list. It doesn't have to contain out of this world tasks. But once you have written down the list, screw it, just do it!”
“Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.”
“Coming up, at 89 years old, acclaimed sculptor Gerson Frank was finally able to marry his longtime partner, Bill. Their relationship has covered three decades and seen many changes in gay rights, but Gerson never viewed himself as an activist.”
“Coming up, you [got new] sneakers and you had to run outside to make sure everyone saw. It was on display. That's just part of Hip Hop culture, part of the competitive spirit of Hip Hop. This is not new, I don't believe it's new.”
“Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling.”
“Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling. Sometimes, it's under a bridge or down a stairwell or hallway. Sometimes, it's pitch-black or incredibly warm or in full daylight on a rooftop. I did a shoot recently for a clothing line, Somedays Lovin. I got to stand on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean and play my guitar basically all day. It felt endlessly powerful.”
“Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar.”
“Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.”
“Command any idea to clothe itself in form.”
“Command by instinct is swifter, subtler, deeper, more accurate, more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one's breath away.”
Source: The Joy of Sports: End Zones, Bases, Baskets, Balls, and the Consecration of the American Spirit
“COMMAND- Foreigners fade away, and come frightened from their hideouts.”
“Command good things to happen. Pray for God to direct your steps so your decisions will not have negative repercussions.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“Command is a mountaintop. The air breathed there is different, and the perspectives seen there are different, from those of the valley of obedience. The passion for order and the genius for construction, which are part of man's natural endowment, get full play there. The man who has grown great sees from the top of his tower what he can make, if he so wills, of the swarming masses below him.”
Source: On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth
“Command is often not what you do but the way you do it.”
“Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else.”
“Command respect with style and grace.”
Source: My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today
“Command Sergeant Major James Bryant was not unknown, but he received a funeral service that expressed Duty, Honor, and Respect in keeping in line with the highest traditions of the United States military.”
“Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.”
“Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.”
“Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words.”
“Command the space of your beingness - a space where you are allowed to grow into your true, unique nature.”
“Command those that govern your house before all you household that they keep careful watch that all your household, within and without, be faithful, painstaking, chaste, clean, honest and profitable.”
“Command thy vassals, but command not me.”
Source: The Iliad of Homer
“Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all.”
“Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!”
Source: The Seven Against Thebes
“Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead and that is a tragedy. But he is dead because he had no code. He is dead because he had no honor. And God was watching.”
“Commander Judd is a great believer in the restorative powers of young women, as were King David and assorted Central American drug lords”
Source: The Testaments
“Commander Rahim!" She wrenched forward to meet him though one of our rebels still held her. "Let me go!" She turned, and with all the force in her tiny body, she slammed her heel down on his instep, forcing him to let her go with a violent string of curses far from fit for a little girl's ears.
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"I like her," Shazad said. "Here's hoping she's on our side."
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"I taught her that," Rahim said, with a hint of pride in his voice.”
Source: Hero at the Fall
“Commander Vimes always says that when life hands you a mess of spaghetti, you just keep pulling until you find a meatball.”
Source: Making Money
“Commander! Sir! Wake up!" Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.”
“Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.” “Sir?” “It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.” “Sir?” “That’s practically zen.”
Source: Feet of Clay: A Novel of Discworld
“Commander: What's that? Foaly: It's a finger, what does look like?”
“Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me.”
Source: Fifth business
“Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.”
“Commanding goodness and forbiding to do evil (are) for the amendment and correction of society and the common folks.”
“Commanding his domain on top of the world, Crater Lake sits in brooding blue and bold relief against an unsympathetic sky, the water like a solid, weighty mass anchored at the earth’s core. The winds are unforgiving, the clouds hostile, the hidden shoreline mysterious.”
Source: Freedom's Rush: Tales from The Biker and The Beast
“Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.”
“Commandments and covenants of God are like navigational instructions from celestial heights and will lead us safely to our eternal destination. It is one of beauty and glory beyond understanding. It is worth the effort. It is worth making decisive corrections now and then staying on course.”
“Commandments are for those who don't know how to LOVE”
“Commandments are loving counsel from a wise Father. Our understanding and concept of God as a loving and personal Heavenly Father allows us no other definition. He gives us commandments for one reason only-because he loves us and wants us to be happy.”
“Commandments are opportunities to exercise our agency and to receive blessings.”
“Commando Group Sphinx refused to provide information about their dead soldier. They were a secretive group. Also, they did not keep in regular contact with their roving desert warriors.”
Source: The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt
“Commands are no constraints.”
Source: Samson Agonistes and Shorter Poems
“Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.”
Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers