D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Do you understand how there could be any writing in a spider's web?" "Oh, no," said Dr. Dorian. "I don't understand it. But for that matter I don't understand how a spider learned to spin a web in the first place. When the words appeared, everyone said they were a miracle. But nobody pointed out that the web itself is a miracle." "What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle-it's just a web." "Ever try to spin one?" asked Dr. Dorian.”
“Do you understand? If they die, I die, too.”
Source: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
“Do you understand now why books are hated and feared? Because they reveal the pores on the face of life. The comfortable people want only the faces of the full moon, wax, faces without pores, hairless, expressionless.”
“Do you understand one's agony when choosing between holding on and letting go? It's terrible, caught between memories tugging at your heart and the pull of reality propelling you into an uncertain future.”
“Do you understand that it's impossible to please God in any way other than wholehearted surrender?”
Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply
“Do you understand that ‘soft skills’ are now the hard money answers?”
“Do you understand the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing? The only reason I fought so hard to stay alive in China was because I didn't want to die for nothing. Today, I can die for something. My way, my choice.”
“Do you understand the sadness of geography?”
Source: The English Patient
“Do you understand the sorrow of a star that cannot return to the heavens?”
“Do you understand the theory of that affair? replied my father.
Not I, quoth my uncle.
—But you have some ideas, said my father, of what you talk about.—
No more than my horse, replied my uncle Toby.”
Source: The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“Do you understand the violence it took to become this gentle?”
“Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?”
“Do you understand what God has done? He has deposited a Christ seed in you. As it grows you will change. It's not that sin has no more presence in your life, but rather that sin has no more power over your life.”
Source: Lucado 3-in-1: Traveling Light, Next Door Savior, Come Thirsty
“Do you understand what I have not said and what you have not heard in this room that does not exist?”
Source: Boy Genius
“Do you understand what I'm saying?"
shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!"
"Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.
"What?" snapped Moist. "I do not! Who told you that?"
"I Worked It Out. You Have Killed Two Point Three Three Eight People," said the golem calmly.
"I have never laid a finger on anyone in my life, Mr Pump. I may be–– all the things you know I am, but I am not a killer! I have never so much as drawn a sword!"
"No, You Have Not. But You Have Stolen, Embezzled, Defrauded And Swindled Without Discrimination, Mr Lipvig. You Have Ruined Businesses And Destroyed Jobs. When Banks Fail, It Is Seldom Bankers Who Starve. Your Actions Have Taken Money From Those Who Had Little Enough To Begin With. In A Myriad Small Ways You Have Hastened The Deaths Of Many. You Do Not Know Them. You Did Not See Them Bleed. But You Snatched Bread From Their Mouths And Tore Clothes From Their Backs. For Sport, Mr Lipvig. For Sport. For The Joy Of The Game.”
Source: Going Postal
“Do you understand what it feels like to love someone who won’t even say they’re yours?”
Source: Nowhere Strangers: A Sapphic Coming-of-Age Story of Digital Romance, Heartbreak, and Self-Discovery
“Do you understand what it means when you imply you don't trust us to help you? To respect your wishes if you want to do something alone? When you lie to us?'
'You want to talk about lying?' I didn't even know what came out of my mouth. I wished I'd killed Ianthe myself, if only to get rid of the rage that writhed along my bones. 'How about the fact that you lie to yourself and all of us every single day?'
She went still, but didn't loosen her hold on my arm. 'You don't know what you're talking about.'
'Why haven't you ever made a move for Azriel, Mor? Why did you invite Helion to your bed? You clearly found no pleasure in it- I saw the way you looked the next day. So before you accuse me of being a liar, I'd suggest you look long and hard at yourself-'
'That's enough.'
'Is it? Don't like someone pushing you about it? About your choices? Well, neither do I.'
Mor dropped my arm. 'Get out.'
'Fine.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“Do you understand what she is?' he demanded, voice so low it was barely audible. 'Do you even understand what you could've caused if anyone other than I had come upon you two?'
I stepped forward. 'Vikter-'
'I know exactly who she is,' Hawke shot back. 'Not what she is. Maybe you've forgotten that she's not just a godsdamn inanimate object whose only purpose is to serve a kingdom, but I haven't.”
Source: From Blood and Ash
“Do you understand, sir, do you understand what it means when you have absolutely nowhere to turn?" Marmeladov's question came suddenly into his mind "for every man must have somewhere to turn.”
Source: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time
“Do you understand? I don't want you to do a thing if you don't understand it.”
“Do you use 'True Will' as an excuse to do nothing?
Have you declared yourself enlightened?
Damn your weak philosophies; a pox and a pestilence your despicable sloth and arrogance.”
Source: Psybermagick: Advanced Ideas in Chaos Magic
“Do you usually dine alone?" I asked.
"No," he said. "I always dine with a book.”
Source: The Mangle Street Murders
“Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly value others as people, and they know and relate to what others value.”
“Do you view your relationship as something to be endured for the sake of the kids, or because you don’t want to be alone, or because you don’t think you could do better? Or do you view your relationship, even with its imperfections, as a worthwhile work in progress? How would your view influence how you interact with your partner, what you do, what you say? What results would those interactions produce?”
Source: Fierce Love: Creating a Love that Lasts---One Conversation at a Time
“Do you visit all your patients?” I asked, peeking up at him.
He chuckled, and slid behind the nurses’ station. He paused in the doorway of the stockroom, then turned. “Only the really special ones,” he murmured, chocolate gaze sparkling as he winked and entered the supply room.”
Source: Rescued
“Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.”
“Do you wake up as I do, having forgotten what it is that hurts or where, until you move? There is a second of consciousness that is clean again. A second that is you, without memory or experience, the animal warm and waking into a brand new world. There is the sun dissolving the dark, and light as clear as music, filling the room where you sleep and the other rooms behind your eyes.”
“Do you wake up in the morning and first thing, centre yourself by looking at your palms together? Thereby have a nice day.”
“Do you wanna be a poet and write? Do you wanna be an actor up in lights? Do you wanna be soldier, and fight for love? Do you wanna travel the world? Do you wanna be a diver for pearls? Or climb the mountain, and touch the clouds above? Be anyone you want to be. Bring to life your fantasies. But I want something in return, I want you to burn, burn for me, baby. Like a candle in the night. Oh burn, burn for me, burn for me.”
“Do you wanna be really really awesome? Just keep watching me.”
“Do you wanna do something fun? Wanna go to Taco Bell?”
“Do you wanna go back to my hotel?”
Source: Passionate Addiction
“Do you wanna know a secret? Fear is not real.”
Source: The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
“Do you wanna leave soon?
No, I want enough time to be in love with everything...
And I cry because everything is so beautiful and so short.”
Source: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“Do you wanna play? Everyone's dead, so I got bored. Did you come to play with me? --Wrath”
“Do you wanna see something swell?”
“Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby?”
“Do you want a clean life, like everyone else?’ Of course, you answer yes. How could you not? ‘Fine. We'll clean you up. Here's a job, here's a family, here's some organised leisure.’ And the little teeth bite into the flesh, right down to the bone.”
Source: The fall
“Do you want a collection of brilliant minds or a brilliant collection of minds?”
“Do you want a good advice on your path? Here it is: Don’t be sure of your path! Don’t ever be sure of it! Do you want more advice? Here it is: Doubt your path! And examine the other paths, know the other paths!”
“Do you want a happy heart when you are old? Then get with the Lord and stay with Him. That is how it works.”
“Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?”
Source: Becoming Generation Flux: Why Traditional Career Planning is Dead: How to be Agile, Adapt to Ambiguity, and Develop Resilience
“Do you want a list of what my dogs taught me? Patience, perspective, joy, loyalty, the simplicity and presence of their joy. That's a really great daily reminder, bad stuff happens, difficult stuff happens and you take them out onto the beach and you go "OK, now I see". You tell them the current political situation in the world and they go "should we go for a walk?" And you go, right, that's the correct answer.”
“Do you want a reward?” Sato purred. “I’ve got one in my pants for you.”
“Okay, that’s disgusting.” Moses suddenly turned on Sato. “The fuck is wrong with you? She’s basically my sister-in-law at this point.”
Source: Tourner
“Do you want a sign that you're asleep? Here it is: you're suffering. Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. Suffering occurs when you clash with reality. When your illusions clash with reality, when your falsehoods clash with truth, then you have suffering. Otherwise there is no suffering.”
“Do you want a successful career or a close relationship with your family? Both! Do you want a focus on business or have fun and play? Both! Do you want money or meaning in your life? Both! Do you want to earn a fortune or do the work you love? Both! Poor people always choose one, rich people choose both.”
“Do you want a world with . . . more joy and happiness? Then find your own joy and happiness and contribute to the joy and happiness of others.”
“Do you want a you're hired president in Hillary Clinton or a you're fired president in Donald Trump? I don't think that's such a hard choice.”
“Do you want any breakfast, Sam?” my mom asks. I never eat breakfast at home, but my mom still asks me every day—when she catches me before I duck out, anyway—and in that moment I realize how much I love the
little everyday routines of my life: the fact that she always asks, the fact that I always say no because there’s a sesame bagel waiting for me in Lindsay’s car, the fact that we always listen to “No More Drama” as we pull into
the parking lot. The fact that my mom always cooks spaghetti and meatballs on Sunday, and the fact that once a month my dad takes over the kitchen and makes his “special stew,” which is just hot-dog pieces and baked beans
and lots of extra ketchup and molasses, and I would never admit to liking it, but it’s actually one of my favorite meals. The details that are my life’s special pattern, like how in handwoven rugs what really makes them unique are the tiny flaws in the stitching, little gaps and jumps and stutters that can never be reproduced. So many things become beautiful when you really look.”
Source: Before I Fall
“Do you want better and bigger goals? A better Future Self? Expose yourself to better perspectives and evolved people.
Business strategist Charlie Jones stated, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
By proactively changing your inputs of information, experiences, and people, you become aware of what you previously didn’t know. You see what you previously didn’t notice. You seek what you previously didn’t want. You act in ways you previously didn’t behave.”
Source: Be Your Future Self Now: The Science of Intentional Transformation