D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Do you want to stop an avenger level threat? Then you should raise an army (trees) to fight climate change.”
“Do you want to succeed? Then, double you rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.”
“Do you want to suck face or not?” “Suck face?” His head fell back and he laughed, his chest vibrating against me. It was a lusty, full-bodied sound and my toes curled at hearing it. Gideon laughed so rarely. My hands slid under his sweater and glided over that warm skin. My lips moved over his jaw. “Is that a no?” “Angel, I’ll suck on any part of your body I can get my mouth on.”
“Do you want to talk to the man in charge or the people running the place? Because I am just the man in charge.”
“Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?”
“Do you want to tell me what you're doing up here in the middle of the woods?" He gazed at her milky white skin, dark hair, and wide eyes. "If you're looking for the seven dwarfs, they live in the next forest over.”
Source: Dangerously Charming
“Do you want to tell me why I'm getting the silent treatment?' He asked gruffly, his breath hot on my ear.
I hunched up my shoulders, pulling away. His voice had an effect on my body and I didn't want him to know that. 'I'm talking to you.'
'Barely.'
'I've got a lot on my mind.'
'Do you want to talk about it?'
'When have I ever wanted to talk about it?”
Source: On Dublin Street
“Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want to tell a story?”
“Do you want to trust your life in God's pocket or keep it in your own?”
Source: Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional
“Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.”
“Do you want to wear a beret after all?” Magnus asked. “Say the word. I happen to have several berets concealed on my person. In a variety of colors. I’m a beret cornucopia.”
Source: The Red Scrolls of Magic
“Do you want total war? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything that we can even imagine today?”
“Do you want your blood to stay where it is sochar-lar?" Tavi lifted both eyebrows at the unfamiliar word, and glanced at Varg. "Monkey," Varg supplied, in Aleran. "And male-child." "He called me monkey boy?" Tavi asked.”
“Do you want your life to truly take off? Then change your idea about it. About you. Think, speak and act as the God You Are.”
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“Do you want your name to live forever? You fool! Forget your name, try to save yourself! What use there is for you, if your name lives and you die? You fool!”
“Do you want your scarf back?' I asked.
'No, just the girl who goes with it.'
Oh my gosh, that guy knows his lines.”
Source: Fat Cat
“Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.”
Source: The Rules of Attraction
“Do you what you fear to do.
Go where you fear to go.”
“Do you who are a Christian desire to be revenged and vindicated, and the death of Jesus Christ has not yet been revenged, nor His innocence vindicated?”
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
Source: The Hobbit (Enhanced Edition)
“Do you wish people to speak well of you? Then do not speak at all yourself.”
“Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.”
“Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true.”
Source: Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)
“Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)
“Do you wish to be free? Then above all things, love God, love your neighbor, love one another, love the common weal; then you will have true liberty.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.”
“Do you wish to become rich? You may become rich, that is, if you desire it in no half way, but thoroughly. A miser sacrifices all to his single passion; hoards farthings and dies possessed of wealth. Do you wish to master any science or accomplishment? Give yourself to it and it lies beneath your feet. Time and pains will do anything. This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world is truer still of the world to come.”
Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.”
“Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.”
“Do you wish to learn the secret of true Eucharistic prayer? Consider, then, all the mysteries in the light of the Blessed Sacrament. It is a divine prism through which they can all be studied. The Holy Eucharist is, indeed, 'Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today, and the same forever' (Heb 13:8). In this Sacrament He glorifies all the mysteries of His life and prolongs, as it were, the exercise of all His virtues. The Eucharist is, in a word, the great Mystery of our faith to which all Catholic truths lead”
“Do you wish to learn? There are books that can teach you anything, and there is no cheaper form of education, nor one whose effects are more lasting. My education came from books, and they have been my companions by many campfires, in bunkhouses, ships' forecastles, in hotels and on planes. No matter where you find me, I am never far from a book.”
“Do you wish to make of your enemy a friend? Then become a friend to your enemy.”
Source: The History and Philosophy of Evil: With Suggestions for More Ennobling Institutions, and Philosophical Systems of Education
“Do you wish to return to Cambridge, Em?" he said. "Because if that is the case, you need only say the word. I suppose I could return to teaching--- perhaps I could do both, or install a regent here, to rule in my stead. If there is one thing I will not stand for, it is for you to be unhappy---"
"No, indeed!" I exclaimed. He appeared to have worked himself up into a proper speech, so I put my hand over his mouth. And then-- my initial thought was that this would be more efficient than arguing with him--- I pulled his face to mine, and kissed him.
As I had guessed, he forgot all about what he had been saying, and pulled me closer. His lips tasted like the salt the servants had sprinkled onto the coffee--- quite agreeable. I stopped thinking, something I rarely do, and for a moment there was only the hum of crickets and rustling of night creatures in the trees.
He drew back and touched my cheek, his dark eyes searching mine. A flickering, moon-colored glow had appeared above us--- he had summoned a light.
"I mean it," he murmured. So not quite so forgetful, then. The light caught caught on the silvered flowers in his hair and made him look even more inconveniently otherworldly than he already did, but I found that when I focused on small, familiar things, like the way his mouth came up slightly higher on the left side, and how his green eyes leaned more yellow than blue, I was able to disregard this.
"I know," I replied. "I have brought myself here, Wendell--- I am not some poor maiden who stumbled unawares through a ring of mushrooms.”
Source: Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.”
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
“Do you wish to see clearly and be free?”
“Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.”
“Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.”
“Do you wonder about eternal life?”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Do you wonder why we wander?” Cal had asked.
It was the night of the first snow; you could hear the branches bending and the icicles
falling outside the window, beyond the wall.
They were warmth together. They were hot breath and blankets and wrapping themselves
close.
And Elijah had thought, I wonder why I never kiss you. I wonder what would happen.
But he didn't say anything out loud.”
Source: Are We There Yet?
“Do you work at the grocery store? Then why are you checking me out?”
“Do you work because you’re afraid to lose something? Or do you work because you’re aspired to gain something. Fear or desire both works as an excellent motivation, be careful what you choose.”
“Do you work for the government, any government?” "I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.”
“Do you work hard to attract new customers but do little to keep them?”
Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life
“Do you work in a strip club?”
“Do you wrestle with dreams?
Do you contend with shadows?
Do you move in a kind of sleep?
Time has slipped away.
Your life is stolen.
You tarried with trifles,
Victim of your folly.”
Source: DUNE
“Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.”
Source: Waltzing the Cat
“Do you yearn for loving, loyal relationships? Be that for others”
Source: The Art of Preparation: 8 Ways to Plan with Purpose & Intention for Positive Impact
“Do you young people want a sure way to eliminate the influence of the adversary in your life? Immerse yourself in searching for your ancestors, prepare their names for the sacred vicarious ordinances available in the temple, and then go to the temple to stand as proxy for them to receive the ordinances of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost. As you grow older, you will be able to participate in receiving the other ordinances as well. I can think of no greater protection from the influence of the adversary in your life”