D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don't hate the player, hate the game.”
“Don't hate the player, Todd, hate the game.”
“Don't hate the player; change the game”
“Don't hate what you don't understand!”
“Don't have a cow, man.”
“Don't have a fixed idea in your head (that you have to use
this or that technique). Use everything you've learned until
now.”
“Don't have a high school diploma? You're in my Cabinet. Why? For 200 years, a lot of Cabinets have existed in our government. Powerful men. Well-educated. So let's try something totally new.”
“Don't have a mother,' he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons.”
Source: Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels
“Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve.”
“Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.”
“Don't have any opinions. They're bad for business.”
Source: Inherit the Wind: The Powerful Courtroom Drama in which Two Men Wage the Legal War of the Century
“Don't have children: they deform women's bodies and turn into an enemy 20 years later.”
“Don't have conversations taking place in empty space. Weave in background details of where the action (dialogue is a form of "action") is taking place. Don't have invisible people talking, either. Let the reader see them as they speak - their facial expressions and gestures. And by all means "cue" the speeches to the speakers.”
Source: Writing for children and teen-agers
“Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.”
“Don't have much, but what I've got is yours, except of course my steel guitar.”
“Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward.”
“Don't have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.”
“Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die!”
“Don't have stories; have sentences.”
“Don't have too much story for the time you have.”
“Don't have Valentine this year, but all of you guys are mine”
“Don't hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident. . . . Every little qualifier whittles away some fraction of the reader's trust. Readers want a writer who believes in himself and in what he is saying. Don't diminish that belief. Don't be kind of bold. Be bold.”
“Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my brothers — show me yours — show me that it is possible — show me your achievement — and the knowledge will give me courage for mine.”
“Don't help the young too much — it will just weaken them and they'll resent it, and finally start avoiding you.”
“Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.”
Source: Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
“Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it.”
“Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and render unbiased advice.”
“Don't hide bad news. With multiple information channels available, bad news always becomes known. Be candid right from the start.”
“Don't hide your goosebumps.”
“Don't hide yourself in regret,
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way”
“Don't hire a dog, then bark yourself”
“Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.”
Source: Up The Organization
“Don't hire the most qualified, hire the craziest”
“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“Don't hit other people, don't take their stuff and keep your promises.”
Source: The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.”
“Don't hit the person across from you with bits of toast, And don't, when dinner is nearly through, say 'Who's the host' It isn't done.”
“Don't hit women. Never, ever, ever.”
“Don't hoard the past. Don't cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge.”
“Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.
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“Don't hold me to anything in the book. I'm a waffler. I like wafflers. They said John Kerry was a waffler, but I admired him for that - showed he could change his mind.”
“Don't hold on to religion and miss the joy of knowing Jesus.”
“Don't hold onto anything so tightly that Jesus can't take it from you.”
“Don't hold onto negative feelings by justifying why you are right and someone else is wrong.”
Source: Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
“Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't truly understand.”
“Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.”
“Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.”
“Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.”
Source: A Little Order: Selected Journalism
“Don't hold yourself back because you're afraid or because you've been hurt...acknowle dge your fear, accept it, and walk through it with confidence.”