D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light.”
“Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.”
“Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.”
“Don’t recall. Don’t imagine. Don’t think. Don’t examine. Don’t control. Rest.”
“Don’t repeat yourself. It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.”
“Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that matters is what you leave on the page.”
“Don’t run to the phone, run to the throne.”
Source: 8 Ways to Keep the Devil Under Your Feet
“Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.”
“Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?”
Source: On Such a Full Sea: A Novel
“Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be tired. Be confused. Be depressed. Be annoyed. Don’t hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident.”
“Don’t say ‘I can’t,’ say ‘I presently struggle with.’”
“Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.”
“Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it to give you the courage to do whatever you need to”
Source: The Time Between
“Don’t shake…unless you’re ready to get shook!”
“Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.”
Source: The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together
“Don’t simply settle for what your parents had. You can go further than that. You can do more, have more, be more.”
“Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page.”
“Don’t sleep too much. If you sleep 3 hours less each night for a year, you will have an extra month and a half to succeed in.”
“Don’t sleep with people who don’t read.”
“Don’t spend most of your time on the voices that don’t count. Tune out the shallow voices so that you will have more time to tune in the valuable ones.”
“Don’t spend your time on and give your heart to any guy who makes you wonder about anything related to his feelings for you”
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“Don’t spit down my back and tell me it’s raining.”
“Don’t stand up when you can sit down and don’t sit down when you can lie down.”
“Don’t start a business. Find a problem, Solve a problem, The business comes second.”
“Don’t start on that. When I offered you her gifts, you told me to shove them straight up my back orifice. (Eros)”
Source: Fantasy Lover
“Don’t start. I saw Marcie climb inside your Jeep.” “She needed a ride.” I adopted a hands-on-hips pose. “What kind of ride?” “Not that kind of ride,” he said slowly.”
Source: Crescendo
“Don’t stay stuck on the people who’ve hurt you. Move on and let your future give you the better that you deserve.”
“Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said.”
“Don’t stretch yourself too much with a mortgage. Buy within your means. It’s not worth the sleepless nights.”
“Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else.”
Source: Next Generation Leader
“Don’t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.”
“Don’t take the high ground and assume you already know what you’ll do. The truth is, when it comes to someone you love, you’ll find there isn’t anything you won’t do.”
“Don’t take this the wrong way, but you smell like Magnus.”
“Don’t take your hands off me even once tonight.” (Vlad)”
“Don’t take yourself too seriously.”
“Don’t talk about the way you are. Talk about the way you want to be.”
Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set
“Don’t tax my income, tax my consumption.”
“Don’t tell me how good you make it; tell me how good it makes me when I use it.”
“Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.”
“Don’t tell me you’re going to eat a mashed-potato sandwich”
“Don’t tell them what you’re going to do - that’s vision. Do what you are going to do – that’s culture.”
“Don’t think about happiness. If it doesn’t come, there’s no disappointment; if it does come, it’s a surprise.”
“Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.”
“Don’t think innovation, think usefulness.”
Source: The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better To Live More
“Don’t think I’m going off to find myself though. I already know who I am.”
“Don’t think so. We all make our choices, and those choices have consequences.”
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.”
“Don’t tolerate any form of average. Don’t accept Dis-excellence. Don’t stand for mediocre. If you’re going to settle, then please settle for the absolute best.”
“Don’t touch me. It makes my skin crawl. (Grace) Grace! I can’t believe you– (Selena) At least she didn’t spit in my face with her dying breath. (Julian) They shoot, they score. A direct hit straight through the heart and into the raw nerves. (Selena)”
“Don’t trade the ultimate for the immediate. Don’t settle for less, wait for God’s best.”