H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.”
“Had there not been the film, my name would not represent somebody that's out there fighting for the environment.”
“Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark.”
“Had they always had such a dark ring of blue eyearound them? The contrast was quite striking, and I felt like I was looking at a shard of light that had cut through a darker blue ocean.”
Source: The Wrong Prom Date
“Had they kidnapped Wolfgang Puck as well, for kicks and giggles?”
Source: Lover Unbound
“Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it.”
Source: Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
“Had they no respect for the time-honored craft of piracy?”
Source: Landfall
“Had they not been taken, she asked, to circuses when they were children? Never, he answered, as if she asked the very thing he wanted; had been longing all these days to say, how they did not go to circuses.”
Source: To the Lighthouse
“Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma China could not have invaded.”
“had to get Reev out of here, back to what was real, even if that reality wasn’t as bright and happy as this one.”
Source: Gates of Thread and Stone
“Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages - and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the "absolute safety" test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations.”
“Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.”
“had two smaller scripts that I had written with full black casts. And people loved the scripts, but nobody would fund them. Those roles and stories are out there. But unless you have the money to finance movies on your own, you're beholden to others, and that is a very big limiting factor.”
“Had we adopted non-violence as the weapon of the strong, because we realised that it was more effective than any other weapon, in fact the mightiest force in the world, we would have made use of its full potency and not have discarded it as soon as the fight against the British was over or we were in a position to wield conventional weapons. But as I have already said, we adopted it out of our helplessness. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.”
“Had we been as free from all sins as we were from gluttony and drunkenness we might have been canonized for saints.”
Source: The Journals of Captain John Smith: A Jamestown Biography
“Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall of scraggly mesquite and weesach from view of the road, where troubles might come from, in the dark of night with the sky stretched out and showing how small we was, and the number of stars making it plain how little we might matter to the broad scheme of the world, I admit to feeling alarm.”
Source: The Madstone: A Novel
“Had we but world enough, and time”
Source: To His Coy Mistress
“Had we but World enough, and Time,
This coyness Lady were no crime.
We would sit down, and think which way
To walk, and pass our long Loves Day.”
Source: To His Coy Mistress
“Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness Lady were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges'side Shouldst rubies find: I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the flood.”
“Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.”
“Had we had all the money in the world to spend and we were doing another studio movie, we probably would have jumped quickly into the Necromonger universe and done an Orpheus Descending movie there. We didn't have that kind of resource. So, we said, this time, "If not that, this time, then what is it? What does this new movie look like?" Quickly, just in talking about it very simply with Vin [Diesel] in his kitchen, we decided on a survival, left-for-dead story, where Riddick could, as a character, reclaim the animal side.”
“Had we less to say to those we love, perhaps we should say it oftener.”
Source: The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
“Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for.”
“Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met -- or never parted --
we had ne'er been broken-hearted”
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Burns
“Had we not decided to perform this as gracefully as a dancer’s leap? But we turned it into a dinosaur’s dance party!”
Source: Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy
“Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.”
“Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.”
Source: Centuries of Meditations
“Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.”
“Had we returned home in 1916, out of the suffering and the strength of our experience we might have unleashed a storm. Now if we go back we will be weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope. We will not be able to find our way any more.”
Source: All quiet on the western front
“Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.”
“Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.”
“Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.”
“Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. “I can’t go back. Not yet. I can’t leave.” And she held my head tight to her chest and wrapped her arms around me. “You don’t have to,” she said, rocking me. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, not anymore.” And I cried.”
“Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away.”
“Had you died when we were together
I would have wanted nothing of you.
Now I think of you as dead, it is better.
...
And you never say
-Leave me-
since the dead do not like being alone.
[from 'The Fire']”
Source: The First Four Books of Poems
“Had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang'd like a dog.”
“Had you or I been born at the Bay of Soldania, possibly our Thoughts, and Notions, had not exceeded those brutish ones of the Hotentots that inhabit there: And had the Virginia King Apochancana, been educated in England, he had, perhaps been as knowing a Divine, and as good a Mathematician as any in it. The difference between him, and a more improved English-man, lying barely in this, That the exercise of his Facilities was bounded within the Ways, Modes, and Notions of his own Country, and never directed to any other or farther Enquiries.”
“Had you restrained your love, you would be free of sorrow. The greater the love, while one possesses it, the greater the sorrow when one is deprived of it.”
“Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to your mind.”
“Had you told me 20 years ago this would be my life, I'd have gone "What?" and then stuck out my tongue to all the girls that were mean to me.”
“Had your forefathers, Wigglesworth, been as stupid as you are, the human race would never have succeeded in procreating itself.”
Source: Alan Bennett Plays 1: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy
“Had Zach just apologised for kissing her? She didn’t know whether to cry or slap his face. ~Maddie”
Source: Zach's Rebound Girl
“Hadapilah hari ini!
Inilah saatnya untuk menuntut hidup yang nyata,
Dalam rentang waktu yang pendek ini, kita mendapat kesempatan untuk:
Berkembang dengan gembira, bertindak dengan mulia.
Menciptakan keindahan yang mempesona,
Karena hari kemarin cuma mimpi dan hari esok cuma bayang-bayang.
Tapi bila hari ini kita jalani dengan baik, setiap hari kemarin akan menjadi mimpi yang indah.
Dan setiap hari esok menjadi bayang-bayang harapan.
Jadi manfaatkanlah hari ini sebaik-baiknya.”
“Hadassah looked into Vashti's eyes and searched her face as though she was seeing beyond her ability to comprehend. She reached a small hand to touch Vashti's face, then placed a hand on Vashti's protruding middle. "You will have a baby soon," Hadassah said. "You are pretty and have kind eyes."
Vashti sat straighter. She took the child's hand. "And you are young to say such things."
"She has always been a bright child," Levia said.
Vashti nodded. She had no reason to detain the woman or the child, yet a part of her longed to do just that. At last common sense won out, and she cupped Hadassah's face and slowly rose. She looked at Levia. "Take good care of her. She is one who could come to great favor or great harm for her beauty."
"Thank you, Majesty. I will be extra watchful for your warning."
Vashti dismissed them, wondering what had caused her to say such a thing, yet feeling some strange sense that she had done well. She watched Levia, with Hadassah in hand, walk toward the gate, where Hadassah looked back at her and smiled. Warmth like the break of dawn after the darkness washed over Vashti, and she wondered if she had touched the face of an angel.”
Source: Star of Persia:
“Hadde jeg vært lege, ville jeg til en mann av min stand og støpning like gjerne ordinert dette som enhver annen medisin for å vekke og holde ham i ånde til høyt oppe i årene og skåne ham for alderdommens angrep enda en stund. Så lenge vi bare er i utkanten av den og pulsen stadig slår -”
Source: Complete Essays
“Hade hon kunnat hade hon valt ett annat yrke, men det var inte så det fungerade. Yrket hade valt henne. Fåglar var menade att flyga, fiskar att simma och Rita Karzin till att svindla och bedra.”
Source: Maskeradnatten
“Haden flashed me a grin. “You ever been stumping?”
“Er … I don’t even know what that is.”
“It involves muddy logging roads, four-wheel drive, and holding on to the ‘oh, shit’ handle above your door.”
“Hades allowed himself the faintest smile, but there was nothing cruel in his eyes.
‘I can entertain the possibility that you acted for multiple reasons. My point is this: you and I rose to the aid of Olympus because you convinced me to let go of my anger. I would encourage you to do likewise. My children are so rarely happy. I … I would like to see you be an exception.’
Nico stared at his father. He didn’t know what to do with that statement. He could accept many unreal things – hordes of ghosts, magical labyrinths, travel through shadows, chapels made of bones. But tender words from the Lord of the Underworld?
No. That made no sense.”
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“Hades always seems to know when someone around him is harboring a kink or twelve.”
Source: Learn My Lesson
“Hades cracked his knuckles on each hand, and the noise was like gunpowder caps exploding in the silence. "First dish duty," he mumbled to himself, "now possessed cowboys. This just isn't my night.”
Source: Pantheon