H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Having what you want may give you Achievement. But wanting what you have will give you Fulfillment.”
“Having whipped single women into high marital panic-or "nuptialitis," as one columnist called it- the press hastened to soothe fretted brows with conjugal tonic.”
Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.”
“Having wings to fly but not being allowed to spread them freely is what nightmares are made of.”
Source: A Light in the Sky
“Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.”
“Having women in office is vital to the health of our democracy because women play a unique role in our society. By and large, women are still the primary caregivers in families, even as we have taken our place in the workforce.”
“Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.”
“Having work published using a pseudonym is so refreshing, its like a witness protection for victims of cyberbullying! - Chris Geiger”
Source: The Cancer Survivors Club: A collection of inspirational and uplifting stories
“Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.”
“Having worked at a large electrical utility site, I now refuse to work with electrical utility companies due to the extensive negative experiences I had there.”
“Having worked at four separate Wall Street firms, having seen a variety of talent at those places, and having competed against Goldman as a banker, one thing you have to be struck by is the power of their recruiting.”
“Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan was committed to assuring the effectiveness of our nuclear deterrent.”
“Having worked my a - off over here for the last 10 years really hard, really f - ing hard, to see that unfolding every Tuesday and then watching the interviews, and the Megyn Kelly ... It's just extraordinary. It's quite a horrible situation because something needs to happen to stop this thing [Donald Trump] from becoming one of the most embarrassing scenarios ever in the history of politics.”
“Having worked my way from the bottom of the ladder to the top [of the UN] certainly helped me navigate that complexity, both political and bureaucratic.”
“Having worked on climate crisis for almost 40 years now, I've seen good days and bad days. And through all of that time, the general trajectory has been it's getting worse, it's getting worse. But in the last ten to 20 years, there's a second development; the solutions are more and more, and more available. So having this broad overview that I've developed over a long period of time, I now see the evidence that the solutions are available. We're gonna do this.”
“Having wounded each other, the two of us licked each other's wounds.
Damaged goods both, we sought out each other.
"If you want to die tomorrow, I'm ready for my life to end tomorrow - if you care to live for today, then so will I," I vowed out loud.
Thus begins the tale of the wounded ones.
A tale of blood that splattered red and dried up black.
The tale of our never-to-heal, precious wound.
I will tell it to no one.”
Source: KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale
“Having wrinkles is at once strange and exciting.”
“Having writers block sucks more than my actual writing. And my writing would be astonishing if I could write how I feel.”
“Having written Camp David as a drama, I could see the drama maybe a little more clearly when I wrote the book.”
“Having written pilots, in recent years, for networks that are dusty on a shelf somewhere, I was growing more and more impatient and eager to create something and just get it seen. Ultimately, that's what you're in the business to do.”
“Having wrong people who are occupying serious positions in government. Will cost the country its freedom.”
“Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.”
“Having you close like this makes me forget the reasons why this won’t work. We will never work.”
Source: Sea Breeze Volume 2: Just for Now; Sometimes It Lasts; Misbehaving
“Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.”
“Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for those spots that are so hard to reach by yourself.”
“Having your book edited is like watching your cat being operated on. It's uncomfortable and someone is probably going to get hurt. Most likely the cat. But in the end, things work out for the best and your cat is better it. And then your cat gets released in hardcover, and you have to read all of his reviews.”
“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”
“Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.”
“Having your goal to focus on is key, but don't let it become more important than your excellence next year and the year after.”
“Having your health is having everything in life.”
“Having your husband at a party is like adding anchovies to a salad. I love anchovies, but you can't taste anything else.”
Source: The Mind-Body Problem
“Having your own character in a video game is pretty cool.”
“Having your own show, where you're not in trouble all the time, because you're kind of the boss, is a wonderful experience. If I made mistakes everyone was very nice to me.”
“Having your own space is getting rarer and rarer these days. It's dangerous giving someone like me - who grew up fantasizing about studios and records - the freedom and resources to build your own studio. I would just live in it, which is what I pretty much did for all of the '90s.”
“Having your own store is one of the most immediate ways to connect with the customer, to really get to know her and develop a more intimate relationship.”
“Having your own, um, cave at eighteen is pretty cool.”
Source: Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection
“Having your parents live rent free in a house is actually a good investment. When they die all you have to do is make sure that they leave everything to you because in some countries you don't pay tax on an inheritance, but you do on rent. And to think that your parents think that you are a nice person and that you love them, but all you are is a shrewd business person. Not to mention that you will also have good tenants who will look after the place. May greed be with us!”
“Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.”
“Having your spiritual radar up in constant anticipation of His presence- even in the midst of the joyful chaos and regular rhythms of your everyday living- is paramount in hearing God, because sometimes the place and manner you find Him is the least spectacular you'd expect.”
“Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.”
“Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about while we're alive.”
“Having Zoe saved my life. It was my wake-up call. There were so many things I didn't want to pass on to her.”
“Having, and seeing, your dreams is very important, and so is chasing those dreams. You see dreams when you sleep, and as you chase your dreams, it keeps you awake. So it's important to stay awake.”
“Having, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.”
“Havna ye heard how the ancient Greeks associated sparrows with Aphrodite, the goddess of love?"...
"Och, 'tis no story. 'Tis the truth I give: When sparrows mated, it was due to their abandoned nature." His head inclined so he could whisper a kiss to her neck, sending shivers from her shoulders to the soles of her feet. "Even Chaucer and Shakespeare wrote about the sparrow's lustful conduct.”
Source: A Highlander's Passion
“havng an affair with a man was a plunge into change, shocking irreversible change, like an amputation It was not a dip in a pool, after which one came out and dried the same body with the same hands. And as for the much touted memroes, far from treasuring them, she found them a continuing torment, which she would willingly have burned from her brain cells...Yet for this sex, good or mot so good, she had paid a steep price. Marjorie felt rifled of her own identity.”
“Havok ended a chapter of my life and I get to start a new one with MacGyver.”
“Haw Par Villa is the nutty exception. It's mad, slightly unhinged and overwhelmingly rubbish. Without a doubt, Haw Par Villa is the Louis Tussaus House of Wax of Singapore. There is no higher compliment (...) For it's own sake, Haw Par Villa still had to be terrible, macabre, distasteful and offensive.”
Source: Saving a Sexier Island: Notes from an Old Singapore
“Hawai'i is the most isolated population center on Earth, with the nearest points being between Hilo on the Big Island and San Francisco in CA 2,315 miles away.”
Source: The Hawai'i Bathroom Book
“Hawai'i is the only place in the fifty states where you can see the stars of the entire northern and southern hemispheres. Here, stars that can't be seen from the mainland are visible, along with stars that aren't visible from Australia.”
Source: The Hawai'i Bathroom Book