H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.”
Source: The Way of All Flesh
“Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.”
“Half the world cries Half the world laughs Half the world tries To be the other half”
“Half the world does not know how the other half lives.”
“Half the world does not know the joy of wearing cotton underwear.”
“Half the world hates What half the world does every day Half the world waits While half gets on with it anyway”
“Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.”
“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them”
“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”
“Half the world knows not how the other half lies.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“Half the world wants to be like Thoreau worrying about the noise of traffic on the way up to Boston; the other half use up their lives being part of that noise. I like the second half.”
Source: Franz Kline, the Color Abstractions
“Half the world's starving; the other half is trying to lose weight.”
“Half the world's troubles come from men not being trained to resent a fallacy as much as an insult.”
Source: The Last of the Wine
“Half the world's work is done by hopeless neurotics.”
Source: The Ghost Road
“Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.”
“Half this game is 90 percent mental.”
“Half to forget the wandering and pain, Half to remember days that have gone by, And dream and dream that I am home again!”
“Half-truths are lies.”
“half truths equal whole lies”
“Half-truths only added up to a whole lie.”
Source: Passenger
“Half-truths presented to the third party are as atrocious as lies, and not presenting the whole story is as detrimental as deception itself”
“Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.”
Source: The Winner
“Half voluntarily, half Winston's older brother [William] would take me in, saying, "Daddy, I think you oughta do this." And I'd say, "I think you're right, maybe I do need it." Sometimes a week later I'd leave the place; sometimes I'd stick it out for a month.”
“Half way down, he encountered Saphira, who had jammed her head and neck as far up the stair as she could, gouging the wood in her frenzy. Little one. She flicked out her tongue and caught him on the hand with its rough tip. He smiled. Then she arched her neck and tried to pull back, but to no avail. What's wrong? I'm stuck. You're... He could not help it;he laughed even though it hurt. The situation was too absurd.”
Source: The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance
“Half way through life a thoughtful person must undertake an honest assessment of their life. I am now fifty years old. I am rapidly turning into a dry stalk, my breath is sour, and I am beginning to smell of the grave. I melancholy project that in all probability I have now existed about half the period of time that I shall remain in this sublunary world. Resembling the trajectory of other men reaching middle age, my upward ascent in life crested and now I am commencing the meteoric downhill descent. Distinct from Americas’ pioneers and other luminaries whom played an important role in expanding our knowledge and deepened our appreciation of nature, I have done nothing to advance the human condition. I have not mapped any new territory, contributed to the arts or sciences, or expanded our comprehension of mathematics or the natural sciences: astronomy, biology, chemistry, the Earth sciences, and physics. I did not contribute to medicine, cognitive science, behavioral science, social science, or the humanities. Unlike revered social leaders whom advocated peaceful relations with all people, I remained mute while domestic and international conflicts sundered communities. I created no historical existence; I exist only as an introspective being. I have not added one iota to the bank of knowledge of succeeding generations. I have not added any quarter of happiness to other people. My contribution to the human race is nil. In all probability, I will flame out without leaving a lasting trace of my mundane personal existence.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“Half-a-dozen or twenty cities of India alone working together cannot bring Swaraj.”
Source: Collected Works
“Half-baked effort is almost as good as no effort put in at all. Always seek to do your best. Good things always have a way of finding those who put forth their best even when their situation seems bleak.”
“Half-caf, double-tall, non fat, whole-milk foam, bone-dry, half-pump mocha, half sugar in the raw, double cup, no lid, capp - to go.”
“Half-drunk on well-creamed gas station coffee and the exhilarating loneliness of a freeway in nighttime.”
Source: An Abundance of Katherines
“Half-heartedne ss doesn't reach into majesty.”
“Half-heartedness doesn't reach into majesty. You set out to find God, but then you keep stopping for long periods at meanspirited roadhouses.”
“Half-heartedness never won a battle.”
“Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin they made a venial sin. This has done me such harm, that my speaking here of so great an evil, as a warning to others, will be readily understood.”
“Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance.”
“Half-liberty comes with wisdom, full liberty with death.”
“Half-Life is the finest implementation of a game on rails anybody has ever done”
“Half-man, half-beast, all nightmare. The shapeshifter warrior form.”
Source: Magic Burns
“Half-truths are like half a brick - they can be thrown farther.”
“Half-truths are the devil's IOUs.”
Source: Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self
“Half-truths are worth more than outright lies.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“Half-truths can be as deceptive as outright lies.”
“Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods.”
“Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole.”
“Half-way through any big project, everyone forgets what they're doing.”
“Half-wits talk much, but say little.”
Source: Wisdom and Wit from Poor Richard's Almanack
“Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“Halftime is where champions rewrite the playbook—reflect, refuel, return stronger.”
“Halfway down a by-street of one of our New England towns stands a rusty wooden house, with seven acutely peaked gables, facing towards various points of the compass, and a huge, clustered chimney in the midst. The street is Pyncheon Street; the house is the old Pyncheon House; and an elm-tree, of wide circumference, rooted before the door, is familiar to every town-born child by the title of the Pyncheon Elm.”
Source: The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Novels, Short Stories, Poems, Essays, Letters and Memoirs (Illustrated): The Scarlet Letter with its Adaptation, The House of the Seven Gables, The Blithedale Romance, Tanglewood Tales, Birthmark, Ghost of Doctor Harris… (Including Biographies and Literary Criticism)
“Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath...It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.”
Source: A Walk to Remember
“Halfway down the stairs, is a stair, where I sit. There isn't any, other stair, quite like, it. I'm not at the bottom, I'm not at the top; So this is the stair, where, I always, stop. Halfway up the stairs, isn't up, and isn't down. It isn't in the nursery, it isn't in the town. And all sorts of funny thoughts, run round my head: It isn't really anywhere! It's somewhere else instead!”
Source: Pooh to Grow on