H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Hostages want to survive - they are very focused on their own little view of things.”
“Hostess Bakery plants shut down due to a workers' strike. It was split up. The State Department hired all the Twinkies, the Secret Service hired all the HoHos, the generals are sleeping with the Cupcakes and the voters sent all the Ding Dongs to Congress.”
“Hostess with the Mostest
“Think of a time when you have had a party in your home or had friends over for dinner. Didn’t you want to make sure they were nurtured, cared for, and well-taken care of? Didn’t you want your guests to interact with each other and enjoy the experience so they would remember it fondly?”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.”
Source: Daniel Deronda: Top Novelist Focus
“Hostile armies may face each other for years, striving for the victory which is decided in a single day. This being so, to remain in ignorance of the enemy's condition simply because one grudges the outlay of a hundred ounces of silver in honors and emoluments, is the height of inhumanity.”
“Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.”
“Hostility and hatred are no match for justice; they offer no pathway to peace.”
“Hostility," Cal said. "It's deja vu all over again. How's your head?" "The pain comes and goes," Min said. "And then there are the voices.”
Source: Bet Me
“Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.”
“Hostility, extremism and violence are not born of a religious heart: they are betrayals of religion. We believers cannot be silent when terrorism abuses religion; indeed, we are called unambiguously to dispel all misunderstandings”
“Hostility is borrowed from circumstance, never owned by man.”
“Hostility is expressed in a number of ways. One is laughter.”
Source: Sexual Politics
“Hostility is the root of hate.”
“Hostility, malice, and sadism are the result of helplessness and self-loathing; that they are all produced by adaptation to a hypercritical social reality and are not attributable to innate aggression.”
“Hostility to art is also hostility to the new, to the unforeseen.”
Source: Notes on the Cinematograph
“Hostility to religion is having an effect. In 1963, the number of Americans who said that they believed the Bible is literally true was 65%. Today, the number has dropped to 32%.”
“Hostility to youth is the worst vice of the middle-aged.”
“Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of constructive bipartisan relations with our region and the world, unmatched in Australian history.”
“Hostility towards Microsoft is not difficult to find on the Net, and it blends two strains: resentful people who feel Microsoft is too powerful, and disdainful people who think it's tacky. This is all strongly reminiscent of the heyday of Communism and Socialism, when the bourgeoisie were hated from both ends: by the proles, because they had all the money, and by the intelligentsia, because of their tendency to spend it on lawn ornaments. Microsoft is the very embodiment of modern high-tech prosperity - it is, in a word, bourgeois - and so it attracts all of the same gripes.”
“Hosting a game show is so bizarre and uniquely its own thing. Anytime I'm hosting something, I try to bring as much of myself to it as I can, but it's always going to be incomplete.”
“Hosting a show, even a talk show or a game show, there's so much business you have to conduct. There's so much guiding you have to do.”
“Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.”
“Hosting is an art form. Like acting, singing, or comedy hosting is a craft. It's a delicate dance of timing, the ability to read the room, and the art of conversation.”
“Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.”
“Hosting the Emmys is a challenge for me. I guess it's the equivalent of someone who needs to climb a mountain or jump out of a plane. It's that kind of thing, where this could go terribly wrong. And I love the feeling of when it goes right.”
“Hosting the G20 is a proud moment and a significant milestone for our country. It presents both an opportunity and a challenge. A chance to showcase our unity, culture, character, behavior, beliefs, resilience, and leadership on the global stage. However, not everyone may share in this pride. At times, envy and misunderstanding can lead to actions that seek to undermine progress. Jealousy can drive people to act irrationally, often in harmful and destructive ways. We must remain vigilant and committed to protecting what we have built together. Some will go to great lengths to sabotage, influence, destabilize, and ruin our progress, and to do so, they may use one of our own. Don’t be the person they use to harm our country. Refuse to be divided or used against our own.”
“Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.”
“Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.”
“Hot air balloons are terrific to shoot from, although they have become very expensive, as has most lodging and food in the Napa Valley.”
“Hot air expands, and seriously pompous attitude is the inflation of choice by those lacking substance.”
“Hot air that's pent up will eventually explode, and steam can burn. But the steam that's deliberately allowed to escape through a safety value can be converted into creative energy. So sigh without hesitation. Sigh without guilt. Sigh without embarrassment. Sigh without pleasure.”
Source: Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy
“Hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig.”
Source: Much Ado About Nothing: Revised Edition
“Hot as hell isn't he?' Exie questioned from over my shoulder.
'Yeah, I guess he is'
'You guess? Are you blind? Girl, he is so fine it's scary. I nearly had an orgasm the other day when he asked me a cup of tea. But don't stare too hard, Meagan will scratch your eyes out if she catches you staring at her man.' Exie said with a high eyebrow warning.”
Source: The Devil's Eyes
“Hot baths before bed improve sleep for insomnia sufferers and can reduce depression symptoms. One study found that people who took baths more frequently were less likely to be depressed three years later, an effect that was especially strong for bathing in winter.”
Source: How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days
“Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget Hot deeds, And hot deeds is love.”
Source: The Complete Works of William Shakspeare
“Hot-blooded men make war. It’s up to cool-headed queens like us to make the peace.”
Source: Dark Winds Rising
“Hot, bright heat filled him like some ecstatic poison, and Hartan's pony shied in terror as a wordless howl burst from his throat. His dripping ears were flat to his skull, fire crackled in his brown eyes, his huge sword blurred in a whirring figure eight before him, and the brigand running at him gawked in sudden panic. The raider's feet skidded in mud as he tried to brake, but it was far too late. He was face-to-face with the worst nightmare of any Norfressan, a Horse Stealer hradani in the grip of the Rage, and a thunderbolt of steel split him from crown to navel.”
Source: Oath of Swords
“Hot Cheetos! Ohhhhh! I used to crave them. I remember I used to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had to stop. I had to turn it around because it was getting addicting.”
“Hot crumpets with butter and jam - what could be more ambrosial?”
Source: Any human heart
“Hot damn, Diego Santero looked fine soaking wet. Everything about him radiated potent masculinity, from the slick, dark hair that drew emphasis to the angles of his cheeks and jaw, to the water beading off his forearms and the soaked black shirt and cargo pants that clung to every curve of muscle and flesh below.”
Source: Tempted into Danger
“Hot damn! That was some friggin’ crazy ass action hero shit!”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods.”
“Hot dogs are like strippers, really. Nobody wants to know the backstory. We don't want to think about how they came to be in their present form of employment. "Well, when I was twelve, my stepfather.." "Not interested! Put some mustard on that.”
Source: Food: A Love Story
“Hot dogs they have shared on a table for two fresh ups.”
“Hot Dogs were just made for rolls.”
“Hot flush, raging bluch. Ice flash, instant crash.”
“Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.”
“Hot Fuzz in a strange way, for me, summons up the spirit of watching R-rated films that I was too young to watch. I was 14, 13 maybe, when Robocop came out. Seeing Robocop at my brother's friend's house, and not really supposed to be watching it, because it was [rated] 18 and I was 13. That mind-blowing experience, because not only is it a great film, but it feels illicit.”
“Hot groups have members who are task-obsessed and full of passion. They share a style which is "intense, sharply focused, and full bore. Members feel engaged in an important, even vital and personally ennobling mission; their task dominates all other considerations; and although such intense teams tend to remain intact only for a relatively short period of time, that time is remembered nostalgically and in considerable detail by its members.”