J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Just watching an actor in front you really provokes you in such a sudden, unexpected way. You can't ask for anything more from someone you're working with than that.”
“Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.”
Source: Guardians of Being: Spiritual Teachings from Our Dogs and Cats
“Just watching Chris Nolan direct was amazing. He is one of the most lovely people, which as you know doesn't always go hand-in-hand with great directors. But with Christopher Nolan, and there's only a few I think like him in Hollywood, that's absolutely true.”
“Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.”
“Just watching my cats can make me happy.”
“Just watching our thoughts in a relaxed way for a few moments each day will make a positive impression on our mind and start to provide us with an objective viewpoint for observing our life.”
Source: Guide to the Mindful Way of Life
“Just watching people who come from a stand-up background is different from watching people who come from an improv or sketch background.”
“Just watching people's ability to adapt, especially young people's, inspires me to accept more in life instead of wishing things were different all the time.”
“Just watching Robert De Niro was all the words of wisdom I really needed.”
“Just watching the drama stage does not define your successful performance; success lies in the display you do on that drama platform and how excellent you do it when it's your turn to act!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Just watching the people on the streets of NY is inspiring, there are so many styles and unique points of views. Fashion is very much inspired by the streets, has always been and I'm sure it will continue to do so.”
“Just we know what we want. Just we can discover our anticipation. Just we can understand ourselves. so find yourself. Invest time on finding yourself rather than investing enrgy recklessly on the undesirable people. Consequently disappointment will lessen and happiness will belimp.”
“Just wear what makes you happy. If you're happy, it's a great outfit.”
“Just wear what you think looks beautiful.”
“Just wear what you want, if you like something that's all that matters. Dress for yourself not for other people.”
“Just wearing all black comes from Johnny Cash. I'm on the road so much that if I wear all black my clothes never get dirty. You can't tell if I've worn the same shirt twice.”
“Just wearing the corset means that you can never really relax from the moment that you put it on. So, there's a constant sort of strain and you have to hold yourself in a certain way. It's very uncomfortable. But again you instantly understand the repression that women feel and how much they were captives. It's sort of sad really.”
“Just went to a lovely Catholic wedding. I need a drink. They didn't even offer us water. Well they did, but it was Holy water.”
“Just went to the gym and worked on every body part. Four people slapped me.”
“Just what did Maria tell you?" he asked softly. Carlos lowered his voice, "She says that she has
fallen in love with you. You make her heart feel happy, in a way that it never has before. Surely señor, knowing this, you will stay and marry Tis Maria?"
Trey hesitated. "She told you that?"
"Yes, Señor Trey. She whispered in my ear, so that Juan would not hear her. Now you must change your plans and stay with us."
Trey let out a sigh. "It ain't quite that easy, son. There are lots of other things to consider."
Carlos pinched his brow. "What other things?"
"It's hard to explain," Trey said. "Maybe when you're a little older, you'll understand. A man and a woman have to talk about lots of things before they become husband and wife.'
Then Carlos took a step closer to Trey, and there was a plea in his voice when he spoke. "Please talk to her, then. Talk about those things, so you can stay with us forever."
Trey chuckled softly. "Forever's a long time. And there's lots of things we'd have to talk about. But I'm glad you told me how she feels about me. I'll talk to her sometime, when we're alone."
Carlos smiled now. "Tonight would be a good time. After Juan and Señor Stiles are asleep," he said boldly.
Trey almost laughed out loud. "There'll be plenty of time for that," he said.”
Source: Santa Fe Showdown
“Just what I'd expect from ThunderClan. Thinking they should keep this secret to themselves—that they're the only Clan that matters!”
Source: Shattered Sky
“Just what I needed. Another problem to fix. As if Izzy not understanding that resurrecting Credan was the worst idea ever wasn’t bad enough? How could she not realize this?”
Source: Tompkin's School: For The Resurrected
“Just what I needed—a necromancer with an attitude. Oh, wait, I was a necromancer with an attitude.”
Source: Obsidian Butterfly
“Just what I predicted,” he smiled. “Run, little sheep. Run. For soon, the big bad wolf will have you right where you belong,” Crispin whispered as he manifested out of the school.
~Crispin~”
Source: A Spark of Magic
“Just what is a liberal?" asked Simple.
"Well, as nearly as I can tell, a liberal is a nice man who acts decently toward people, talks democratically, and often is democratic in his personal life, but does not stand up very well in action when some real social issue like Jim Crow comes up.”
Source: The Return of Simple
“Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok?”
“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.”
Source: Addresses of President Wilson, January 27-February 3, 1916
“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people, and her example, her assistance, her encouragement, has thrilled two continents in this western world with all those fine impulses which have built up human liberty on sides of the water. She stands, therefore, as an example of independence, as an example of free institutions, and as an example of disinterested international action in the main tenets of justice.”
“Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because of what you are doing, the Power of Spirit will flow through your word in the direction you give It.”
“Just what is the civil law? What neither influence can affect, nor power break, nor money corrupt: were it to be suppressed or even merely ignored or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe about anything, whether his own possessions, the inheritance he expects from his father, or the bequests he makes to his children.”
“Just what part does the State play in production to warrant its rake-off? The State does not give; it merely takes.”
Source: Taxation is Robbery ...
“Just what part of meow don't you understand?”
“Just what should a young man or woman know to be 'in the know'? Is there, in other words, some inside information, some special taboo, some real lowdown on life and existence that most parents and teachers either don't know or won't tell?”
Source: The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
“Just what we need," moaned Holly. "Artemis Fowl with magical powers.”
Source: Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
“Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.”
“Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion which polish you for your everylasting benefit.”
“Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?”
“Just when do men that have different blood in them stop hating one another?”
Source: Novels, 1930-1935
“Just when everything seems to go along just fine, Life comes by and throws you its line.”
“Just when exactly does the Millennium begin? Some say 1999, some say 2000, and some say 2001. You wait a thousand years for one, and three turn up at once.”
“Just when I'd started to feel accepted, to feel I had a home in cabin eleven and I might be a normal kid - or as normal as you can be when you're a half-blood - I'd been seperated out as if I had some rare disease.”
Source: The lightning thief
“Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.”
Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“Just when I get my church all sorted out, sheep from the goats, saved from the damned, hopeless from the hopeful, somebody makes a move, get out of focus, cuts loose, and I see why Jesus never wrote systematic theology. So you and I can give thanks that the locus of Christian thinking appears to be shifting from North America and northern Europe where people write rules and obey them, to places like Africa and Latin America where people still know how to dance.”
“Just when I got out of school, I seemed to get hired for a lot of dramatic things, and people tend to remember you how they've seen you the first time.”
“Just when I most needed important conversation, a sniff of the man-wide world, that is, at least one brainy companion who could translate my friendly language into his tongue of undying carnal love, I was forced to lounge in our neighborhood park, surrounded by children.”
Source: The Collected Stories
“Just when I nearly had the answer, I forgot the question.”
“Just when I seemed about to learn !
Where is the thread now ? Off again !
The old trick ! Only I discern ―
Infinite passion and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.”
“Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up”
“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all that is left of me.”
Source: Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person
“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.”
Source: Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person