L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Like a shepherd and sheep, its principle is simple, redirection towards the obligatory path, and speaking of Ozcan, he is the most proficient in this game. Watch the professionals do it in the reorientation of functional organizations.
There is no need to recruit them all, it is enough for them to do what a shepherd does with a flock of sheep; blocking the roads in front of them, putting a dog in one place, standing and waving his stick in another place, to force them to take the path he wants, towards the barn.
And if you spoke to one of them, it would swear to you that it is going the way it wants, which it chose with its full will, or chosen for them by their leader at the forefront of the herd, who knows the secrets of the ways, believing that they go the way they want.
He decided that he should play the game according to its laws since they are sheep, so do not try to address them or convince them, but rather direct them to where you want. He did not know anything about deterministic algorithms at the time, his decision was based on his innate, something inside him. He succeeded, however, by making a butterfly flutter, far away. Some straying out of the Shepherd’s path, then another artificial flutter associated with the first to accelerate the process, and then a third, and a fourth, then the chaos ensued, and the hurricanes blew up all the inevitable of Alpha Headquarters.
A butterfly fluttered where no one was watching, he studied and planned it carefully.
Words by a revolutionary Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish, summarized the whole story…
Throw a stone into the stagnant water, rivers will break out
Ring your bells in the kingdom of silence and sing your anthem
And let the wall of fear break into dust like pottery”
Source: Zero Moment: Do not be afraid, this is only a passing novel and will end
“Like a ship on the seas, individually we all must set our sails and find our own awareness to navigate and guide ourselves on our journeys. And with any journey we must find, explore, and expand the depth of our roots and the horizon of where and how we wish to grow.”
Source: Our New Story: Guides in the Garden Volume 1
“Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed at the opening race in Australia. So we called this one Kate's Dirty Sister because it is more aggressive and faster.”
“Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.”
“Like a shot from a movie, the morning sun shone brilliantly around him like a god—his dark hair glinted warmly in the light, and his eyes gleamed bluer than the south Pacific Ocean.
Taylor's mind went blank. And suddenly, she couldn't remember why the hell she ever had been angry with Jason Andrews.
But then he spoke.
"Sleeping in this morning, Ms. Donovan?" he drawled.
Moment over.”
Source: Just the Sexiest Man Alive
“Like a silver garden of the sky.”
Source: Prince of Chandeliers
“like a simple little lighthouse, my true ideal is to just be...having no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace”
“Like a simple wildflower, standing strong through rain, wind and hail, love, finally, had its way, and it was content.”
Source: A Long Lost Fantasy
“Like a small animal burrowing into its hole, I shift furniture around, and back myself into a cozy corner, with my back to the wall...and then I can write.”
“Like a snail crossing a sidewalk, the Clinton Administration leaves a lengthening trail of slime, this time on America's national honor.”
“Like a snake sheds its skin, we are capable of getting rid of assembled habits, creating space to call matters into question. Instead of the Shakespearian " To be or not to be " we could favor " to become or not to become". By "becoming", we challenge the range of possibilities in our life and go beyond the merely "being". We can retreat, then, from the imprisonment of a deadly routine, acquire an identity and develop our personality. ( "Man without Qualities" )”
“Like a sneeze, sin feels good at first, but it leaves a huge mess.”
“Like a snowplow in overdrive, a supernova shockwave might sweep away any gas clouds in its path.”
“Like a soldier back from battle you fill my vision. You're a flood, a baptism I'd forgotten, and the force of you leaves me breathless.”
Source: All the Truth That's In Me
“Like a speeding train
I am passing by...
I don’t know
where I’m heading
with whom or why
all I know is that
I will never, ever
pass from here again
all I know is I’m skidding forward
on this track of life.”
Source: A touch, a tear, a tempest
“Like a spider in its web, a vibration anywhere
is felt everywhere.”
Source: The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times
“Like a sponge, we absorb, not liquid, but energy. Each morning we wake up as a fresh, dry sponge, ready to take in the world around us. Throughout the day, we interact with people, various energies, and a range of vibration. Each time, we absorb energy – either a small amount or a great deal – depending on whether the contact is direct or residual. And when we are filled to the point that we can absorb no more, we sometimes feel like we might explode. We know this bursting point – it reveals itself in our over-stimulated, over-stressed, near-crazy minds. Sleep often releases the energetic buildup, yet meditation works just as well. Meditation throughout the day “wrings out” our soggy, spongy selves. Deliberate mindfulness in the present moment can keep us from absorbing things we don’t resonate with, so that we no longer reach the point of mental breakdowns or emotional overloads.”
Source: Living Peace: Essential Teachings For Enriching Life
“Like a spring of pure water, God's peace in our hearts brings cleansing and refreshment to our minds and bodies”
Source: Hope for Each Day Morning and Evening Devotions
“Like a spring pulled too tight, Quincy cocked her small chin up in the direction fo the voice.”
Source: The Q
“Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually sawing a girl in half. You think he’s doing one trick when he’s actually doing another. You think that I’m dying, but I’m laughing at you.”
Source: White Cat
“Like a stalker. An obsessed stalker. An obsessed, vampire stalker”
“Like a stand of lodgepole pines in a gale Raisa's followers all went down leaving her standing alone....There's no shelter for me not from any of this. I'll stand alone the rest of my life. THE GRAY WOLF THRONE p. 163”
“Like a star you shine bright, like the moon you throw light, make your own luminosity so strong that no one ever dulls your life...”
“Like a starfish, the heart endures its amputation.”
Source: Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
“Like a stone on the surface of a still river
Driving the ripples on forever
Redemption rips through the surface of time
In the cry of a tiny babe.”
“Like a stone That rolls down a hill, I have come to this day.”
“Like a stone thrown into a pond, a good deed can create ripples that extend far beyond the initial splash.”
“Like a stool which needs three legs to be stable, mathematics education needs three components: good problems, with many of them being multi-step ones, a lot of technical skill, and then a broader view which contains the abstract nature of mathematics and proofs. One does not get all of these at once, but a good mathematics program has them as goals and makes incremental steps toward them at all levels.”
“Like a strange rain, the water rose from the floor as I willed it to become like those stars Rhys had summoned in his blanket of darkness. I willed the droplets to separate until they hung around us, catching the light and sparkling like crystals on a chandelier.
Rhys broke my stare to study them. 'I suggest,' he murmured, 'you not show Tarquin that little trick in the bedroom.'
I sent each and every one of those droplets shooting for the High Lord's face.
Too fast, too swiftly for him to shield. Some of them sprayed me as they ricocheted off him.
But of us now soaking, Rhys gaped a bit- then smiled.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“Like a submarine ejecting ballast, he bobbed to the surface as another sense pulled his eyelids all the way open like roller blinds in the old cartoons.”
Source: The Third Rule - The Complete Story
“Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.”
Source: The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
“Like a sweet apple reddening on a high branch,
on the tip of the topmost branch and forgotten
by the apple pickers—no, beyond their reach.
Like a hyacinth in the mountains that shepherd men
trample down with their feet, and on the earth
the purple flower”
“Like a tent she had an open slit and she was sick of men trying to build lamps inside her. If a lamp was to be built, no one could see the naked wick.”
Source: Advice for Taxidermists and Amateur Beekeepers
“Like a therapist hairdressers are in a position of trust. We are transforming not just how a person looks but how they feel.”
“Like a thermometer, love and hate also have their own degrees, there are extreme love and hate.”
“Like a thief, the image of her taut, well-formed body crept into his mind next. He marveled how beautifully her body arched as she stood and gave commands. Vishwakarma, the god of all craftsmen, in an exalting moment had threaded a wire through it to give it that elegant curve.”
Source: The Thugs & a Courtesan
“Like a thief, the image of her taut, well-formed body crept into his mind next. His hair swept backwards, shot up like long needles in the rush of the air and his thoughts grew bolder. He marveled how beautifully her body arched as she stood and gave commands. Vishwakarma, the god of all craftsmen, in an exalting moment had threaded a wire through it to give it that elegant curve. From that instant, the memories of a wife, of dear daughters waiting back in the village seemed hazy as in a dream. Inhibitions became soft barriers. He remembered the gestures of Chanda Bai’s two hands as she talked; her palms like delicate seashells; her elegant fingers. Flashes of her jewel studded ears, another pair of shells; and her long hair lovingly braided by her servants with thick strands of white and yellow jasmine flowers interlaced in them. He wanted to caress those flowers with his finger.”
Source: The Thugs & a Courtesan
“Like a tiger trapped in a cage that has no bars, so I am held captive by my imagined scars.”
“Like a tongue on frozen steel, like flesh in flame —”
“Like a trail that a snail leaves in its wake as it inches forward, over the years an architect leaves behind a body of work, generated by the attitudes he gradually accumulates towards the agendas he deals with”
“Like a tree losing its leaves. I forget even the thing I was thinking.”
Source: Before I Die
“Like a tree or a river, a story can have many branches or tributaries—but its power comes from the root, the origin from which it flows.”
“Like a tree that grows stronger with more branches and roots, you need to find more and more ways to be inspired.”
“Like a tree, a woman can't carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she'll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.”
“Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.”
Source: Varieties of Disturbance: Stories
“Like a true artist, never be satisfied that your writing cannot be improved.”
“Like a true jester, even his own pain was just a joke. He would stub his toe, and laugh and dance and sing different songs he never wrote. Out of his mouth, he would go, 'Ouch! Without a doubt! Shout it out loud! And pout about it!' And very much so, they all loved such a dumb way to cope.”
“Like a true Nature's child, we were born, born to be wild”
“Like a true Parisian creole, Madame Marneffe detested having to exert herself. She had the cool indifference of cats, who run and pounce only when obliged to by necessity. She required life to be all pleasure, and pleasure to be all calm plain sailing.”
Source: Cousin Bette
“Like a twentieth-century dream of Europe—all
horrors, and pastries—some part of me, for all time
stands in a short skirt in a hospital cafeteria line, with a tray, while
in another glittering tower named
for the world's richest man
my mother, who is dying, never dies.”
Source: Space, in Chains