L Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with L. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Like other parents in this country, we want to give our children the best opportunities, to shower them with love, to teach them respect and a love for the rich and diverse traditions America has to offer them.”
“Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogether, then inarticulate, and then drunk. When we had reached the last step of this glorious ladder, it was difficult to get down again without stumbling.”
“Like other people, anthropologists may see only what they want to see, even when what they want to see is nothing.”
Source: What We Can't Not Know: A Guide
“Like other presidents before him, Barack Obama inherited a recession. But unlike them, he has made it worse, not better.”
“Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue.”
“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
“Like other species, we evolved in wilderness and although we are now able to satisfy many of our physical needs outside it (at least in the short term), psychologically we still need the vital diversity, complexity, grandeur, and beauty of wild places. We need to feel connected to something tangible that can be seen, smelled, tasted, that is much greater than out own fleeting existence. Call it religion. There are untold millions who believe in this religion although they may not come out and say so, mostly because its tenets are so deeply ingrained as to be taken for granted. No organized faith is therefore necessary. To me and others of this religion a wilderness made by God and/or by the mechanism of evolution is at least as, if not more, holy than a cathedral made by man, and to harm it is a desecration. I see enough glimpses of this wilderness in my forest to feel inspired by a feeling of interconnectedness with the web of life. It gives me a dream. It is a realistic dream that is not destructive, and that all can take part in and enjoy the results. Preserving and fostering the fantastic life on earth grants infinitely more practical and intellectual rewards than the expensive but trivial knowledge of whether there are microbes on Mars.”
Source: The Trees in My Forest
“Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after its vitality was sapped. For nearly a hundred years our Island was one of the scenes of conflict between a dying civilisation and lusty, famishing barbarism.”
Source: Churchill's History of the English-speaking Peoples
“Like other undocumented people in this country, I want a green card, and I want a driver's license, and I want a passport. What, to me, is the immigration bill? It's a green card, a driver's license, and a passport. That's what it's about to me, tangibly. That I could see my mom. That I could drive. Is there anything more American than driving? That I could get a green card and be able to - right now, I'm just like freelancing and working as an independent contractor. It's hilarious. I'm unhirable.”
“Like others who had once enjoyed an elite lifestyle, Lucy craved its return and whenever opportunity arrived, attempted to recreate it...By then no one questioned Lucy's role as the reigning hostess of celebrations, a role she continued to hold in public celebrations during the early Federal period.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard about the idea, whereupon all confidence flies away.”
“Like our bodies and like our desires, the machines we have devised are possessed of a heart which is slowly reduced to embers.”
Source: The Rings of Saturn
“Like our bodies, our minds are also flawed. And, as in the case of the body, the flaws in our minds might also not be imperfections but rather divinely-designed invitations to seek healing through Jesus Christ, who is mighty to save. If this is the case, we must be humbly grateful for these flaws. And we must diligently seek His healing, thereby exercising our agency to receive the restoration that only He can provide. Christ only is the Author and Finisher of our faith.”
“Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous consequences unless we address population growth sooner rather than later. Efficiency improvements, increased use of renewable resources and less waste in themselves are no longer sufficient to put us back into credit”
“Like our muscles, our thinking power grows when we struggle.”
“like our parents always told us not to like firefighters warn against we're playing games and making the rules up as we go we're matching warmth to warmth starting fires burning wishes into our skin we're hidden holding forbidden lights we're children whose fathers have never taught never touch but we're finding these new flames we smother at the sound of footsteps.”
Source: Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25
“Like our shadows, our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.”
Source: Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality ... With the life of the author. [With plates, including a portrait.]
“Like our title song “Clap”, I want to become a singer that receive the applause from all people.”
“Like Oz, life is full of beauty and horror. Whether you’re in the magical realm or the so-called civilized one, you can look at the world around you and see both things at almost any time. But what being in Oz taught me is that no matter how horrific a situation may be, no matter how devastating or scary or chaotic, there is still always beauty in the colors of it all, even in the grays. As I look back on the last four years of my life, on everything that led me to the place where my life changed forever for a second time, I might think I wasted too many crucial years perceiving my world through a lens that leeched the color from everything I set my eyes on, but now I can forgive myself for my mistakes and maybe even be grateful for the trials I’ve faced. After all, a rainbow only comes out when it rains. The most spectacular rainbows are set against a backdrop of a half dark sky where gray clouds hover and rain batters the surface of the earth, but the horizon is clear and bright—a pure, radiant blue surrounding a shining golden sun. When I’m in Oz, that rainbow is who I am—a vivid, radiant spectrum of colors with a clear bright landscape ahead only made more rich-hued and vibrant by the darkness that lies behind it.”
Source: Dorothy in the Land of Monsters
“Like Paddy Moran says about being a divorce lawyer: "Clients call us at their darkest hour. Whether they want out or their spouse does, they're angry, hurt and anxious or just plain vindictive. We become their new best friends. At some point, it's over, and it's like we never existed. Bye-bye, best friends. Usually, they never want to hear from us again.”
Source: The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors
“Like parables of meaningful relationships, your inner relationship demands you awaken to yourself.”
Source: Epic Emotion: How You Win With You
“Like paths and alleys overgrown with hardy, rank-growing weeds, the words we use are overgrown with our individual, private, provincial associations, which tend to choke the meaning.”
Source: Bayamus & Cardinal Pölätüo
“Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smiling
Extremity out of act.”
Source: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Pericles. Titus Andronicus. Addenda. Indexes
“Like Paul Kraston said, all I ask in life is a water bed, a TV and a typewriter. Well, I'll just have an ordinary bed, a TV and a guitar.”
“Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.”
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“Like people and let them know it.”
“Like people including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have predicted, I agree that the future is scary and very bad for people. If we build these devices to take care of everything for us, eventually they'll think faster than us and they'll get rid of the slow humans to run companies more efficiently.”
“Like people love their tote, they love their initial bangle, they love their C. Wonder belts, they love their cardigans and their striped top, and I'm really happy to be bringing that back and helping people get their 'Bee Happy' smoking slippers again.”
“Like people, places have their own unique energy. If we understand and respect that, we can use them for our growth.”
Source: Love Matters
“Like people who gain momentum by squatting down, you too can use every downward movement in life as an opportunity to jump up further!”
“Like people would ever want to read books on an electronic screen.”
“Like people, a picture has a skeleton, muscles and skin.”
Source: Paul Klee: the Düsseldorf collection
“Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.”
“Like people, plants respond to extra attention.”
“Like perhaps most people whose loved ones have died, I wish that I had some guarantees about the afterlife. I wish I were absolutely certain that my father and uncle are now together in some tranquil and restful place, sharing endless walks and talks beyond what their too-few and too-short visits allowed. I wish I knew that they were offering enough comfort to one another to allow them both not to remember their distressing, even excruciating, last hours and days. I wish I could fully make sense of the fact that they’re now sharing a gravesite and a tombstone in Queens, New York,after living apart for more than thirty years.In any case, every now and then I try to imagine them on a walk through the mountains of Beauséjour. It’s dawn, a dazzling morning over the green hills. The sun is slowly rising, burning through the fog. They’re peacefully making their way down the zigzag trail that joins the villages to the rest of the world below. And in my imagining, whenever they lose track of one
another, one or the other calls out in a voice that echoes throughout the hills, “Kote w ye frè m?” Brother, where are you? And the other one quickly answers, “Mwen la. Right here, brother. I’mright here.”
Source: Brother, I'm Dying
“Like petals what's beautiful is often delicate. Take care of the ones you love by not holding them too tightly”
Source: The Universe at Heartbeat
“Like physical events with their causal and teleological interpretations, every linguistic event had two possible interpretations: as a transmission of information and as the realization of a plan.”
Source: Stories of Your Life and Others
“Like physical work, if you don't practice, you shouldn't expect results.”
“Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.”
“Like pilgrims to th' appointed place we tend;
The World's an Inn, and Death the journey's end.”
“Like plants, people don’t thrive under constant handling. Give them space—and they will surprise you.”
“Like pleasure, beauty should be savored and enjoyed”
“Like plowing, housework makes the ground ready for the germination of family life. The kids will not invite a teacher home if beer cans litter the living room. The family isn't likely to have breakfast together if somebody didn't remember to buy eggs, milk, or muffins. Housework maintains an orderly setting in which family life can flourish.”
“Like poetry, in times of intense emotion the image returns to me. Like poetry, it stroked my soul and, by turns, lulled and stoked my senses.”
Source: The Palace
“Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.”
“Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.”
Source: In Praise of Flattery
“Like pornography, junk [food] might be tough to define but you know it when you see it.”
Source: VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
“Like preachers, I sell vision,
like perfume ads, desire
or its facsimile. Like jokes
or war, it’s all in the timing.
I sell men back their worse suspicions:
that everything’s for sale,”
Source: Morning in the Burned House: Poems
“Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey.”
Source: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
“Like prepositional phrases, certain structural arrangements in English are much more important than the small bones of grammar in its most technical sense. It really wouldn't matter much if we started dropping the s from our plurals. Lots of words get along without it anyway, and in most cases context would be enough to indicate number. Even the distinction between singular and plural verb forms is just as much a polite convention as an essential element of meaning. But the structures, things like passives and prepositional phrases, constitute, among other things, an implicit system of moral philosophy, a view of the world and its presumed meanings, and their misuse therefore often betrays an attitude or value that the user might like to disavow.”
Source: Less Than Words Can Say