M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Montrose tasted the coffee. No bitterness, a blend of several beans--some of which had been grown precisely the same way for over a thousand years--and just the right temperature. If pressed, he could name the chemical makeup of the coffee and the reaction of the human body to the brew. Yet there was still an almost mystical sense of well-being that few things imparted just by smell, taste, and warmth, and coffee was one.”
Source: The Rifter's Covenant
“Monty Jones: Dad, is there a word to describe answers that are completely correct but entirely useless under the circumstances?
Professor Jones: Yes, yes there is.”
“Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing.”
“Monty Python is like catnip for nerds. Once you get them started quoting it, they are constitutionally incapable of feeling depressed.”
Source: Hounded (with two bonus short stories): The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One
“Monty Python only became valuable when it was sold to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in America. They didn't pay much either, but the series has been shown repeatedly, which led to lucrative tapes, CDs and DVDs.”
“Monty Python paid me £20,000 to write, direct and assemble them - the cheapskates! I told them I'd never earned less in a year since leaving Cambridge. The first show sold out in 43 seconds and we ended up performing ten in total. We had no idea there would be such demand.”
“Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.”
“Montée sur les épaules d'un de ses amis, au milieu des grenades lacrymogènes, des tirs, des flammes, un masque sur la figure et une écharpe sur les yeux, [...] elle criait en direction des policiers bardés comme des bibendums : "Nous ne partirons pas de ce pays, nous resterons ici, nous serons de nouveaux heureux, nous rirons de nouveau, et si les salads que vous protégez ne partent pas, eux, nous irons boire et danser sur leurs tombes.”
Source: Beyrouth 2020: Journal d'un effondrement
“MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.”
“Monumental is not a matter of size.”
“Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked.”
“Monuments are for the living, not the dead.”
Source: Spring Awakening
“Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.”
“Monuments make momentous men immortal, but more memorable are mortal men making mere moments monumental.”
Source: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3
“Monuments may be builded to express the affection or pride of friends, or to display their wealth, but they are only valuable for the characters which they perpetuate.”
Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 1
“Monuments obtain their full worth through their complete use.”
“Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.”
“Monuments, like men, submit to fate.”
Source: Letters of Alexander Pope Works and Arranged Expresly for the Use Young People
“Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“Monza never had understood why getting out a tit or two made for a better painting. But painters seemed to think it did, so tits is what you got.”
Source: Best Served Cold
“Moo inhaled, his nostrils flaring. It was decided then. Slowly, deliberately, he rose from the saddle and began to dismount. He had not sailed seven thousand miles across the world, traveled up the Mississippi River on a riverboat full of knife-wielding Kaintucks, and graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine with top marks, carving a position of respect for himself and his family out of the very flesh, blood, and bone of these hills to be bullied by a trio of chubby sons of bitches in khaki shirts and armbands.
He stepped to the ground before them and thumbed the three-barred cross at his throat, looking from man to man. His eyes wide open, blazing like spot lamps. "Allah maei," he said. God is with me.
The first man stepped forward, cocking his fist back. "The fuck you say?”
“Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows.”
“Mood can be as important as sense.”
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-portrait in Letters
“Mood disorders are terribly painful illnesses, and they are isolating illnesses. And they make people feel terrible about themselves when, in fact, they can be treated.”
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings add to the growing evidence that good mood, intuition, creativity, gullibility, and increased reliance on System 1 form a cluster. At the other pole, sadness, vigilance, suspicion, an analytic approach, and increased effort also go together. A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but also less vigilant and more prone to logical errors.”
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Mood has a scuba section? Who knew?”
“Mood reflects the biology of the brain. How you feel is affected by the chemicals in the brain, and these are the same chemicals that form the basis of mood-altering drugs. You may use yoga, meditation, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) or exercise to alter your mood, or revert to healthy eating, regular exercise and getting enough sleep.”
“Mood’s a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood.”
Source: DUNE
“Mood-swing always oscillates between positive and negative poles.”
“Mood swings are constantly haunting us, even in our dreams, from achieving perfection.”
“Mood swings quickly spread like a virus in the spiritual world. Only mentally able individuals are welcome at this last stage of life.”
“Moods are in the mind and do not matter. Go within, go beyond. Cease being fascinated by the content of your consciousness. When you reach the deep layers of your true being, you will find that the mind's surface-play affects you very little.”
“Moods are not to be confused with emotions. Moods will dispose you to having an emotion. Certain moods you're more likely to get angry than others, as we all know, but emotion is not the same as mood. Emotions, I think, always have to do with agitated forms of desire. Whenever you're in an emotional state, you have some sort of agitated desire. So, emotions are fairly special -- I am not always in some sort of emotional state or other, but I think I am always in some mood or other.”
“Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's notion of oneself, that even psychotic extremes in mood and behavior somehow can be seen as temporary, even understandable, reactions to what life has dealt.”
“Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood.”
“Moods should be heard but never danced to.”
Source: Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person
“Moody would never remember crossing the street, or propping his bike in the front walkway, or introducing himself. So it would feel to him that he had always known her name, and that she had always known his, that somehow, he and Pearl had known each other always.”
Source: Little Fires Everywhere
“Moomah," Travis mumbled and Joker looked to the kid to see his eyes on the magazine, his fingers twiddling his lip.
"Yeah, son, that's your momma."
Travis looked to him. "Moomah."
"Yeah, boy."
Travis took his fingers from his lip and curled them around Joker's. "Joejoekah."
"Yeah," Joker whispered. "I'm your Joker."
The boy wobbled a second then dropped forward and landed a sloppy, open-mouthed kiss on his hand and Joker's mouth.
He wobbled back.
"Love you too, kid," Joker whispered.
Travis giggled.”
Source: Ride Steady
“Moomin need not have worried, for the Little My's of this world are practically indestructible.”
“Moominmamma had got up very early to pack their rucksacks, and was bustling to and fro with wooly stockings and packets of sandwiches, while down by the bridge Moominpappa was getting their raft in order.
"Mamma, dar," said Moomintroll, "we can't possibly take all that with us. Everyone will laugh."
"It's cold in the Lonely Mountains," said Moominmamma, stuffing in an umbrella and a frying pan. "Have you got a compass?"
"Yes," answered Moomintroll, "but couldn't you at least leave out the plates -- we can easily eat off rhubarb leaves.”
Source: Comet in Moominland
“Moomintroll bent down to wake the Snork Maiden up, and then he noticed a terrible thing. Her beautiful fluffy fringe was burnt right off. It must have happened when the Hattifatteners brushed against her. What could he say? How could he comfort her? It was a catastrophe!
The Snork Maiden opened her eyes and smiled.
"Do you know," said Moomintroll hastily, "it's most extraordinary, but as time goes on I'm beginning to prefer girls without hair?"
"Really?" she said with a look of surprise. "Why is that?"
"Hair looks so untidy!" replied Moomintroll.”
Source: Finn Family Moomintroll
“Moon and earth is the longest known stable love affair known to man kind”
“Moon and Sea You are the moon, dear love, and I the sea: The tide of hope swells high within my breast, And hides the rough dark rocks of life's unrest When your fond eyes smile near in perigee. But when that loving face is turned from me, Low falls the tide, and the grim rocks appear, And earth's dim coast-line seems a thing to fear. You are the moon, dear one, and I the sea.”
“Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some fireflies, wonder how they have the power to shine?”
“Moon balloon,
Moon balloon,
Tickle the tree.
Four balloons,
More balloons,
Blossom for me.”
Source: The Balloon Tree
“Moon Bloodgood is so dedicated, and I was impressed with her dedication. She was put into some grueling situations - cold, freezing, thrown into mud puddles, cold mountains and she didn't complain once. A lot of actresses would have said, 'Ok, that's a half-hour reset for my hair and make-up' and she didn't; she stuck with it.”
“Moon Can't be alive in front of Sun's Eye..”
“moon dust in your lungs
stars in your eyes
you are a child of the cosmos
and ruler of the skies”
“Moon gives us the taste of night; a lover's dream in the dense dark.”