M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Most people are willing to promise you a lot. A few are those who can promise you a little, just as much as they can.”
“Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.”
“Most People are wretched more by the Fears of what may come, than what they endure at present. ... a manifest Contradiction to good Sense; for who, with the right use of that, wou'd lose the Enjoyment of a present Comfort, to lament a Misfortune only in Supposition; which ten to one never comes to pass.”
“Most people aren’t broke because of income—they’re broke because of ignorance.”
Source: Money's Dirty Little Secrets: How to Break the Rules, Get Filthy Rich, and Laugh All the Way to the Bank
“Most people aren't cognizant of the fact that, in order to feel comfortable, they require others not to cry or do anything outside of the established code of conduct, which is an unspoken code of conduct, of course. Nevertheless, it must be adhered to, and implemented, through harnessing certain movements and non-invasive forms of eye contact, and it doesn't come naturally to me . . .”
Source: A Room Called Earth
“Most people aren't concerned about hair loss until it affect them or someone they care about.”
“Most people aren’t lazy; they just need a little push to get going.”
Source: Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions
“Most people aren't the kind of people they like to think they are.”
Source: The Hanging Girl
“Most people aren’t truly sorry for their bad actions. They only express regret, apologize, or back down when their original plan to harm you or damage your reputation fails, when their scheme backfires. Only then do they pretend to be good people who care about you, who want peace and goodwill for everyone. It’s only at that point that they start acting like decent human beings.”
“Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation.”
“Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn't take the drug money.”
Source: What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era
“Most people aren't cut out for value investing, because human nature shrinks from pain.”
“Most people aren't encouraged to think of their labor as very valuable. We usually think of it as the necessary thing we engage in in order to survive. We live in a world where our ability to survive is connected to our ability to draw a paycheck. But there are other ways of organizing labor and culture. For example, people who are pushing for fixed universal base income, or a welfare system that separates wage labor from the compensation required to survive. It was only when I thought of those alternatives that I was able to really understand what we mean when we say sex work is work.”
“Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion.”
“Most people aren't in touch with their body and tend to live in their thoughts.”
“Most people aren't raised to be hated. We're all raised to be loved. We want to be loved. We're told to do things to be loved and appreciated and liked. We're raised, don't offend anybody, be nice. Everybody wants total acceptance. Everybody wants respect. Everybody wants to be loved, and so when you learn that what you do is going to engender hatred you have to learn to accept that as a sign of success.”
“Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be.”
“Most people aren't sure what's going to happen on a first date. Given that ambiguity, every woman must be totally aware at every moment that she is responsible for every choice she makes... protect yourselves. See trouble coming.”
“Most people aren't unsuccessful in life because they don't know what to do. They are unsuccessful because they don't DO what they know how to do. Knowledge is power IF...you use it.”
“Most people argue over who's right, not about what the truth is.”
“Most people around here prefer undead drivers, so I never get a chance to make any money on steady contracts.”
Source: Between Dunes and Hard Places
“Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.”
“Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.”
“Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.”
Source: Advice from a Failure
“Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.”
Source: Becoming gentlemen: women, law school, and institutional change
“Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.”
Source: Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)
“Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!”
“Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a film geek. I grew up making short films the same time I was acting. For me, it's a motion picture, not a play. I'm just as interested in what the camera department is doing and world building through costume design and production design as I am in acting. I think all good directors do that whether they're an actor or not.”
“Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.”
“Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In fact, there should be a marked absence of perfection in a muse--a gaping hole between what she is and what she might be. The ideal muse is a woman whose rough edges and contradictions drive you to fill in the blanks of her character. She is the irritant to your creativity. A remarkable possibility, waiting to be formed.”
“Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the record shops lay in skill at buying records.”
“Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy.”
“Most people assume that folks with amazing mental abilities were born this way and that they operate on a plane that's inaccessible to the rest of us. But nothing could be further from the truth. For more than a decade, I've studied people with uncanny abilities - card counters who can beat the house, self-taught artists, people who can remember an unbelievable amount of information. Here's the thing: These weren't innate skills - they were acquired.”
“Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.”
“Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.”
“Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.”
“Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.”
“Most people avoid and evade the powerful life experiences that helps transform, and mold, them to be able to use more of their fullest potential.”
“Most people avoid thinking if they can, some of us are addicted to thinking, but Von Neumann actually enjoyed thinking, maybe even to the exclusion of everything else.”
“Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.”
“Most people believe a new idea must be fully baked and ready-for-primetime. That is like saying a newborn child should have a college degree and be self-sustaining on day one. Like children, new ideas need to be nurtured, shaped, and protected. People often hold back ideas since they are not ready to defend sharp criticism. Companies that celebrate "creative sparks" and reserve judgment while ideas mature are the ones that enjoy significantly more creativity and innovation.”
“Most people believe in an afterlife, because such a belief numbs the psychological torture they derive from the thoughts of their own mortality.”
“Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.”
Source: A Fresh Look at Empiricism: 1927-42
“Most people believe in God because they think he's comforting, not because they think he's real.”
“Most people believe it is only by constraint they can get any good out of themselves, and so they live in a state of psychological distortion. It is his own self that each of them is most afraid of resembling. Each of them sets up a pattern and imitates it; he doesn't even choose the pattern he imitates: he accepts a pattern that has been chosen for him. And yet I verily believe there are other things to be read in man. But people don't dare to - they don't dare to turn the page. Laws of imitation! Laws of fear, I call them. The fear of finding oneself alone - that is what they suffer from - and so they don't find themselves at all. I detest such moral agoraphobia - the most odious cowardice I call it. Why, one always has to be alone to invent anything - but they don't want to invent anything. The part in each of us that we feel is different from other people is just the part that is rare, the part that makes our special value - and that is the very thing people try to suppress. They go on imitating. And yet they think they love life.”
Source: The Immoralist
“Most people believe losing everything is the end...I say it is a new beginning.”
“Most people believe me when I lie. I've learned how to say the words just right. I have a trusting kind of face. But the boy in front of me was a trained operative, so Zach knew better. And besides, Zach new me.”
Source: Only the Good Spy Young
“Most people believe most of the things they believe only because they believe that most people believe them.”
“Most people believe, “My lifestyle is about the same every month. Our savings are fixed. We make a salary, so what we earn is fixed. And lastly, what we spend is fixed.” But the truth is that no one reading this book has a robotic life filled with endless repeating loops
where they get paid the exact same amount of money every single month for decades on end. We all have fluctuations in our income.”
Source: Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS
“Most people believe that aging is normal but nobody defines what normal aging is.”