N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Not 'I don't give a f-' to just be reckless and do whatever, but 'I don't give a f- what they say.' … I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being. I'm happy with the man I'm becoming.”
“Not 'Revelation'-'tis that waits/ But our unfurnished eyes”
Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson
“Not a beauty queen. Not one of those. You know the ones. She was real.”
Source: Underdogs
“Not a believer in the mosque am I,
Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.
I am not the pure amongst the impure,
I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
Not in the holy books am I,
Nor do I dwell in bhang or wine,
Nor do I live in a drunken haze,
Nor in sleep or waking known.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
Not in happiness or in sorrow am I found.
I am neither pure nor mired in filthy ground.
Not of water nor of land,
Nor am I in air or fire to be found.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
Not an Arab nor Lahori,
Not a Hindi or Nagouri,
Nor a Muslim or Peshawari,
Not a Buddhist or a Christian.
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
Secrets of religion have I not unravelled,
I am not of Eve and Adam.
Neither still nor moving on,
I have not chosen my own name!
Bulleh, I know not who I am.
From first to last, I searched myself.
None other did I succeed in knowing.
Not some great thinker am I.
Who is standing in my shoes, alone?
Bulleh, I know not who I am.”
“Not a boy or a girl, not any binary, rigid definition of a person. Just my everything.”
Source: Cam Girl
“Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cotton; and where the blue sky was visible, it wore a hazy and languid aspect.”
Source: The Oregon Trail: Juvenile History - - American
“Not a cage, but a sanctuary," the soul sighs, seeking solace in silence, where whispers bloom and storms find their hush.”
“Not a cave, not quite; a tomb. Quire felt himself to be disturbing a place that had been asleep for a long time.”
Source: The Edinburgh Dead
“Not a chance. I don't know what Sarah (Palen)'s doing, (but) I have no desire to be president of the United States, zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable.”
“Not a change for the better in our human housekeeping has ever taken place that wise and good men have not opposed it-have not prophesied that the world would wake up to find its throat cut in consequence.”
Source: Essays, English and American
“Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.”
Source: The Bone Clocks
“Not a clue. She’s not exactly the easiest person to talk to about emotion. She’s an introvert—the only thing she can express with any kind of accuracy is sarcasm.”
“Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf.”
Source: Deadlocked: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
“Not a day goes by that did not have a great opportunity packaged in it somewhere. And the question is, did the opportunity go by with the day?”
“Not a day goes by that I don't click on RealClearPolitics at least once, the presidential poll charts, graphs and moving averages are great. If RCP didn't already exist, somebody would have to invent it.”
“Not a day goes by where I don't see her cross on the side of that highway. I remember how good she smelled. Always smiled . . . She was the only person always there for me, my mother.”
Source: The Sons of Summer
“Not a day goes by where I'm not reminded of Gollum by some person in the street who asks me to do his voice or wants to talk to me about him. But because 'The Hobbit' has been talked about as a project for many years, I knew that at some point I'd have to reengage with him.”
“Not a day goes by without many thousands of people each having sex with their girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, or husband, only because the person they are cheating with is busy, not in the mood, sick, on her period, tired, or not around.”
“Not a day has gone by that I have not communicated with my Father in Heaven through prayer. It is a relationship I cherish-one I would literally be lost without. If you do not now have such a relationship with your Father in Heaven, I urge you to work toward that goal. As you do so, you will be entitled to His inspiration and guidance in your life.”
“Not a deed would he do,
Not a word would he utter,
Till he's weighed its relation
To plain bread and butter.”
“Not a desire, act, wish, or thought does the Holy Ghost indulge in contrary to that which is dictated by the Father”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“Not a direct quote, but referenced in the author's note at the end - Sister Elizabeth Kenny, was instrumental in developing a new method of treating polio.
Barbara Johnson, a laboratory technician who was paralyzed with polio after a workplace accident but went on the work with Sabin as his statistician.
Isabel Morgan vaccine successfully induced immunity in monkeys and was the basis of Jonas Salk's entry into the vaccine race. We'd be talking about the Morgan vaccine if she hadn't refused to test the vaccine on children.
Elsie Ward perfected the technique for growing the virus outside a living body. Her technique allowed Salk's lab to make enough of the virus to put in the vaccines for millions of children.
Whistleblower Bernice Eddy reported that test monkeys who got the vaccine from Cutter laboratories were developing polio, thus alerting officials that Cutter would be releasing unsafe vaccines for use. -- Her concerns were ignored and caused 200 children to acquire Polio through the vaccine. Many of the children were paralyzed. Some died. Federal regulations of vaccines was tightened because of this - and her.
Eleanor Abbott invented the game Candy Land to amuse patients after she herself was hospitalized for the disease.”
Source: The Woman With the Cure
“Not a fan of spiders. I saw the movie 'Arachnophobia' which was single-handedly rated in the top three worst choices of my life.”
“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
“Not a few organizations exist in our country which function poorly. Sometimes it happens that this or that local government or organ have to satisfy one or another of the many-sided and ever increasing demands of the working population of town and countryside.”
“Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition in what might be termed a flash of divine enlightenment.”
Source: A Mind That Found Itself
“Not a fighter, be a light to defeat the darkness.”
“Not a flower
But shows some touch, in freckle, streak or stain,
Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires
Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues,
And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes
In grains as countless as the seaside sands,
The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth
Happy who walks with him!”
Source: The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative
“Not a frog, I hope?” he asked…She shook her head. “No. And if it was I wouldn’t kiss it, I promise you. I might kiss a prince if I could be sure he’d turn into a frog, but not the other way around.”
“Not a game, not a game... practice.”
“Not a god’s chosen, but a god’s cursed. That’s what we all are.”
Source: King's Cage
“Not a good night for President Obama. He lost elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and he's not doing good in Afghanistan either.”
“Not a Harvard-type education, just a not-sticking-up-a-liquor-store-type education.”
“Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.”
“Not a hundredth part of the thoughts in my head have ever been or ever will be spoken or written — as long as I keep my senses, at least.”
Source: The collected letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
“Not a kernel of kindness ever goes to waste, Not a gesture of gentleness ever goes awry.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“Not a kernel of kindness ever goes to waste, Not a gesture of gentleness ever goes awry. The unselfish one is the happiest person in the world, You'll find joy when you answer someone's cry.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“Not a lot of attention has been paid to the Asian tiger mosquito, which is another species which we believe can also transmit Zika virus. It has a much broader range. It's found all the way north into coastal areas of Connecticut, Long Island and the New York metro area.”
“Not a lot of conservatives on this list. Are more liberals than conservatives screwing up America?”
“Not a lot of contemporary fiction is written about brothers and sisters. Salinger's Franny and Zooey was an inspiration for me. In Franny and Zooey, the sister gets in trouble and the brother comes to help her out. But I wanted to make sure that in my novel the sister had more to do than lie around on a sofa muttering, which is what Franny does for two-thirds of Salinger's novel.”
“Not a lot of gay guys end up coming to alt-comedy-ish shows. They like all these '80s shimmer shows, or they like going to drag shows. It is always weird and interesting when I meet somebody at a gay bar who is familiar with my stuff.”
“Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me.”
“Not a lot of people can say they are in a job they love to do. I am very fortunate to be able to do that and I thank everyone around me every day for the fact that I am able to do it.”
“Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people. I feel like I'm the luckiest girl on earth, and that's such a lovely feeling.”
“Not a lot of people know about Tunisia. Sarah Palin thinks it's the name of one of Obama's kids.”
“Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.”
“Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.”
“Not a lot of people watch cable news, they just don't.”
“Not a lot of people will actually care and that is okay! Some will only want to know in order to criticize but guess what! That shows how much your life and your decisions affect them.
Use the criticism as motivation to push harder and build yourself!”