N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Not all apologies are out of respect for someone. Some apologies come out of fear too.”
“Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.”
“Not all are fortunate to walk on paved roads.”
“Not all awakenings burn.
Some begin when the sky answers.
Some awaken by light
Others awaken by being seen.”
“Not all babies learn to play chess or hunt penguins or play the didgeridoo, but except in cases of pathology they all master their first language. Indeed, failure to master one’s first language is taken to reflect a pathological condition; failing to master algebra or the piccolo has no such implication.”
Source: Chomsky: Ideas and Ideals
“Not all battles are fought with blades. Some are won in silence.”
Source: The Sword and the Hearth
“Not all battles are visible and neither are the victories.”
“Not all battles or victories are visible.”
“Not all beaches are fun and sunscreen.”
Source: To Hear The Ocean Sigh
“not all bears have their own television series. Some of them are unemployed wild animals.”
Source: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
“Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.”
“Not all birds have the capacity to fly above the clouds but all birds have the wings to fly, it's not about the height, it's about the search”
“Not all bits have equal value.”
Source: Cosmos
“Not all black holes are millions of light years away; one exists in everyone's heart”
“Not all boats which sail into darkness never find the sun again, or the hand of another child; if life teaches anything at all, it teaches that there are so many happy endings that man who believes there is no God needs his rationality called into serious question.”
Source: It
“Not all bodies are born in male or female. There is a continuum of bodies and it seems to me that trying to persuade medical and psychiatrist establishments to deal with the intersex involves critique of the binary gender system. Similarly there continues to be extreme, sometimes very extreme violence against transgender people.”
“Not all books are for all people. We read for different reasons.”
“Not all bosses are bad. But all bad bosses are losses.”
“Not all bridges are man-made.”
“Not all brilliant people win in life and not all people who won in life are brilliant.”
Source: WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT?
“Not all business is good business, and not every customer is a good customer.”
Source: Clarity Wins: Get Heard. Get Referred.
“Not All, But (Naskaristana 2785)
Not all doctors are butchers,
but butcher doctors are status quo.
Not all coppers are corrupt,
but corrupt coppers are status quo.
Not all politicians are warmongers,
but warmonger politicians are status quo.
Not all preachers are mindless fanatics,
but fanatic preachers are status quo.
Not all men are abusive perverts,
but toxic masculinity is tradition.
Not all white people are bigots,
but bigoted white beasts are
the planet's heaviest historic burden.
Not all stereotypes come from fear and
ignorance, some have basis in historic facts.
Question is not, why you face such stereotypes,
the real question is, are you living as the
new standard against prehistoric conventions!
I burnt my reputation to the ground,
so I could stand as an undomesticated beacon,
doesn't matter if no one comes to my aid,
I have no desire to be worshipped by gibbons.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“Not all can believe anything they want to,
because not all have the ability to believe.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.”
“Not all celebrities are dunces.”
“Not all chains are metal. Not all cages have locks.”
Source: The Chain Loop
“Not all change is progress.”
Source: The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: Authorized Ed
“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.”
“Not all christians are loving, but anyone who is loving is a christian. Not all jews are just, but anyone who is just is a jew. Not all buddhists are compassionate, but anyone who is compassionate is a buddhist. Not all muslims are peace-loving, but anyone who is peace-loving is a muslim. Not all hindus are advaita or nonsectarian, but anyone who is nonsectarian is a hindu. Not all humanists are accountable, but anyone who is accountable is a humanist. Our religious identity says nothing about our character, but our behavior towards others says it all.”
Source: Either Reformist or Terrorist: If You Are Terror I Am Your Grandfather
“Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.”
“Not all classrooms have four walls - prisons do.”
“not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.”
Source: A Lantern in Her Hand
“Not all coincidence has to be loaded with meaning. Sometimes, things simply recur because that's how it is in life, that's how the mood gets in. It's good to subtly overdo it too, as Nabokov does, as Sebald does. It's a good way to intensify that region of localized weather that we call a novel.”
“Not all comedy clubs or situations are ideal, especially when you're first coming up and I think that's good for you. Eventually you get to express your real personality.”
“Not all complex problems have easy solutions; so says science (so warns science.)”
“Not all con-artists are billionaires, but every billionaire is a con-artist.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“Not all cops are bent, but all departments have bent cops.”
Source: Karadeniz Chronicle: The Novel
“Not all cops are good cops.”
“Not all crowns are worn where people can see.”
Source: War Storm
“Not all currencies are paper. Not all wealth is tangible.”
Source: Tajrish
“Not all dangers are obvious.”
“Not all days are the same length, not all time has the same weight. Proof that there are worlds and worlds and worlds on top of worlds, if you want them to be there.”
Source: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
“Not all days in the field were unhappy ones. You had to have fun sometimes or you would go crazy.”
Source: Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
“Not all debt is bad. From time to time we should get into debt when there's a good reason for that.”
“Not all deceptions are palatable. Untruths are too easy to come by, too quickly exploded, too cheap and ephemeral to give lasting comfort. Mundus vult decipi, but there is a hierarchy of deceptions.
Near the bottom of the ladder is journalism: a steady stream of irresponsible distortions that most people find refreshing although on the morning after, or at least within a week, it will be stale and flat.
On a higher level we find fictions that men eagerly believe, regardless of the evidence, because they gratify some wish.
Near the top of the ladder we encounter curious mixtures of untruth and truth that exert a lasting fascination on the intellectual community.”
“Not all design is for the general good.”
“Not all destinations are found in the junctions of your palm lines.”
Source: Antiemetic for Homesickness
“Not all developing countries are the same.”
Source: The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
“Not all diseases come from bacteria and viruses, Professor. The worst often come from things you cannot see under a microscope. This plant is infested with an aggressive strain of such invisible germs.”
Source: The Hangman's Replacement: Sprout of Disruption
“Not all dogs are perfect dogs, but all dogs are inherently good. Like people, we are affected by environment and circumstance. Some breeds get a bad rap because sometimes humans breed them to be a certain way, like overly macho or protective. In our life on earth we are dependent on humans for everything, including our breeding. We can be bred for aggression or we can be bred for peace.”
Source: JACK McAFGHAN: Reflections on Life with my Master