N Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with N. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Not doing is not about immobility or giving up in despair. It is first and foremost about being able to be with, to accept fully, what is in this moment.”
“Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it”
“Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.”
“Not doing the right thing is just as damning as doing the wrong thing.”
“Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.”
Source: Unspoken
“Not doubt, certainty is what drives one insane.”
Source: On the Genealogy of Morals
“Not dreams but night changes, not destiny but path changes, always keep your hopes alive, luck may or may not change, but time definitely chages.”
“Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise.”
Source: The misfortunes of Elphin
“Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.”
Source: Delphi Complete Novels of Algernon Blackwood (Illustrated)
“Not easy having her for a mom.
When did her ambitions die? If I had to guess, the day she graduated from Martha Stewart’s School for Stepford Housewives. Never inspirational, she’s more of an embarrassment for an already unpopular kid like me. What can I say? I’ve got plain-and-ordinary running through my veins. Maybe that’s why I can’t shake this stench of unremarkable. It goes back generations.”
Source: Zonked Out: The Teen Psychologist of San Marcos Who Killed Her Santa Claus and Found the Blue-Black Edge of the Love Universe
“Not easy, not at all for everyone to see the beauty of one's self/soul. It's all about money, nothing else.”
“Not easy to state the change you made. If I'm alive now, I was dead, Though, like a stone, unbothered by it.”
Source: Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy
“Not eating breakfast is the worst thing you can do, that's really the take-home message for teenage girls.”
“Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.”
“Not eating meat really keeps me trim....meat, and what's usually served with it, is a big calorie packer.”
“Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.”
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, / Is our destined end or way, / But to act, that each to-morrow / Find us farther than today.”
“Not enough attention is paid to the negative side of fashion. Great effort is exerted to make people look smart, but somebody should face the fact that a lot of people never will be smart, and that they should be given some assistance in maintaining their fascinating dowdiness.”
Source: The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks
“Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend to focus on all the sordid details in the life of the person who made the discovery. I find this path to be voyeuristic but not enlightening. Instead, I ask, After evolution was discovered, how did religion and society respond? After cities were electrified, how did daily life change? After the airplane could fly from one country to another, how did commerce or warfare change? After we walked on the Moon, how differently did we view Earth? My larger understanding of people, places and things derives primarily from stories surrounding questions such as those.”
“not enough experience
I have so much e x p e r i e n c e
it would make you choke”
Source: you ate popcorn in my house of grief: transgenerational poetry
“Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.”
“Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.”
“Not enough is a spiritual state, not an economic one.”
“Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.”
“Not enough of us get to tell those who had a hand in building us just how we feel about our pasts, while they’re still alive. It wounds the heart, but makes us more whole whenever we can, though. This physical world isn’t all there is, but while we have it, this is the one that counts. The words should be spoken.”
Source: Beyond
“Not enough people in this world are happy.”
“Not enough people know or understand just how little freedom we have left.”
“Not enough people realize that ADHD is not a disorder about loss of focus. It is a disorder of loss of emotional control, which is triggered by outside influences, self-esteem and our interpretation of events. Whether this is positive or negative it triggers us to hyper focus on what consumes our thoughts. Staying positive is critical and distancing oneself from hurtful people is essential, in order to live a life with purpose.”
“Not enough people realize the satisfaction you can get from really pushing yourself to the limits.”
“not enough space in a poem
to read all the names
of the dead”
Source: Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine
“Not enough youths fighting windmills. And the old are fearful, jaded or dead. Do not ask me what to do. I am just as cowardly as you. And do not tell me it is enough to speak the truth; that it is bravery enough. Every mountain leveled to the ground, every forest burned, every man, woman, and child who lost their shanties to arsonist fires were defended to the heavens—with words.”
“Not enough," he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. "If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it won't be enough.”
Source: City of Lost Souls
“Not enough." Margo rose and tucked the towel in place. " Come on, let's go stuff her in a locker. For old time's sake.”
Source: Daring to Dream
“Not entirely fair?" His voice became that of the inferno: a rushing, booming howl of icy evil that flew around the great cavern, as swift and cold as the Wendigo on skates. "I am Satan, also called Lucifer the Light Bearer..."
Cabal winced. What was it about devils that they always had to give you their whole family history?
"I was cast down from the presence of God himself into this dark, sulfurous pit and condemned to spend eternity here-"
"Have you tried saying sorry?" interrupted Cabal.
"No, I haven't! I was sent down for a sin of pride. It rather undermines my position if I say 'sorry'!”
Source: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
“Not Eve:
Under any condition, in any situation, a mature woman does not need to be checked by her man. She is not childish, but fully capable of [a] self check if she respects the wisdom given to her by The Most High; her name ain't Eve.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“Not Eve, whose fault was only too much love, Which made her give this present to her dear, That what she tasted he likewise might prove, Whereby his knowledge might become more clear; He never sought her weakness to reprove With those sharp words which he of God did hear; Yet men will boast of knowledge, which he took From Eve's fair hand, as from a learned book.”
“Not even a book on prosperity can prosper you, when what is expected of you is given, your time won't be wasted.”
“Not even a cat was out. The rain surged down with a steady drone. It meant to harm New York and everyone there. The gutters could not contain it. Long ago they had despaired of the job and surrendered. But the rain paid no attention to them… New York people never lived in houses or even in burrows. They inhabited cells in stone cliffs. They timed the cooking of their eggs by the nearest traffic light. If the light went wrong, so did the eggs…”
Source: Lost Island
“Not even a collapsing world looks dark to a man who is about to make his fortune.”
“Not even a great leader can get very far without great people to lead.”
Source: All I Want is a Warm Bed and a Kind Word and Unlimited Power: Even More Brilliant Thoughts
“Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.”
Source: Clean Break (PI Kate Brannigan, Book 4)
“Not even a mighty warrior can break a frail arrow when it is multiplied and supported by its fellows. As long as you brothers support one another and render assistance to one another, your enemies can never gain the victory over you. But if you fall away from each other your enemy can brake you like frail arrows, one at a time.”
“Not even a repeat of Dawson’s Creek makes me feel better.”
“Not even an advancing All Blacks haka could have dragged him away from the swing of her ass”
Source: Playing by Her Rules
“Not even an architect can stop a tower from falling over when it's built on twisted foundation.”
Source: 구경하는 들러리양 3 [Gugyeongha'neun Deulleoriyang 3]
“Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.”
“Not even anthropologists or intellectuals, no matter how many books they have, can find out all our secrets.”
Source: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala (Second Edition)
“Not even Ares battles against necessity.”
“Not even Barbra Streisand celebrates herself as tirelessly as golf celebrates itself.”
“Not even battling but just really known for rapping. Like I had songs up on Soundclick first, take it back.”