P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Putting forth the effort to succeed is (tan.ta.mount), tantamount to your success.”
“Putting forward your positive energy connects you back to basic human values which we all share. Good Deeds Day shows that no matter the size of the gesture, a smile that brightens someone else’s day or volunteering in your community, we can all take active part in making a difference.”
“Putting gloves on the fighters was a symbolic change that suggested that we were now making it a civilized sport, and it was no longer this crazy gladiatorial throwback to ancient Rome. It's even in our language: If you want to get serious and violent, what do you do? You "take the gloves off." Bare-fisted is supposedly a much more dangerous way to hit someone. But we've got it completely backward. The glove is a weapon. It massively accentuates the ability of the fist to do harm.”
“Putting good things out into the universe didn’t undo or negate the negative things I’d done. It also didn’t negate the fact that every action has its own consequence.”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“Putting hand in the open mouth of a sleeping crocodile is not a risk; it is an attempt to self-suicide.”
“Putting heart & soul & contributing to what you are good at... is only for that movement. All is forgotten & people sitting far a distance knowingly wouldn't accept the same. Ultimately we make no difference & ground zero reality is never taken into account.”
“Putting her mind to it, Love would become familiar with his body. She would know him from top to bottom, from beginning to end.
Touching this boy would be the death, and life, of her.”
Source: Touch
“Putting her under my command was the only thing I could think of to keep her safe.'
'Not doing such a good job, are you?' Nolan's eyes narrow.”
Source: Fourth Wing
“Putting his head down on the dog's neck, he vowed to himself fervently that he would always have some money on hand, no matter what became of him, so that he would be able to protect all that was truly valuable from the practical people in the world.”
“Putting his mouth close to her ear, he said, “I’m going to ride you raw, baby, but you won’t care. It’s going to feel so good, all you’ll be able to think about is getting me back inside you. Keeping me here, packed up tight and deep, screwing into you so hard you go hoarse from your screams . . .”
Source: Take Me Under
“Putting his umbrella away, and ignoring the fine Seattle mist, he opened his wallet and took out a small white envelope. On the front was the Chinese character for Lee-Ethel's last name for the last thirty seven-plus years. Inside had been a piece of hard candy and a quarter. The small envelopes were passed out as he left the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home, where Ethel's memorial service had been held. The candy was so that everyone leaving would taste sweetness-not bitter. The quarter was for buying more candy on the way home- a traditional token of lasting life and enduring happiness.”
“Putting impact over income puts your income over the top.”
“Putting in effort is like riding a bicycle on train tracks, you will get to where you want to go but you will feel every bump along the way.”
“Putting in the time doesn’t cut it; getting the job done right is what counts.”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“Putting Instagram into a different context is about rescuing it from the tyranny of now, taking it back from the muddy river that everyone is pouring things into. As a poet, as a thinker, as an artist, I believe there's another way to experience the world, and another way to experience time.It can't all just be public relations and branding; it's about making meaning with signs around you.”
“Putting is a fascinating, aggravating, wonderful, terrible and almost incomprehensible part of the game of golf.”
“Putting is a very personal affair.”
“Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.”
“Putting isn't golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.”
“Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy.”
“Putting it in and convulsing on top of me for five seconds doesn't constitute sex. It's a glorified seizure.”
Source: Broken
“Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive.”
Source: Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
“Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.”
“Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be considered progressive, on other issues might be thought of as being moderate, on other issues might be thought of as being rather forthright.”
“Putting lessons in young adult books is very dangerous.”
“Putting love first means knowing that the universe supports you in creating the good, the holy, and the beautiful. It means knowing that you're on the earth for a purpose, and that the purpose itself will create opportunities for its accomplishment.”
“Putting makeup on the face of your listing—before the big date—will increase its value in the eyes of buyers.”
Source: The Politically Incorrect Real Estate Agent Handbook: A Serious How-to Manual with a Sense of Humor
“Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians.”
“Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.”
“Putting money in a savings account is not going to make anybody rich. It is making the depositors poor every day if you count the inflation.”
“Putting more positive into a positive feedback loop simply yields more of it. That's why negativity into a negative feedback loop is a self-consumptive process which ultimately exhausts itself, whereas positivity into positive feedback loop is the essential form of continual growth. Conscious entities have a special affinity for positive feedback loops due to our fractal nature. A person with contradictory energy will always find themselves getting in their own way, notably when thinking about trying not to think about something.”
Source: Pataphysics: Mastering Time Line Jumps for Personal Transformation
“Putting Mr. Polopetsi in charge of the investigation is like putting a rabbit in charge of the airport.”
Source: The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
“Putting my face in food is not a habit I have unless I'm really drunk.”
“Putting my hand in someone else’s has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to lose consciousness and go into the greater world - often, before I get up the courage to go into the vastness of sleep, I pretend that someone has my hand in theirs, and then I go, go to that enormous absence of form that is sleep. And when even after that I don’t have courage, I dream.”
“Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
“Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.”
“Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details matter.”
“Putting on a dress was, like many other things, an effort to create the ideal self; it was aspirational.”
Source: Shopgirls
“Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle.”
“Putting on coveralls and carrying a toolbox will allow you to go almost anywhere unchallenged in a public building.”
“Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up.”
“Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.”
“Putting on the collar is taking charge of unexpected situations. Keeping humans from taking control from me. To tell hunters that I'm not prey. Not a trophy by wearing the collar. I looked at the circlet again. Looking deeper, I see not subjugation, but a tool of power to control my fate in the world of man that symbolizes my ownership over both my nature spirit and wolf-self.”
Source: Colorado State of Mind
“Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.”
“Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body is groaning and starting to really shout at you, saying, 'Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?'”
“Putting on your crown is really like accepting the fact that you are a queen. You're a great woman. Wherever you are in life, just keep on that path, and so for me, sometimes as women, we forget - we forget that about ourselves. So, putting on your crown is sort of reminding yourself that, hey, I'm a queen, and I can do what I want in this life and take it.”
“Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.”
“Putting our expectations on others is a habit that keeps us feeling frustrated. It diminishes the amount of love we feel.”
“Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.”
Source: Shaped by the Gospel: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
“Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.”