Q Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Q. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest.”
“Quite simply, when we deny our children nature, we deny them beauty.”
Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“Quite soon, she would tell the secret. Mrs. Chapman put away her work in the long, wooden chest in her bedroom. For a few minutes, she peered through the frosty glass of her bedroom window, watching the snow tumble, earthwards. Then, the last drop of light was squeezed out from and ink black sky”
“Quite suddenly Meggie felt fear rise in her like black brackish water, she felt lost, terribly lost, she felt it in every part of her. She didn't belong here! What had she done?”
Source: Inkspell
“Quite surprisingly the majority of religious and spiritual practices actually diminishes your brain’s ability to act out of rage and fear.”
“Quite the most Christian thing that has happened in my lifetime is the Welfare State.”
“Quite the opposite actually. I think having hope is one of the most important things you can do. Once you let go of it, despair takes over. Despair will kill you quicker than hope ever could. So if you're going to hold onto something...I'm glad it's that.”
Source: Uncharted
“Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful.”
“Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful. On the other hand, there are faces which the multitude, at first glance, pronounce homely, unattractive and such as "Nature fashions by the gross," which I always recognize with a warm heart-thrill. Not for the world would I have one feature changed; they please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind memories, and are beautiful through their associations.”
“Quite to hide with makeups deal with your inner beauty.”
“Quite truthfully, I have no idea how much the pension is worth because I have never contemplated retiring.”
“Quite unpredictable things happen when the bulk of the population attains what we think of as a high cultural level... This, I think, is because the effort of a Schoenberg or a Picasso…or a William Faulkner or an Albert Camus…has nothing to do, at bottom, with physical comfort, or indeed with comfort of any other kind. But the aim of the people who rise to this high cultural level...is precisely comfort for the body and the mind. The artistic objects by which they are surrounded cannot possibly fulfill their original function of disturbing the peace...which is still the only method by which the mind can be improved...they bear witness instead to the attainment of a certain level of economic stability and a certain thin measure of sophistication. But art and ideas come out of the passion and torment of experience: it is impossible to have a real relationship to the first if one’s aim is to be protected from the second.”
“Quite, quite,' she thought with a little sigh. 'It's always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the heroes afterward.”
Source: Moominland Midwinter
“Quitters and waiters have a varied beginning, but a similar ending. They don't win! Don't wait; don’t quit... Arise and shine with the light of passion right there in you!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on; waiters don’t start what they could have gained. What is common there is failure.”
Source: Shaping the dream
“Quitters don't win and winners don't quit.”
“Quitters have the good sense to admit their mistakes, cut their losses, and move on.”
Source: The Quit
“Quitting because of extreme struggle is sort of success, but quitting because of little inconvenience is insanity.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Quitting doesn't enter my mind.”
“Quitting is leading too.”
“Quitting is never an option on the road to success. Find the way forward. If you have a positive mindset and are willing to persevere, there is little that is beyond your reach. The attitude of being ready to work even in the face of challenges and despite odds is what will make all the difference in your life.”
“Quitting is never an option. The cows have to be milked come Hell or High Water.”
“Quitting is not a problem; not knowing when or why to quit and being a quitter is the problem.”
“Quitting is NOT an option”
“Quitting is not an option. I will not let anyone on this team quit.”
“Quitting is not giving up, it's choosing to focus your attention on something more important. Quitting is not losing confidence, it's realizing that there are more valuable ways you can spend your time. Quitting is not making excuses, it's learning to be more productive, efficient and effective instead. Quitting is letting go of things (or people) that are sucking the life out of you so you can do more things that will bring you strength.”
Source: Impossible Is Stupid
“Quitting is the easiest thing to do.”
“Quitting is the only failure.”
“Quitting is the only thing that really brings permanent failure.”
“Quitting is the only way you can stop smoking.”
Source: Stardust Family - We Are One!
“Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body”
Source: What It Is Like To Go To War
“Quitting isn’t always a weakness; sometimes it’s a strategic choice to focus on more meaningful pursuits.”
Source: Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide
“Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.”
“Quitting’s not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy.”
“Really? Was that how you quit me?” And just like that, without thinking, without saying it in my head first, without arguing with myself for days, it’s out there.
“So,” she says, as if speaking to an audience under the bridge. “He finally says it.”
Source: Where She Went
“Quitting smoking can be a very good test of ones character. Pass the test and you will have accomplished so much more than just get rid of one bad habit”
“Quitting smoking is easy, I've done it hundreds of times.”
“QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MOST FINELY TARGETED WAY TO RESIST THE INSANITY OF OUR TIMES”
“Quitting the show was a complete anomaly in my life and my career. I've never missed out on anything. I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.”
“Quitting, for me, means not giving up, but moving on; changing direction not because something doesn’t agree with you, but because you don’t agree with something. It’s not a complaint, in other words, but a positive choice, and not a stop in one’s journey, but a step in a better direction. Quitting-whether a job or a habit-means taking a turn so as to be sure you’re still moving in the direction of your dreams.”
“Quitting’s not hard. Deciding to quit is hard. Once you make that mental leap, the rest is easy.” “Really? Was that how you quit me?”
Source: Where She Went
“Quix even built a kanban board that talked. It had an AI voice that said things like, “Your velocity is weak, and your story points are ashamed to be associated with you.” We named it KanbanChatterbox.”
Source: Agile Protocol: The Transformation Ultimatum
“Quixote shines from Lorca and Picasso,
From Dalí and El Greco,
From the gloomy 'View of Toledo.'
He was born before Cervantes.”
“QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition
“Quizas te sorprenda que me acuerde con tanto detalle de ese dia, de esas horas (...) A mi tambien me sorprende. Solo recordamos con tanta precision los dias marcados por algun acontecimiento historico del que hemos sido testigos, o por la muerte de algun familiar muy querido. Al hablar de un dia asi damos importancia capital a los detalles mas insignificantes; decimos: era martes, la una y media de la tarde, veintiocho de octubre; o bien: yo me encontraba en un rincon, alrededor de las dos y media llego el medico, unos minutos antes de las tres el enfermo pidio una limonada y, cuando murio, el reloj marcaba exactamente las tres y cuatro minutos. Los detalles no tienen ningun sentido en si, pero continuamos arrastrando su recuerdoa una escala exagerada. No hay otra forma de entender..., asi que nos agarramos a los desechos del mundo real, pues lo ocurrido es tan incomprensible que necesitamos algunos puntos de apoyo para no perder el equilibrio.”
Source: Divorce à Buda
“Quizá Dios tenga que recordarnos con tremenda claridad que eso es exactamente lo que quería decirnos con esas palabras aparentemente tan simples del Sermón de la Montaña: «No estéis preocupados por vuestra vida: qué vais a comer; o por vuestro cuerpo: con qué os vais a vestir. Buscad primero el Reino de Dios y su justicia, y todas estas cosas se os añadirán».”
Source: He Leadeth Me
“Quizá, durante sus breves meses de amor, nunca vio la belleza de los ojos con tanta emoción, ni pudo compararlos, como ahora, con sus gemelos brillantes; joyas negras, hondo de mar quieto bajo el sol, fondo de arena mecida en el tiempo, cerezas oscuras del árbol de carne y entrañas calientes. Nunca dijo eso. No hubo tiempo.”
“Quizá el verdadero éxito radique en fracasar en una sociedad como la actual.”
“Quizá en el corazón de cada uno de los que ahora desean nuestro mal se remuevan motivos distintos para odiarnos. Algunos serán campesinos que después de un mal año tienen que pagar de todas formas sus impuestos. En el fondo de su ser desearían maldecir al rey o incluso al cielo por su desdicha, pero tienen miedo a llegar tan lejos en sus injurias y se limitan a desear la desgracia del recaudador de impuestos que, a veces, es un judío. Otros son tan pobres que saben que por debajo de ellos no existe nadie a quien puedan contemplar como a alguien inferior y más desafortunado. También a ésos les agrada descubrir la existencia de gentes a las que mirar con desprecio por encima del hombro, de gentes como nosotros. Luego están los resentidos que se creen maltratados injustamente por la vida a la vez que piensan que otros han recibido lo que ellos debían poseer con más merecimientos. De buena gana se revolverían contra los nobles, los labradores acomodados o los comerciantes ricos para robarles lo que tienen, pero su cobardía se lo impide. Para ellos los judíos somos la presa ideal porque poco o nada podemos defendernos...”
Source: EL APRENDIZ DE CABALISTA CV 07
“Quizá era eso lo peor de todo (...), no tener a nadie con quien compartir los recuerdos.”
Source: Winter Solstice
“Quizá la definición de lacrónica que más me gusta es una que no he escuchado todavía: un texto periodístico que se ocupa de lo que no es noticia.”
Source: Cada Mesa, Un Vietnam