R Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with R. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Right now, when you go and hit the light switch in your house, you're participating in a state-protected monopoly. You're being forced to accept dirty power from a single producer.”
“Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are building up military forces. NATO forces are carrying out maneuvers hundreds of yards from the Russian border, the Russian jets are buzzing American jets. Anything could blow up in a minute.”
“Right now, with millions of Americans still out of work, and struggling to recover from the worst economic downturn since the great depression, with 40 million Americans dealing with student loans, with millions of people working full-time at minimum wage and still living in poverty, with the big banks getting bigger and the workers getting poorer, and seniors struggling to make ends meet, Republicans in Washington have decided the most important thing for them to focus on is how to deny women access to birth control.”
“Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they're thinking and have their voice be heard.”
“Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue.”
“Right now, women's worth is being quantified by how they look and their Instagrams and likes. That's all so self-created, so why are we trying to add to that? It's hard enough to be a young woman, or man, growing up and trying to find your identity, rather than having a whole Internet of people weighing in on it. It makes me sad for those kids.”
“Right now, you know, it's not about the refs or anything else, it's about hitting first, getting on the run and never looking back.”
“Right now, your destiny is to shut up!”
“right now,I am my father”
Source: Lush
“Right now-whether you're in writing courses getting "paid" in credit for writing, or burdened and distracted by earning a living and changing diapers-figure out how to make writing an integral part of your life. Publication is good, and gives you the courage to go on, but publication is not as important as the act of writing.”
“Right on the dot, Ted waltzes in as if he owns the place. Vince looks up from the pump. Christ he’s got his ice-cream seller’s jacket on, straw hat, moustache gleaming like a pair of brass handles.”
Source: Blasted Things
“Right on through today, my lungs and stamina are my engine. I'm not nearly the strongest guy or the most flexible, but I can definitely sustain pace on the mountain.”
“Right on time, sugar.” Josh draped his arm around her shoulders and steered her through the lobby. “Traffic okay?”
“Yeah, except when that alien spaceship landed on I-90 and then all those crickets jumped out to perform Beethoven’s Fifth on kazoos. Otherwise, clear sailing.”
Source: Sugared
“Right on to the New Period vineyard arbors were the centre and chief ornament of all gardens.”
“Right or wrong, do it right for posterity to thrive on your dexterity”
“Right or Wrong Don't know
But those things don't give me Money,
But gives Satisfaction
It consumes my time,
But gives me happiness
Those things can't give me Future,
But I can't live without them
These things Can't give me fame,
But adds value to my life
So Conservation is life”
“Right or wrong, good or bad, children love their parents. That’s what they do. But sometimes those parents don’t do right and we have to find a way to come to terms with it.”
Source: Raise It Up
“Right or Wrong, most times, merely depends on perspective. It takes humility (not necessarily logic) to let go of our egos to see through the other person's eyes. But I guess even I, myself, can't let go to see why you'd object.”
“Right or wrong. When you stand on a principle..you're never wrong.”
“Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.”
“Right or wrong, the customer is always right.”
“Right or wrong, when a team is doing well, the head coach and the quarterback get all the praise and when a team's not doing well, the head coach and the quarterback get all the blame. I've learned to drown that out.”
“Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.”
“Right path will not always look like a right path; wrong path will not always look like a wrong path!”
“Right person, wrong timing doesn’t mean God was wrong. It means you were there at the right time to fulfill something else. Look for it.”
“Right perspective is no perspective or all perspectives.”
“Right reason is stronger than force.”
“Right," said Jack, and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Within a mile Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off.”
Source: Brokeback Mountain
“Right. Seven years have passed with the Gaumonts, so that excuse of being ‘new’ isn’t going to work anymore.”
Source: The High Auction
“Right, she remembered. They don't know yet that I'm Important. They don't realize that soon everyone will know my name, or that I can save them from so many horrible things.”
Source: Darkstalker
“Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children's eyes are not shining? That's a totally different world.”
“Right. So no plans at all then?"
Jenna frowned. "Other than rocking in the fetal position for a while?"
"Yeah, I was thinking about taking one of those showers where you huddle in the corner fully clothed and cry," Archer offered.”
Source: Spell Bound
“Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.”
Source: A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Right state of mind is an extremely important trigger to support, sustain and scale up remote work or WFH.”
“Right step in the right direction takes you
to the right destination.”
“Right." Thea dabbed at her lips with her napkin. "No feminism at the dinner table.”
Source: The Inheritance Games
“Right. Then I guess the next step is getting in closer.” Kino grinned. “I volunteer!” “No,” they said in unison. “Spoilsports.”
Source: The Scribemaster Chronicles
“Right then I knew we were feeling the same thing. I knew we loved Cassia, if not exactly the same way, then the same amount. And the amount was: completely.”
Source: Reached
“Right then, I understood that the things that happened in the past was not who I was. They helped to etch notches in me, like Daddy when he whittled on a stick, but them things wasn’t who I was. What would make me, shape me, grow me, would be the decisions I’d make from here on out. Them things was up to me. One more time, things pointed to trust.”
Source: What Momma Left Behind
“Right then, I wanted to go back in time and relive every moment with him. One more secret smile, one more shared laugh. One more electric kiss. Finding him was like finding someone I didn't know I was searching for. He’d come into my life too late, and now was leaving too soon. I remembered him telling he’d give up everything for me. He already had.”
Source: The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale
“Right then, it didn't matter what his reasons were. All I knew that I was sick of him breaking my heart.”
Source: Torn
“Right there in that room, listening to the tape Laura gave me, I decided that I wanted something more than what I’d allowed myself to become. Listening to the voices and piano notes fade in and out, I decided that I wanted to be happy. If I had to fight for things in life, I wanted to fight for something bigger than the right to eat with a fork. I wanted to love and be loved and feel alive. I had no idea how to find my way, but listening to that music wash over me, I felt, for the first time, that the struggle I faced would be worth it.”
Source: Giving Up the Ghost: A Story About Friendship, 80s Rock, a Lost Scrap of Paper, and What It Means to Be Haunted
“Right there is the blessing of true Godward hunger: the more of God we come to know, the more of God we want to know. This doesn’t mean perfection, for all our yearnings in this life will be incomplete until we see Jesus; but it does mean we have endless potential to grow, as we seek more of God and receive the fullness of joy that only he can give (Ps. 16: 11)” (pp. 25-26).”
Source: Help for the Hungry Soul: Eight Encouragements to Grow Your Appetite for God's Word
“Right there is the usefulness of migraine, there in that imposed yoga, the concentration on the pain. For when the pain recedes, ten or twelve hours later, everything goes with it, all the hidden resentments, all the vain anxieties. The migraine has acted as a circuit breaker, and the fuses have emerged intact. There is a pleasant convalescent euphoria.”
Source: The White Album
“Right there, the Jew temple of Jerusalem beneath us, I swore to myself that I would finally enter him - the boy prophet, the ultimate challenge, my obsession. I would enter him the way I entered the Emperor's gates after a campaign: invincible, majestic. But hailed by his groans rather than by the cries of banner-waving masses.”
Source: Vampire Vow
“Right there, in front of everyone, I threw my arms arond his neck and mashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second, then his strong arms wraped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe. "ZOMG," I heard Nudge whisper.”
“Right things find you when you start walking on the right path.”
“Right thinking begins with righteous thoughts.”
“Right thinking is your best light in this dark universe; it is your best hope in your worst hopelessness!”
“Right thinking leads to right action.”