S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.”
“Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.”
“Sometimes people get taken away from you whether you want it or not. And sometimes that hurts so much, it might be easier to forget.”
Source: Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
“Sometimes people go off in a slightly different direction of wanting to be different, of wanting to be special, of wanting to be more, and I think that those people are often - not always, but often - genuinely different in some way. Perhaps their gender orientation is not acceptable or popular, not the norm. Or, their physical design is literally, in some way, setting them apart. Or, in many cases, they feel the burden of their ordinariness so dreadfully that they strive to find some way of being unique. I think that can be a very positive thing, but it also can be negative, destructive.”
“Sometimes people graduate but they don't leave. They hang around for years, for no reason. I would think of ghosts like that, I decided.”
Source: The Name of the Star
“Sometimes people grow up together and sometimes they grow apart. You just have to try to make the best of it.”
Source: Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses
“Sometimes people hate you. Just hate them back.”
“Sometimes people have a difficult time understanding my English.”
“Sometimes people have a wild past because they have an essentially wild nature, and that's how they plan to go through life. Sometimes such people settle into happy monogamy, and can be content there because they never have to wonder, "What did I miss?"”
“Sometimes people have nothing to say because they're too empty.
And sometimes people have nothing to say because they're too full.”
“Sometimes people have said that Islam, in its own calendar, is still only in the Middle Ages.”
“Sometimes people have said that Islam, in its own calendar, is still only in the Middle Ages. It's still in the fifteenth century or whatever. And Christianity in the fifteenth century, after all, was full of inquisitions and burnings at the stake, and so on and so on. So give Islam time, and it will reach the point of maturity that other religions have. But Mormonism is much younger than Islam, and it's got there already. So I don't think that's an argument that works.”
“Sometimes people have sympathized with me because long years of my life were spent in jail and in exile. Well, those years ... were a mixed experience. I hated them because they separated me from the dearest thing in the world-the struggle of my people for rebirth. At the same time, they were a blessing because I had what is so rare in this world-the opportunity of thinking about basic issues, the opportunity of examining afresh the beliefs I held.”
“Sometimes people have to believe us. But they never have to believe in us.”
“Sometimes people have to remind you to aim high. Most of us are afraid of aiming high for fear of failure and our biggest failure is that we aim too low.”
“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
“Sometimes people hurt us unintentionally. We may view that they've hurt us intentionally and want revenge. But sometimes when we really look back again, we can see that they weren't intentional in trying to hurt us. That's when we need to confess our judgment of them and forgive them for their unintentional hurts committed against us.”
“Sometimes people identified too strongly with the famous—it was one of the prices of notoriety, especially when so many considered you to be a hero. Batman sometimes filled much too large a hole in people’s lives.”
Source: The Batman Murders
“Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that it’s not all up to you to make someone else happy.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.”
“Sometimes people just don't understand the way that I work in politics.”
“Sometimes people just feel as if we want to try something to see if we can shake things up.”
“Sometimes people just get tried of you, just try and reduce to hurt yourself caring ‘bout them.”
“Sometimes people just go their separate ways. But, it doesn't mean you need to destroy yourself and others just to get back at an indifferent universe.”
Source: Her
“Sometimes people just like being around each other, and good things come out of that.”
“Sometimes people just see the overall success and it overshadows our true love for music and how much we love to record. I love to record music and I love to see the reception of it even more!”
“Sometimes people just show up, which is kind of scary. And then you are like, 'Okay guy... got to leave'.”
“Sometimes people just want to be happy, even if it’s not real.”
Source: Insurgent
“Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were.”
“Sometimes, people leave, and they don't even tell us the reason. We always imagine the possible things, and these possibilities make us believe whatever happened, happened.”
Source: Sukoon
“Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone”
Source: Into the Woods
“Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Others may decieve you - you decide what's good. You decide alone, but no one is alone. People make mistakes. Fathers, mothers, people make mistakes, holding to their own, thinking they're alone. Honor their mistakes. Fight for their mistakes. Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good.”
“Sometimes, people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, so what. That is one of my favourite things to say. So what.”
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, "So what." "My mother didn't love me." So what. "My husband won't ball me. So what. "I'm a success but I'm still alone." So what. I don't know how I made it through all the years before I learned how to do that trick. It took a long time for me to learn it, but once you do, you never forget.”
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what.”
Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
“Sometimes people like to take risks.”
“Sometimes people look at our covers and say, "That looks just like that other cover." I say, "And?" It reminds them of a cover from way back when. If you know the cover, then pull it out and compare it. I don't care. It's supposed to bring back memories.”
“Sometimes, people meant it when they smiled. Other times, they smiled because they wanted to mean it.”
Source: July Thunder
“Sometimes people might believe in themselves, but it's not enough when they feel like they don't have support.”
Source: I Wanna Be Where You Are
“Sometimes people mishear my lyrics and think a song's about something it isn't.”
“Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Idi Amin
“Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.”
“Sometimes people need to be told to sit down and shut up.”
“Sometimes people need to experience acute suffering before the thinking and the awareness of the consciousness separate. People then realize there is another dimension in them that is not thinking but the ability to be aware of thinking. It is not emotion but the ability to be aware of emotion.”
“Sometimes people need to experience great loss to really be driven deeper.”
“Sometimes, people need to know that they aren’t alone and that they can lean on someone when needed.”
Source: We Hope This Reaches You in Time
“Sometimes people need to know they could be forgiven to have the strength to change.”
Source: Prism
“Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all.”
“Sometimes people need to take the wrong path in order to lead them to the right one.”
Source: Irish Crown
“Sometimes, people never stood a chance in the beginning. Or they might have made a mistake. When people start saying things like she must be a bad mother because of that mistake." .... "It's not fair. People claim to know you through the things you've done and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.”
Source: Burial Rites