S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Stalking is an underrated startup strategy.”
Source: Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags
“Stalking isn't always sinister; sometimes, it's just creativity driven by curiosity. A name or a face are all I need to craft a picture of who you might be. Instead of asking, I let the internet reveal what it wants me to know about you. Digital footprints whisper the truths people rarely say out loud. Every online trace you leave is a clue, and I'm the curious seeker connecting the dots. And when the trail goes cold, I wonder if they're secretly a spy or just living offline like a cryptid.”
“Stalking's such a loaded word. I prefer serendipitous proximity… I stalk because I care...”
Source: Heroes & Hitmen: a fated mates wolf shifter romance
“Stalking the Angel [Joe]"I could off anybody in this place five times over." [Elvis]"Could you off someone and get away with you here?" [Joe]Head shake. "I'm too good even for me.”
“Stalking the girls' softball team again?”
“Stalks of basil to keep the evil eye at bay. A head of broccoli to heal the body. A bunch of cilantro to mend the soul. Three tomatoes for passion in the bedroom. A cucumber to keep that passion from burning a relationship to the ground. The finishing touch--- one piece of fruit from the shadow garden to amplify it all.”
Source: In the Shadow Garden
“Stallions," Frank said, "they're fightin' over a girl. - DANIEL'S ESPERANZA”
Source: Daniel's Esperanza
“Stallone is a great writer. He wrote one of the best screenplays ever written. Rocky. It is one of the biggest classics of all time. I think in the past, he was shying away from writing his own stuff, because there is a lot of pressure when you star in something that you write.”
“Stallone is a pretty tough director. You don't mess with him.”
“Stamford Bridge holds 42,000. So ten per cent of that would be about 4.1 thousand”
“Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.”
“Stamina. There is a greater physical element to this job than you would think, just being able to grind it out. And I think your ability to not just mentally and emotionally, but physically be able to say, "We got this. We're going to be OK."”
“Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright. My own private theory is that stammerers have so many ideas swirling around their brains at once that they can't get them all out, though I haven't found any scientific evidence to back that up.”
“Stamp, your name is to be Laura. I'm sharing my name with you. I'm putting my power into you and you must do my work. Don't listen to anyone but me. You are to be my command laid on my enemy. you'll make a hole in him through which he'll drip away until he runs dry. As he drips out darkness, we'll smile together, me inside, you outside. We'll crush him between our smiles.”
Source: The Changeover
“Stamp your performance with excellence.”
“Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady intellect..." Never allow weakness to overtake your mind.”
Source: Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda
“Stamping out fires is a lot of fun, but it is only putting things back the way they were.”
“Stamps from Afghanistan are hilarious. You can tell when the revolutions are because suddenly they stop having pictures of the mullahs and the independence monument and they start having fish on them.”
“Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.”
“Stan Hack has as many friends in baseball as Leo Durocher has enemies”
“Stan Lee always wanted to do another syndicated strip while we were doing Spider-Man. I was working two jobs, and he wanted to make time to do another strip. He wanted to do a humor strip. I said, 'Stan, I barely make it through the week now. How the hell am I going to do another strip?' He said, 'Oh, I'm sorry, I always forget it takes you longer to do a page than it takes me to do twenty pages.'”
“Stan Musial, who said, Why didn't they make me the first Polish pope? I was such a good Cardinal. Never got a dinner!”
“Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and really get him mad.”
“Stan Slaughter is the thoroughbred of the environmental educators I've hired. Second place is not even close.”
“Stan smiled too. Life was good, even when you were dead.”
Source: A Man Called Stan
“Stan Ulam was lazy, ... He talked too much ... He was self-centered ... . He had an overpowering personality.”
“stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter.”
Source: The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel
“Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action, adventure, character development, the exploration of a strange world, PLUS resolution of all the problems and mysteries at the end. No lines no waiting. That's very satisfying. Multi-volume stories are satisfying too, just in a different way.”
“Stand alone when it is to your benefit, with others when it is to your advantage, and with everyone when it is to your empowerment.”
“Stand alone with no shame.”
“Stand alone with the truth even when no one takes a stand about the truth.”
Source: The Inward Journey
“Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.”
“Stand and burn the colonial syllabus.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“Stand and face me, my love,and scatter the grace in your eyes.”
Source: Sweetbitter Love: Poems of Sappho
“Stand and yield," she called out, her voice far steadier than her hands.
"For I cannot allow you to pass." Bannor's crooked grin was somehow more intimidating than a snarl.
'Twould have been far easier to despise him if he'd been cursed with horns and a tail instead of twinkling blue eyes and a dimple in his jaw.
"What would you have me yield, my lady? My sword or my heart?"
-willow&bannor-”
Source: Charming the Prince
“Stand anywhere on the mountains comprising Rollins Pass and one stands in the footsteps made by Native Americans, John Quincy Adams Rollins, David Moffat, Horace Sumner, George Barnes, John Trezise, James Benedict and Byron Olson, Jason LaBelle, the authors of this book, and many others. The fluttering pages of history unfurl to form an enduring tapestry—a shared story. Perhaps that is why Rollins Pass is so beloved: those who make the journey to bask in the magical beauty of this place and feel their souls restored in some small way reach across the infinite divide of time to uncover their own pioneering spirit on the dusty roads of Rollins Pass.”
Source: Rollins Pass
“Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.”
“Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before.”
“Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius.”
Source: The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves
“Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you”
Source: Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel
“Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.”
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“Stand back. Forget what you read on the Internet. Attend to the tree before you. Observe the growth pattern of the tree. In Pruning, as in any good design, negative space plays an important role. Well-Pruned trees have an airy quality. Yuki Nara of the website Way of Maple says that a bird can fly through a well pruned Japanese maple- good standard for a fruit tree, too.”
Source: Grow a Little Fruit Tree: Simple Pruning Techniques for Small-Space, Easy-Harvest Fruit Trees
“Stand back you fool! Can't you see I have no idea what I'm doing? (Clark shouts, while felling a poplar with a chainsaw)”
Source: Mezzo giardiniere
“Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!”
“Stand before a mirror, ignore your reflection and try to see the whole mirror. It’s difficult. God stands before you like a huge mirror but you only see your own reflection, your own tiny world.”
“Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare.”
Source: Paladin of Souls
“Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.”
“Stand behind the stories that are real, not just reel.”
“Stand bloody tall - you're the All.”
“Stand by; for I am holier than you!" What a parody on holiness! Jesus the Holy One is the humble One: the holiest will ever be the humblest. There is none holy but God: we have as much of holiness as we have of God.”
Source: Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness – Classic Devotional Meditations on the Character of Christ