S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Swapping Bergdahl for illegal enemy combatants (terrorists, in common parlance) signaled unmistakably to Taliban and al Qaeda that Obama is determined to withdraw from Afghanistan no matter what the cost to the United States or those in Afghanistan fighting to remain free.”
“Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.”
Source: Socialism of My Conception
“Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“Swaraj does not depend on jail going. If it did, there are thousands of prisoners in jail today. It depends on everyone doing his or her own task.”
Source: Collected Works
“Swaraj for me means freedom for the meanest of countrymen.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings
“Swaraj is a hardy tree of patient growth.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it!”
Source: Samagra Lokmanya Tilak
“Swaraj is not a product of excitement or intoxication. Swaraj will be the natural and inevitable result of business like habits.”
Source: Collected Works
“Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.”
Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves.”
Source: Collected Works
“Swaraj means ability to regard every inhabitant of India as our own brother or sister.”
Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
“Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.”
Source: The Essential Writings
“Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.”
Source: Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation
“Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.”
Source: India of My Dreams
“Swaraj will favour Hinduism no more than Islam, nor Islam more than Hinduism.”
Source: Wof : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
“Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“Swaraj, without any qualifying clause, includes that which is better than the best one can conceive or have today.”
Source: The Essential Writings
“Swarmed by men everywhere, but none she could proclaim ‘Mine!’
Many cities her foot traversed, but none she could exclaim ‘Home!”
Source: Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories
“Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can avoid deep contact in time-consuming and meaningful ways... You're flitting from one place to another. You're more likely to pursue superficial engagements rather than deep pursuits. It contributes to this certain MTV approach to life where you engage in something for a few minutes and then there's a commercial... You have to get a grip on reality. Unless you know what is real-what is a real friendship and relationship-neither can have an effect on you.”
“Swarms of bees, beetles, soft music of the world, a gentle humming; brent geese, barnacle geese, shortly before All Hallows, music of the dark wild torrent.
(Medieval poem by a monk of Ynys Enlli, an island off the coast of Wales)”
Source: The Wild Places
“SWAT? For me?" Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive sterilised cotton wool wad under my nose.
"Tactical Support was busy. You got Dennis and Arlo," said Harry, speed-reading the papers he'd snatched from inside my jacket.
Closest his hands had been to my chest in a long time.
"Which one broke my nose?"
"That'd be Dennis.”
Source: Gatsby's Smile
“Swatantrya Shakti is one with God consciousness. There are not two elements, such as the mirror and the object which is reflected in the mirror. The reflected and the reflection are one. The mirror which is the absolutely independent will of God(swatantrya) us God consciousness”
Source: Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme
“Swathed in silk, I feel like a caterpillar in a cocoon awaiting metamorphosis. I always supposed that to be a peaceful condition. At first it is. But as I journey into the night, I feel more and more trapped, suffocated by the slippery bindings, unable to emerge until I have transformed into something of beauty. I squirm, trying to shed my ruined body and unlock the secret to growing flawless wings. Despite enormous effort, I remain a hideous creature, fired into my current form by the blast from the bombs.”
“Sway says you’ve been taking really good care of him for me. (Claria) Well, his mom did a great job housebreaking him, so he doesn’t require too much work. Not to mention Vik doesn’t mind walking him once a day. It’s all good. (Devyn) You’re such a smartass. (Claria)”
Source: Born of Ice
“Swayam thought to himself that this marriage was turning out to be a circus with multiple ringmasters.”
Source: Unleash That River
“Swaying as her feet touched the ground, Evie turned her face into her husband's shoulder. Sebastian was literally steaming, the chilly air striking off his flushed skin and turning his breath into puffs of white. He subjected her to a brief but thorough inspection, his hands running lightly over her, his gaze searching her pale face. His voice was astonishingly tender. "Are you hurt, Evie? Look up at me, love. Yes. Sweetheart... did they do you any injury?"
"N-no." Evie stared at him dazedly.”
Source: Devil in Winter
“Sway’s an idiot who didn’t order them when we used up the last bunch. (Vik) Isn’t that your job? (Devyn) No. I’m the sub-idiot. Sway’s head idiot because the company refuses to deal with mechas. Since I’m not organic, they think I can’t pay. (Vik) Thanks, Vik. (Devyn) Ever my pleasure to irritate you, sir. (Vik)”
“Swear it on your life. (Zephyra) That I can never do. (Stryker) Why can’t you? (Zephyra) Because you are my life, and I can’t live another day without you. (Stryker)”
“Swear like a good girl. Son of a Hamster!”
Source: Sean
“Swear me, Kate, like a lady as thou art,
A good mouth-filling oath.”
“Swear... swear by the pirates' code!"
Hook looked exasperated.
Wendy put her hands on her hips.
She knew about boys trying to sneak out of promises. She had two younger brothers. You had to be very specific with your orders and wishes, or they were as wily and untrustworthy as evil genies. And what was a pirate, really, but a boy grown, with a real sword and a mustache?
"Swear it," she repeated.
She could have sworn she heard muffled laughter from behind him on the deck.
Hook sighed.
All right, all right. I swear on the pirates' code: I, Captain Hook, promise that in return for Peter Pan's shadow I shall grant Wendy Darling passage to Never Land and home- when circumstances allow it.”
Source: Straight On Till Morning
“Swear to God, for someone so obsessed with music, she’s borderline tone deaf. But trying to describe how I felt watching her dance around and sing would be like trying to build a skyscraper with my bare hands. It made me want to marry her. Made me want to buy her a magic airplane and fly her away to a place where nothing bad could ever happen. Made me want to pour rubber cement all over my chest and then lay down on top of her so that we’d be stuck together, and so it would hurt like hell if we ever tried to tear ourselves apart.”
Source: How to Kill a Rock Star
“Swear to me swear to me that if it isn't dead you'll all come back.”
“Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing.”
“Swearing can be fun, but doing it all the time causes a lot of problems”
“Swearing, d’Angelo entered the elevator. Fortunately, that was also still in order. When he got to the bridge, everything looked pretty ordinary – except for the third body of the day, which was lying spread-eagled on the deck with an almost comical look of surprise on his face. Jang was dead, although d’Angelo couldn’t see the cause, but then, he was no doctor. He sighed dismally. Now he hadn’t a navigator either. Or a crew for that matter.”
Source: Blachart
“Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.”
“Swearing is industry language. For as long as we're alive it's not going to change. You've got to be boisterous to get results.”
“swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.”
Source: Felicia To Charlotte: Being Letters From A Young Lady in the Country, To Her Friend in Town : Containing A Series of the Most Interesting Events, Interspersed with Moral Reflections ...
“Swearing makes an excellent relief mechanism”
“Swearing on the Bible, you understand that shit? They tell you to raise your right hand and put your left hand on the Bible. Does this stuff really matter, which hand? Does God really give a fuck about details like this? Suppose you put your right hand on the Bible and you raise your left hand. Would that count? Or would God say, 'Sorry, wrong hand, try again'? And why does one hand have to be raised? [...] But let's get back to the Bible, America's favorite national theatrical prop.
Suppose the Bible they hand you to swear on is upside down, or backward, or both, and you swear to tell the truth on an upside-down backward Bible. Would that count? Suppose the Bible they hand you is an old Bible and half the pages are missing. Suppose all they have is a Chinese Bible. In an American court. Or a Braille Bible, and you're not blind. Suppose they hand you an upside-down, backward, Chinese, Braille Bible with half the pages missing. At what point does all of this stuff just break down and become just a lot of stupid shit that somebody made up? They fuckin' made it up, folks, it's make-believe! It's make-believe [...] Bible or no Bible, God or no God, if it suits their purposes, people are going to lie in court.”
“Swearing relieves the feelings - that is what swearing does. I explained this to my aunt on one occasion, but it didn't answer with her. She said I had no business to have such feelings.”
Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.”
“Swearing when in heavy traffic.”
“Swearwords were one of the best things humans had invented...”
Source: Written in Red
“Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.”
“Sweat equity is the best startup capital.”
Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It
“Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is.”
“Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.”
“Sweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy.”