S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Should anyone knock at my heart and say, 'Who lives here?' I should reply, 'Not Martin Luther, but the Lord Jesus Christ.'”
“Should ardent spirits be everywhere banished from the list of drinks, it will be a revolution not the least remarkable in this revolutionary age, and our country will have its full share in that as in other merits.”
Source: Letters and Other Writings of James Madison
“Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.”
“Should at that moment the full moon Step forth upon the hill, And memories hard to bear at noon, By moonlight harder still, Form in the shadows of the trees, - Things that you could not spare And live, or so you thought, yet these All gone, and you still there, A man no longer what he was, Not yet the thing he planned.”
Source: Wine from these grapes
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.”
Source: Burns: 'A Red, Red Rose' and Other Poems
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min?”
“Should be great. But when have things ever worked out great? In the human dream?”
Source: Frankissstein: A Love Story
“Should check the Internet and make sure everything on there is correct.”
Source: The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius
“Should Christians govern and are Christians the only ones who are truly qualified to govern, and the answer is, of course, Yes.”
“Should consumerism be the last thing we accomplish as a species, after all this evolution and the miraculous series of accidents that granted our sentience? Would that not be an utterly dull and inane end to our history?”
Source: Escape Everything!
“Should Disappointment, parent of Despair, Strive for her son to seize my careless heart; When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air, Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart: Chase him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright, And fright him as the morning frightens night!”
Source: The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats
“Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts: "I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people."”
“Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?”
Source: Wheeling Motel
“Should ever anything be missed - milk, coals, umbrellas, brandy - the cat's pitched into with a boot or anything that's handy.”
Source: Fly Leaves
“Should God create another Eve, and I Another Rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart; no no, I feel The Link of Nature draw me: Flesh of Flesh, Bone of my Bone thou art, and from thy State Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.”
“Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.”
“Should happiness and success be hidden, in view of the misery and poverty around. Would it be a sign of selfishness and un-intellectual behavior, if we admit to a pursuit of happiness? Could it, on the contrary, not work out as a motivation and an incentive? When giving voice to our happiness, could it not be perceived as a positive challenge? Could happiness not be contagious and become a salutary infectious syndrome? A beneficial infection. ( "Happy days are back again" )”
“Should have a Ph.d. on the subject of women. Anyhow the fact of the matter is I've failed usually. I'm exceptionally enamored with women; I respect them. Yet, in the same way as all men, I don't comprehend them.”
“Should have dogs before they have kids. Everybody.”
“Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.”
“Should-haves are the devil’s greatest tool against our personal progress. He shouts in our ears that they are failures, while God calmly whispers they are lessons.”
“Should haves lead to death”
Source: Magic Study
“Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones. He'll often take better care of his books than of his own health; he'll spend more on fiction than he does on food; he'll be more interested in his library than in his relationships, and, since few people are prepared to live in a place where every available surface is covered with piles of books, he'll often find himself alone, perhaps in the company of a neglected and malnourished cat. When he dies, all but forgotten, his body might fester for days before a curious neighbor grows concerned about the smell.”
“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.”
“Should I abide by the rules until they're changed, or help speed the change by breaking them?”
“Should I act violently in defense of my religion, absolutely.”
“Should I also be glad of our unwanted guest?"
"Unwanted?" Her eyes widened as her voice rose. "She's the goddess of love, fertility, beauty, and desire. Who could be more perfect for a wedding? Although..." She tapped her lush lips, considering. "She does have a bad side, but you can't blame her. Who wouldn't have issues if you'd been born from the sea foam created from Uranus's blood after his youngest son, Cronus, castrated him and threw his genitals into the sea?"
The woman in pink choked on her food. The man with the goatee barked a laugh. Jay crossed his legs, although his family jewels weren't under threat.
"She also had many adulterous affairs," Zara continued to her now rapt audience of singles. "Most notable with Ares. So maybe cutting off her head is a good thing." She lifted a forkful of biryani. "Did you know her name gave us the word aphrodisiac? Or that her Latin name, Venus, gave us the word venereal for venereal dis----"
Jay cut her off with a raised hand. "Not something I really wanted to think about over a meal.”
Source: The Singles Table
“Should I ask about the handcuffs? (Tate) Not unless you want to live...otherwise if anyone asks, tell them I died of a heart attack during a wild sexcapade with her. (Kyrian)”
“Should I ask everyone the question that should not have been asked, or should I, turning up to the sky, be answering the question that’s not been asked?”
“Should I assume the lure is a certain attractive young dead man?”
Source: Soul Screamers Volume Three: If I Die\Never to Sleep\Before I Wake
“Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my own worry that I have been invited to speak or collaborate solely because of my race, and not because of my abilities.”
“Should I be concerned that you're making a habit out of aiming that at me, Highness?”
Source: Dividing Eden
“Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for earthly objects.”
Source: I am a memory come alive: autobiographical writings
“Should I be offended? (Livia) Please don’t be. I pride myself on being socially inept. But the only people I ever intentionally offend are my bevy of brothers. And speaking of, where’s Big Bad Angry One? (Zarina)”
Source: In Other Worlds
“Should I be Thankful
Or Regretful
That my only idea Of love
Is
You?”
Source: The Last Time I'll Write About You
“Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?”
Source: The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike
“Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.”
“Should I be what I think? But I think about being so many things!”
“Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.”
“Should I be worried about you, Coach?” “No. I’m the strong one, remember? No one worries about the strong one. The strong one worries about everyone else. We take care of others. We don’t get taken care of.”
Source: The Problem with Players
“Should I become President...I will not risk American lives...by permitting any other nation to drag us into the wrong war at the wrong place at the wrong time through an unwise commitment that is unwise militarily, unnecessary to our security and unsupported by our allies.”
“Should I call the FBI and tell them I found DB Cooper?”
“Should I eat first or accuse the Master of the City of murder? Choices, choices. -Anita”
“Should I eat this or should I eat this? Well, I'll have to eat both!”
“Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least taken the time to touch my face.”
Source: Chime
“Should I ever get married, I actually want a really small wedding. A private ceremony that's shrouded in secrecy. I want something intimate. Something between me and my lover. Not a huge party that is really, this grandiose gesture over something that two people should be celebrating between them, alone, and not the world.”
“Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was lying within a few yards of her.”
Source: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“Should I get bangs?" ― Hamlet”
Source: Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
“Should I get married? Should I be good?”
Source: Marriage
“Should I get the Wingleader?”
Source: Fourth Wing