S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Show me a friend in need and I'll show you a pest.”
“Show me a frigid woman and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.”
Source: Sex & Sensibility
“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”
“Show me a girl
Strong and sure
Who has many dreams
And never lies
Show me a girl
Carrying the fire within her
A girl
Bold enough and
With the overwhelming love
Show me that rare girl
Who don't know how to quit”
Source: The Curved Rainbow
“Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and I'll show you a girl who can't put her pants on. -Annik Marchand”
“Show me a god that does not demand mortal suffering. Show me a god that celebrates diversity, a celebration that embraces even non-believers, and is not threatened by them. Show me a god that understands the meaning of peace. In life, not in death.”
Source: The Bonehunters: Malazan Book Of Fallen 6
“Show me a golfer who doesn't have a mean streak, and I'll show you a weak competitor.”
“Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.”
“Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.”
Source: Nice Guys Finish Last
“Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a failure.”
“Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.”
“Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.”
“Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.”
“Show me a healthy community with a healthy economy and I will show you a community that has its green infrastructure in order and understands the relationship between the built and the unbuilt environment.”
“Show me a hero and I'll show you a bum.”
Source: Baa Baa Black Sheep
“Show me a hero and I'll show you a man enslaved by his competence.”
Source: The Curse of the Mistwraith
“Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.”
“Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.”
Source: Bringing Up Girls: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Women
“Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.”
“Show me a mall, and I'm happy.”
“Show me a man in love, and I’ll show you his greatest weakness.”
Source: Code of Silence
“Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.”
“Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.”
Source: The Stand
“Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same.”
Source: Raymond Chandler Speaking
“Show me a man or woman with a mission, and I'll show you somebody that's tougher to beat.”
“Show me a Man so perfect
And let watch the moon unravel a thousand truths”
Source: 13 Days of Solitude: Thoughts beyond Words
“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.”
“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.”
“Show me a man who fishes in winter, and I'll show you a fanatic. Actually, I'll get the better of the deal, because for sheer spectacle a fanatic doesn't hold a candle to a man who fishes in winter”
Source: They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
“Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. What they have done commits and enforces them to do the same again. The first act, which was to be an experiment, becomes a sacrament.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.”
“Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who doesn't do things.”
“Show me a man who mistakes patience for weakness and I’ll show you a fool.”
“Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.”
“Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.”
“Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.”
“Show me a man's closest companions and I can make a fairly accurate guess as to what sort of man he is, as well as what sort of man he is likely to become.”
Source: As Iron Sharpens Iron: Building Character in a Mentoring Relationship
“Show me a mediocre student with a lot of questions, I'll show you a genius - show me a smart student with a lot of answers, I'll show you second-hand human.”
Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
“Show me a mistress that is passing fair, what doth her beauty serve but as a note where I may read who pass'd that passing fair?”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Show me a movement that doesn't hate somebody and I will join it at once.”
Source: Right where You are Sitting Now: Further Tales of the Illuminati
“Show me a nation with a titanic army,
I'll show you a society in decay.
Show me a society that spends in education,
I'll show you tomorrow being built today.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“Show me a novelist – or, indeed, a reader – who wasn’t a socially awkward, self-conscious adolescent, prone to clumsiness and excessive reading and I’ll… well, I’ll probably bang my shoulder on the door frame as I storm out. Many of the most unforgettable female fictional protagonists are gauche, self-doubting, plain and think too much.”
“Show me a person who doesn't like french fries and we'll swap lies.”
“Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag.”
“Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.”
“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.”
“Show me a person who has nothing to hide, and I'll show you a person who is either exceedingly dull - or a complete exhibitionist”
“Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.”
“Show me a person who never made a mistake, and I will show you a person who never did anything.”
Source: Time to Make the Donuts
“Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”
Source: Caravan of Dreams