S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Shuttered like a fan no-one suspects your shoulder blades of wings.”
“Shutting down behind self-pity and secret shame; sacrificing themselves to childish mothers and selfish men; vaguely yearning, self-medicating; painting someone else's pictures; obediently tracing the magic circle. afraid, entranced. There are so many different ways to drown.”
Source: Ornament and Silence
“Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.”
“Shutting down the biologically toxic Mauna Kea Observatories is the short term goal. The long term goal is shutting down the biologically toxic Space industry.”
“Shutting down the biologically toxic Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) is the smaller target, the larger target is shutting down the biologically toxic Space industry.”
“Shutting down the biologically toxic Space industry is on my ‘To Do’ list.”
“Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.”
“Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.”
“Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.”
Source: Déclassée: Daddy's gone a-hunting; and Greatness - a comedy ...
“Shutting people down creatively often doesn't get the best performance out of them.”
“Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“Shuttles in the rocking loom of history,
the dark ships move, the dark ships move,
their bright ironical names
like jests of kindness on a murderer's mouth”
Source: Collected Prose
“Shutup, lapdog, this isn’t your fight, either. Boy, you better counsel that tongue before you find yourself without it.”
Source: Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel
“Shutup,Caine," Edilio said in a voice so soft it was almost a whisper. Anger, a dangerous anger, flared in Caine. "Who are you to talk to me that way?" "You've been the problem, Caine. From the start. You're the one who kept us from ever really being able to unite, to fight this thing, You and your stupid need to control everyone. Don't you come here now all sheepish, all head hanging down and tell me you're scared." Edilio stabbed a finger in Caine's chest. It was such a un-Edilio moment it surprised them both.”
“Shvataš li šta je to poći u rat? Ako se i vratim, neću biti onaj koji je otišao. Ja se, Natalija, ne bojim smrti, bojim se rata. Užasno se bojim rata.”
Source: Vreme smrti, knjiga I
“Shvatio sam… Da nema čoveka, kompjuter ne bi postojao. Da nema kompjutera, mnogi ljudi ne bi naučili šta znači biti čovek.”
Source: Profajler
“Shvatio sam kako najviše tuge, nemira i nesreće donosi vezivanje i pouzdanje u ljude. To se dešava kada želimo da oni budu nama zadovoljni, da im se približimo i hvalimo ih.”
Source: لا تحزن
“Shy, all those things you listed don’t make a person. They don’t. I mean it. You’re beautiful, both inside and outside, but please don’t look at me to validate that. You have to know it for yourself. -Taylor Holden, Strapped.”
Source: Strapped
“Shy girls are the prettiest!”
“Shy gold begins to peep through the sombre green - the wattle's wedding dress - and Spring is near. Then suddenly it seems, one golden morning, the Bush awakes, a living thing. Flowers bloom, birds sing, and all the world puts on its gayest dress to greet the laughing Spring.”
“Shy is wrapped up in other people,
no weight on his back,
eyes closed,
waiting for another day.”
Source: Shy
“Shy maids are my favorite sort. Aside from wanton ones.”
Source: A Dance with Dragons
“Shy people are my favorites. The unmistakable glint of shyness in someone's eyes can mesmerize me for years!”
“Shy people don’t say they are shy. Humble people don’t say they are humble. If someone does, read again.”
“Shy people operate as if they have a mirror in front of them all the time.”
“Shy said It's our music, coming out of our shit towns, it's not from Staten Island or Seattle or Detroit, it's from Walsall and Watford.
Shaun and his mate Andy burst out laughing and Andy did a squeaky voice and said Fwom Wycombe and Weading and... Wochdale and Shy said Fuck off Andy, and Shaun said Argh man, learn to take a joke, yeah?”
Source: Shy
“Shy to speak but swift to serve is a significant skill.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Shy, what is it?
I say it is intrigued by pride
and hesitated by
a feeling of being unworthy.”
“Shylah's soft laughter slid into Draden's mind. Warm like honey, filling him up when he hadn't known he was empty.”
Source: Toxic Game
“Shylah was like Nonny. She would stand with her man, carving out a home and fighting by his side when necessary in the worst of circumstances.”
Source: Toxic Game
“Shyness can be interpreted as a kind of aggression.”
“Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.”
“Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
“Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart - a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.”
“Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.”
“Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.”
“Shyness is a safety mechanism to save you from the fear of being wrong, and the ridicule that comes along with it. As human beings, we crave love, acceptance, and belonging. As part of this, we fear the opposite: shame and ridicule. If we lack confidence in ourselves, we constantly fear this—and seek external validation.”
Source: Quiet Confidence: Breaking Up With Shyness
“Shyness is a symptom of and a punishment for thinking too little of and too much about yourself.”
“Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.”
“Shyness is cute in children, but disgusting in adults.”
“Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval.”
“Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.”
“Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.”
“Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.”
“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.”
Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“Shyness makes strangers of people who could have been more than friends.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication.”
“Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection
“Shākyamuni did not gain enlightenment in a gradual ascent of degrees of knowledge, but rather attained it all at once.”
Source: Zen Enlightenment: Origins And Meaning