T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.”
Source: Triple pursuit: a Graham Greene omnibus
“The hands of Time catch us all in the end.”
Source: Harp and the Lyre: Exchange
“The hands on Eddie's childhood glass then were hard and calloused and red with anger, and he went through his younger years whacked, lashed, and beaten. This was the second damage done, the one after neglect. The damage of violence. It got so that Eddie could tell by the thump of the footsteps coming down the hall how hard he was going to get it.”
Source: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
“The hands pulled him forward regardless. The hands of the Tower knew no mercy.
They were the hands of Gan, the hands of ka, and they knew no mercy.
He smelled alkali, bitter as tears. The desert beyond the door was white; blinding; waterless; without feature save for the faint, cloudy haze of the mountains which sketched themselves on the horizon. The smell beneath the alkali was that of the devil-grass which brought sweet dreams, nightmares, death.
But not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct.
May I be brutally frank? You go on.
And each time you forget the last time. For you, each time is the first time.”
Source: The Dark Tower
“The hands reaching in
among the leaves and spines
were once my mother's.
I've passed them on.
Decades ahead, you'll study your own
temporary hands, and you'll remember.
Don't cry, this is what happens.”
Source: Dearly
“The hands really show signs of age.”
“THE HANDS SHOULDN'T TAKE WHAT THE HEART REJECTS!”
“The hands that are spaced are docks, where desires can dock. (Les mains écartées sont des quais, - Où les désirs peuvent accoster.)”
“The hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded.”
“The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this.”
Source: Lectures.- v.5-7. Discussions.- v.8. Interviews.- v.9. Political.- v.10. Legal.- v.11.-12. Miscellany
“The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“The hands were beautiful, deft and wise: hands for steadying a bicycle, for pouring milk into a cereal bowl, hands for putting on Band-Aids and ruffling your hair.”
Source: Cathy's Key
“The handshake got a third arm as Blake entered and joined in. This was magic for Beckett, pure and simple. The world slowed down, and his cares melted away as he looked from face to face. He loved these men so fiercely, it’d probably scare them if they knew.”
Source: Saving Poughkeepsie
“The handshake got a third arm as Blake joined in. It was magic for Beckett when it was like this. The world slowed down, almost on pause as he looked from face to face. He loved these men on such a fierce level, it’d probably scare them if they knew.”
“The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast”
“The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.”
Source: The Canterbury tales
“The handwriting on the wall is useless unless you read it.”
Source: Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others
“The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.”
Source: Collected Poems
“The handwriting was a girl’s. I mean, you can tell. That enchanted cursive.”
Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“The handwritten pages make for fun giveaways. If someone reviews one of my books online, like on Amazon or Goodreads, they can notify me through my web site, and I'll send them an original page. They can see my creative process in all its scribbly glory.”
“The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low.”
Source: Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
“The hang clean is unweighted and is of little use to watch, except that it shows a problem known as a Donkey Kick. As the jump occurs, the heels come up in the back and then stomp back down into place. This is a terrible waste of time and energy, and contributes nothing to making the bar go up. Stop doing this immediately or I will have you killed.”
“The hangover became a part of the day as well allowed-for as the Spanish siesta.”
“The hangover was brutal but he didn't mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good.”
“The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.”
“The hankering of the mind is irresistible.”
“The Hanlin named his granddaughter Lustrous Jade, for jade was the fairest of stones and possessed five virtues: charity, for its lustre; rectitude, for its translucence; wisdom, for its purity of sound when struck; equity, for its sharp edges that injure none; courage, for it can be broken but not bent.”
Source: Spring Moon: A Novel of China
“The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“The happening and telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true, only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories, simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An off-told story is like a photograph in a family album. Eventually it replaces the moment it was meant to capture.”
“The happening that happened was that I met this girl.”
Source: Underdogs
“The happenstance of someone's birth should not determine whether or not they are impoverished. It is up to those of us with power in whatever form to work to make the lives of everyone better, starting with those less fortunate than us”
Source: Rebel Rose
“The happier a man, the more apt he is to tremble. In hearts exclusively tender, anxiety and jealousy are in exact proportion to happiness.”
“The happier and more stress-free you are, the more people will want to be around you and the more your friends will respect you.”
“The happier I am, the better my skin is. Any woman knows when they are over exerting themselves, whether it is emotionally or physically, you can see it on your face.”
“The happier people can be, the unhappier they are.”
“The happier person is one, that acknowledges and accepts life won't get any better than this.”
“The happier the moment the shorter.”
“The happier time, the quicker it passes”
“The happier you are, the more apt you are to make a prudent decision.”
“The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The happiest and holiest children in the world are the children whose fathers succeed in winning both their tender affection and their reverential and loving fear. And they are the children who will come to understand most easily the mystery of the fatherhood of God.”
“The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.”
“The happiest and most glorious hours of my life with books have been with German books.”
“The happiest Christian homes I know are those given to hospitality, where neighbors feel at home, where young people are welcome, where the elderly are respected, where children are loved.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“The happiest days are when babies come.”
“The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.”
“The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.”
Source: Cicero's Three books of offices, or moral duties: also his Cato Major, an essay on old age; Lælius, an essay on friendship; Paradoxes; Scipio's dream; and Letter to Quintus on the duties of a magistrate
“The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.”
Source: An Anthropologist at Work
“The happiest field in all the harvest is the field of sunflowers at their peak. Drinking the rays and dancing in the breeze. The saddest field is the same field, six weeks later. Drunk on the sun and burnt with shame, they drop their heads to hide their mane.”