T Quotes
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“The next thing I would mention, and warn you against, is profaneness. This you know is forbidden by God.”
Source: America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island
“The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.”
“The next thing is by gentle degrees to accustom children to those things they are too much afraid of. But here great caution is to be used, that you do not make too much haste, nor attempt this cure too early, for fear lest you increase the mischief instead of remedying it.”
Source: The works of John Locke ...
“The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.”
“The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a match, the flame is the same shape as a falling tear." She's been sensitized, turned gooey in the middle. I saw it happening and I didn't do anything to stop it. From now on, she'll be writing diaries and sometimes including little poems and she'll buy gifts for her favourite teachers and she'll admire the scenery and she'll watch the news and she'll buy soup for homeless people and she'll never burn my leg hair again.”
“The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.”
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself
“The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. It deals with the futurity of present decisions. Decisions exist only in the present. The question that faces the long-range planner is not what we should do tomorrow.”
“The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.”
Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“The next thing you do is allocate resources.”
“The next thing you do today will be the most important thing on your
agenda, because, after all, you're doing it next. Well, perhaps it will
be the most urgent thing. Or the easiest. In fact, the most important
thing probably isn't even on your agenda.”
“The next thing you think, the next action you take, will either create a new possibility for you, or it will repeat the past.”
Source: Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New Self
“The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.”
“The next Thursday she and Mike went to therapy even though there was nothing left to therapize. They went so they could talk calmly, so they could get through a conversation without anyone calling anyone else a Bunny fucker, so that Rhonda could help them work out logistics.
Rhonda tried to appear neutral, but it was clear she was on Jane's side. Jane had won therapy. It was a consolation prize. Rhonda helped them figure out what the terms of their separation would be and asked if they wanted to file for legal separation.
"Yes," Jane said.
"I think we should talk about that," Mike said.
"Yeah?" Jane said. "I think the ship has sailed on talking. Or the penis has sailed if you know what I mean.”
Source: Marrying the Ketchups
“the next time a boy wants to bring me flowers, he has to want to love my fire too.”
“The next time a prostitute solicits your business, ask for the clergyman's rate.”
“The next time a woman of whatever color, or a dark-skinned person of whatever sex aspires to be president, the way should be a little smoother because I helped pave it”
“The next time an unbeliever tells you they would believe in God "if He would just do a miracle," you will know that is not true. Miracles do not convert people, God converts people.”
Source: Jesus Unmasked: The Truth Will Shock You
“The next time anyone asks you "What is Bertrand Russell's philosophy?" the correct answer is "What year, please?"”
“The next time believers tell you that 'separation of church and state' does not appear in our founding document, tell them to stop using the word 'trinity.' The word 'trinity' appears nowhere in the bible. Neither does Rapture, or Second Coming, or Original Sin. If they are still unfazed (or unphrased), by this, then add Omniscience, Omnipresence, Supernatural,Transcendence, Afterlife, Deity, Divinity, Theology, Monotheism, Missionary, Immaculate Conception, Christmas, Christianity, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Methodist, Catholic, Pope, Cardinal, Catechism, Purgatory, Penance, Transubstantiation, Excommunication, Dogma, Chastity, Unpardonable Sin, Infallibility, Inerrancy, Incarnation, Epiphany, Sermon, Eucharist, the Lord's Prayer, Good Friday, Doubting Thomas, Advent, Sunday School, Dead Sea, Golden Rule, Moral, Morality, Ethics, Patriotism, Education, Atheism, Apostasy, Conservative (Liberal is in), Capital Punishment, Monogamy, Abortion, Pornography, Homosexual, Lesbian, Fairness, Logic, Republic, Democracy, Capitalism, Funeral, Decalogue, or Bible.”
Source: Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist
“The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.”
“The next time I move I hope I get a real easy phone number, something like 2222222. People will ask, "Mitch, how do I get a hold of you?" I'll say, "Just press two for a while, when I answer, you'll know that you've pressed two enough."”
“The next time I pass through the high altitude Denver International Airport in Colorado, I will be wearing a recording body camera for my own personal protection! The staff there are bizarre!!!”
“The next time I took notice of you, you were sobbing all over the snow. Well, I thought, finally she's being sensible. Then I realized that you were sobbing because you'd stabbed yourself in the arm, and not out of concern for my imminent demise. I noticed that your tears were freezing as they hit the icy ground and collecting into the shape of a sword.
Well, that almost killed me. I mean that---I froze for a full second, during which our yeti friend nearly skewered me through. I dodged, barely, my head whirling. One day I would like for you to explain to me how you heard of the story of Deirdre and her faerie husband, a long-ago king, which is one of the oldest tales in my realm. Do mortals tell it as we do? When the king's murderous sons schemed to steal his kingdom by starving it into torpor with endless winter, Deirdre collected the tears of his dying people and froze them into a sword, with which he was finally able to slay his children. It is a tale many of my own people have forgotten---I know it only because that poor, witless king is my ancestor.
I felt the story in my blood and let my magic flow into the sword you were fashioning.”
Source: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
“The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.”
“The next time she comes back, no matter what she says, listen to her well. If she cries, give her a handkerchief and wait until she's done crying. If she curses me, curse with her. And if by any chance she asks about me, tell her that I'm sorry.”
“The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.”
“The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.”
“The next time someone annoys you about the miraculous benefits of practicing positive thinking or the Law of Attraction ALL THE TIME, ask them to jump off a plane and bet on the Law of Attraction saving them from the Law of Gravity.”
Source: UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
“The next time someone asks for your opinion, and you know it’s contrary to that person’s viewpoint, take the risk of putting your perspective on the table rather than taking the path of least resistance by agreeing or saying you have no opinion.”
“The next time someone asks you why LGBT Pride marches exist or why Gay Pride Month is June tell them “A bisexual woman named Brenda Howard thought it should be.”
“The next time someone gets on your nerves, remember your two choices: 1) share the problem; or 2) let them keep the problem to themselves.”
“The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.”
“The next time someone says "This sounds great, but I just don't have the TIME..." Look them straight in the eye, smile warmly, and ask, "Would you like to change that?"”
“The next time someone says, “Hey, you fight like a
girl!” your response is going to be, “You bet I do!”
Source: Fight Like a Girl
“The next time someone says, ‘The odds are against you,’ remember: If you don’t try, you forfeit the opportunity.”
Source: BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness
“The next time someone says, "You're Doing It Wrong. Life is easy. Why don't you do what I do?" you can respond with your own experience.
Simply say, "Why does my experience bother you? Why do you need to impress your ideals or experience onto me?" It is hard for any human being to win against a question. No one is perfect. No one can live your life. You are your own best mentor.”
“The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.”
“The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.”
“The next time someone tells you, "The Church is full of a bunch of hypocrites." You can respond, "You don't even know the half of it."”
“The next time someone tries to make a bet with your ass, tell them to make that bet with their own.”
Source: A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation
“The next time someone tries to make you feel bad about feeling good,
respond by continuing to live well.”
Source: Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
“The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?”
“The next time someone you know is having a hard time or dealing with anxiety, instead of reacting, assuming or judging, look them in the eyes and ask them… Do you need comfort? OR Do you need help?”
“The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.”
“The next time that we meet we meet as enemies!”
“The next time that you find yourself surrounded by darkness, I hope that you will consider that you need not necessarily look to the night skies in search of a guiding star to offer hope. You don’t essentially have to depend on a shooting star as a prospect or token that you’re now able to make a wish that may actually stand a chance of coming to pass.”
“The next time that you're caught telling lies,
Don't get defensive-just apologize”
“The next time the devil tempts you to think that you are not worthy to approach God, here is what I advise: Agree. Say, “You are right. I am not worthy to approach God. I never was worthy to approach God. I never will be worthy to approach God. My access to God’s presence is not based on my worthiness, it is based on what Christ did for me on the cross.”
“The next time The Oregonian runs a misleading headline saying that it's because of bike lanes that people aren't having their streets paved, I want all of you to march down Broadway and occupy The Oregonian!”
“The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election”
Source: Napalm & Silly Putty