T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.”
“The only bright feature of cultural relativism's triumph is that it has become establishment orthodoxy and will thus one day be derided, resisted and overthrown.”
“The only bright spot in the entire evening was the presence of Kevin "Tubby" Matchwell, the eleven-year-old porker who tackled the role of Santa with a beguiling authenticity. The false beard tended to muffle his speech, but they could hear his chafing thighs all the way to the North Pole.”
“The only bubble in the flat champagne of February is Valentine’s Day. It was no accident that our ancestors pinned Valentine’s Day on February’s shirt: he or she lucky enough to have a lover in frigid, antsy February has cause for celebration, indeed.”
“The only burden you have ever had is your mind.”
“The only burning passion I'm sure I have is the passion for sex.”
“The only business I pride myself in minding are the ones that put money in my pocket. If it doesn't put money in my pocket it's non of my Businesses.”
“The only business in the world bigger than gambling is religion...but gambling is not nearly so corrupt.”
“The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.”
Source: The Letters of W.B. Yeats
“The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid”
Source: Trips to the Moon
“The only calendar I need is just outside my window. With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted.”
“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”
Source: Letters of Ted Hughes
“The only candidate I'd allow to play my music would be Bigfoot, and unless we're talking about foraging for squirrels, he's notoriously apolitical.”
Source: Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You
“The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell.”
“The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers. I rather guess It's selfishness That drives me to such actions, For in this plan I find I can Forget my own distractions.”
Source: The Cheery Way: A Bit of Verse for Every Day
“The only cases where cockroach can be innocent are either a stair-case or a suit-case because no court has the jurisdiction to try such cases. If on the contrary, the cockroach gets involved in a court case where the judge is a chicken, he is finished no matter how innocently he plays.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“The only catalogue of this world's goods that really counts is that which we keep in the silence of the mind.”
“The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.”
“The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping.”
“The only causes of regret are laziness, outbursts of temper, hurting others, prejudice, jealousy, and envy.”
Source: the female eunuch
“The only census of the senses, so far as I am aware, that ever before made them more than five, was the Irishman's reckoning of seven senses. I presume the Irishman's seventh sense was common sense; and I believe that the possession of that virtue by my countrymen-I speak as an Irishman.”
“The only certain freedom's in departure.”
Source: The poetry of Robert Frost
“The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.”
Source: The Greatest Miracle in the World
“The only certain thing about the future is that it will surprise even those who have seen furthest into it.”
“The only certain things in life are death and taxes!”
“The only certainties in life are death and taxes.”
“The only certainties that don't break down are those acquired in prayer.”
“The only certainty about following the crowd is that you will all get there together.”
“The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never written, or talked about (the ego eventually falls apart like a soaked sponge), but simply written; it's a dreadful, awful fact that writing is like any other work.”
“The only certainty in life is that all things will certainly change.”
Source: Blind Triangle: A Rare Love Story from the Sixties
“The only certainty in life is that it is uncertain.”
Source: Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life
“The only certainty is death.”
“The only certainty is that there is no certainty.”
“The only certainty is that we never know what tomorrow holds. We live for today, life is short, so let's enjoy it together while we can.”
“The only certainty is uncertainty”
“The only certainty life contains is death.”
“The only certainty we have is that the future is uncertain, however the future he is in our hands.
With vision and planning, let us take action to concretize it.”
“The only chain holding me back is breaths within reach, I anchor to one goal ~”
“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.”
“The only chains you should wear in life are the chains of commitment.”
“The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.”
Source: Letters of Mrs. Adams: the wife of John Adams
“The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one at a time. You never get clarity as long as you have these packaged words, as long as a word is used by twenty-five people in twenty-five different ways. That seems to me to be the first fight, if there is going to be any intellect left.”
“The only chance of satisfaction we can imagine is getting more of what we have now. But what we have now makes everybody dissatisfied. So what will more of it do -- make us more satisfied, or more dissatisfied?”
“The only change I can really see is that I don't have to shop for pants in stores anymore.”
“The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.”
“The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant.”
“The only characteristic all airliners share is that upon proper urging they are normally capable of leaving the earth's surface.”
Source: Fate Is the Hunter
“The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.”
“The only characters I've made to resemble real people have been grotesques.”
“The only choice in the matter, in the end, is how i percieve it.”