T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The only problems I sometimes have is if I ask for a piece for a group show, if I ask for a piece - I would like to put it into a show, sometimes the collectors get possessive about it and don't want to let something happen. Say you get full credit, you know. You give them your name, the catalog and it always enhances the value of the piece, you know, the more shows it is in, blah, blah, blah.”
“The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.”
“The only ‘problems’ that we can truly solve through sex are that of never having had sex with anyone, and that of never having had sex with someone.”
“The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the toilet.”
Source: Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow
“The only product that's worth investing in is a fully functional musculoskeletal system. It's no luxury but rather a basic necessity that's within everyone's reach.”
Source: Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain
“The only profit that words return, is wisdom.”
“The only proof for the existence of God is that without God you couldn't prove anything.”
“The only proof he needed for the existance of God was music.”
Source: A Man Without a Country
“The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breach or fraud by others, and to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“The only proper intoxication is conversation.”
Source: Epigrams of Oscar Wilde
“The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.”
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man's self-defense, and, as such, may only resort to force only against those who start the use of force.”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“The only proper suit-and-tie job I've had in my life was the two years in the late 1980s when I ran a small corporate publishing company. I even had a Ford Sierra!”
“The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.”
Source: The Four Voices of Man
“The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence - to protect his right to his own life, to his own liberty, to his own property and to the pursuit of his own happiness. Without property rights, no other rights are possible.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“The only protection against INJUSTICE in man is POWER?Physical, financial and scientific.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes.”
“The only prudence in life is concentration.”
“The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979.”
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.”
“The only purpose of advertising is to make sales. It is profitable or unprofitable according to its actual sales.”
Source: Scientific Advertising Origins
“The only purpose of advertising is to sell. It has no other function worth mentioning.”
“The only purpose of an engagement ring is to show you 'belong' to someone, and your man makes bank.”
“The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects.”
Source: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“The only purpose of customer service is to change feelings.”
“The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.”
“The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past-and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“The only purpose of starting is to finish”
Source: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
“The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship.”
“The only purpose of the visuals, in any film, is to serve the story.”
“The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb.”
“The only quality that endures in art is a personal vision of the world. Methods are transient: personality is enduring.”
“The only queen I ever dressed was Eva Perón.”
“The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.”
“The only question I ask myself is: did we teach each other the meaning of love for ourselves or someone else?”
Source: Imperfect Mortals : A Collection of Short Stories
“The only question I ever ask any woman is, 'what time is your husband coming home?'”
“The only question I'd be interested in is what books other celebrities have read recently, which is part of my campaign to promote reading.”
“The only question is how to make love stay.”
“The only question is whether you’re going to do it today or tomorrow. If you keep saying you’re going to do it tomorrow,
you’ll never do it. You have to get on it today.”
“The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons?”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“The only question now is: How much can I hang on to?”
Source: Flowers for Algernon
“The only question of any significant emotive content is: can you live without it?”
Source: Shadowfever
“The only question that got any traction was when he asked Martin what he did. Martin tersely replied that he was a wizard and was met with a blank stare. “You know, a wizard,” Martin said. “I do magic.” Martin had expected that this would at least impress Ampyx. Martin was wrong. “Why?” Ampyx asked. “Why what? Why do I do magic?” “Yes, why do you do magic?” Ampyx asked, as if it were the most obvious question in the world. Martin looked at Phillip, who shrugged. Finally, Martin answered, “Why wouldn’t I do magic? Wouldn’t you do magic if you could?” “Never,” Ampyx said. “Well, why not?” Ampyx scrunched his face and said, “Magic . . . it is . . . woman’s work.”
Source: Spell or High Water
“The only question that matters with regard to a religion and its mythology is “What do these stories mean?”
“The only question that nobody ever asks is: What breaks your heart? I think that should be asked of all "artists."... So, what breaks your heart?”
“The only question that really counts, must be thins one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?”
Source: Naïve. Super
“The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?”
“The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.”
Source: Collected essays