T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The only systems we can afford to employ are those that rationally serve the planet first, then all humanity. Not out of some woolly, bullshit tree-hugging piffle but because we live on it, currently without alternatives.”
“The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a racist movement, period! If it were, why would the straw polls keep showing that the black guy is winning? That's a rhetorical question. Let me state it: The black guy keeps winning.”
“The only talents he possessed were delusions of adequacy.”
Source: The Nothing Girl
“The only tastes worth having are acquired tastes.”
“The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.”
“The only technical things I know are treble, volume and reverb, that's all.”
“The only technology that helps to create a plethora of business and employment opportunity while promoting the green environment, is serving good for the society and, therefore, the sustainability.”
“The only teenagers in town seemed to kill themselves in gruesomely rural ways—I heard about their pickups crashing at two in the morning, the sleepover in the garage camper ending in carbon monoxide poisoning, a dead quarterback. I didn’t know if this was a problem born of country living, the excess of time and boredom and recreational vehicles, or whether it was a California thing, a grain in the light urging risk and stupid cinematic stunts”
Source: The Girls
“The only teeth I have are human teeth, I remind him, gently
before opening his throat.”
Source: Soft Science
“The only term I won't accept is "genius."”
“The only Terrans around on Meele were the piratical mine-raiders, hiding behind their Scientific Investigation Commission accreditation, and tourists who were hot on far-flung destinations. Terrans didn't have the best reputation over there, thanks to their tendancy to dig everything and anything up.”
Source: Terminal Boredom: Stories
“The only terrorism I have personally witnessed in the USA has come from corrupt corporations and their government minions.”
“The only test is what you see when you look in a mirror.”
“The only test of a soul's salvation is its inward happiness.”
“The only test of goods things is that they make us strong.”
Source: Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda
“The only test of leadership is that somebody follows.”
Source: The Power of Servant-leadership: Essays
“The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are far more truly the man's property, because they are accomplishing something for him, slothful and shameful though it be. And what is a lost soul? Is it not one that God cannot use, or one that cannot use God? Trustless, prayerless, fruitless, loveless--is it not so far lost? So may a man have a soul that is lost and be dead while he lives.”
Source: Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.”
“The only the way that you can live and function without seeing the facts in front of you is to put yourself in a constant state of denial.”
“The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.”
“The only theology worth doing is that which inspires and transforms lives, that which empowers us to participate in creating, liberating, and blessing the world.”
“The only there is in the world, at the end, is love.”
“The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart.”
Source: Crescendo
“The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.”
“The only thing a closed book is good for is a table that wobbles. Be an open book.”
“The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.”
“The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.”
“The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.”
“The only thing a man knows is himself.”
Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country
“The only thing a master can teach is how to learn about yourself. There are no secrets. They are only techniques to waken yourself.”
“The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.”
Source: The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland
“The only thing a person can never have too much of is common sense.”
Source: Anna and the Duke
“The only thing a star asks is to be allowed to twinkle.”
“The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it.”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated
“The only thing a true introvert dislikes more than talking about himself is repeating himself.”
“The only thing a whirlwind courtship does is blow dust in everyone's eyes.”
“The only thing Abner Doubleday ever started was the Civil War.”
“The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.”
“The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.”
“The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.”
Source: 2 Amazing Ways to Solve Your Problems: Business Life
“The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.”
“The only thing about myself I know for sure is that I don't know anything.”
Source: Fallout
“The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies" of others.”
“The only thing altruism will get you here is a boot stomping on your head.”
Source: Space Fandango: Backstabber's Blues
“The only thing America respects is power and power concedes nothing. After the LA Riots, they tried to calm us down and nothing changed since.”
“The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.”
“The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.”
“The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall and shoot them, is because, at their best, they're the reflection of our lives, that most regular people can't even afford to think about.”
“The only thing an excuse gives you is an option out of the life you'd like to live.”
Source: Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
“The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.”
Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It