T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.”
“That's the trouble with you preachers," he said. "You've all got too good to believe in anything," and he drove off with a look of disgust and righteousness.”
Source: Wise Blood: A Novel
“That's the trouble with you sad-city types: a place has to be miserable and dull as ditchwater before you believe it's real.”
Source: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
“That's the trouble with you young people. You think because you ain't been here long, you know everything. In my life I already forgot more than you ever know.”
Source: Anansi Boys
“That's the trouble with, I think, my - the contemporary read of my work. So many people just simply say, "These are pretty pictures of black boys." They're not really thinking about, like, what the whole thing is.”
“That's the trouble, I can't forget him. He was everything to me, except mine.”
“That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.”
“That's the true sign. If the lover has not yet achieved his prize, his eyes will follow the woman, while she appears indifferent. But once he's gained his goal, it's the woman's eyes that follow him, while the man seems careless and indifferent.”
Source: The Treasure of Montsegur: A Novel of the Cathars
“That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other than me.”
“That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.”
“That's the ultimate goal of most turkey recipes: to create a great skin and stuffing to hide the fact that turkey meat, in its cooked state, is dry and flavorless. Does it have to be that way? No. We just have to focus on what the turkey is and what the turkey needs.”
“That's the ultimate kind of broken. The kind of damage you never recover from.”
Source: The Rainbow Rowell YA Collection
“That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.”
“That's the ultimate thing I want to do in making music - to be able to inspire somebody else.”
“That's the unfortunate thing about death. It's so terribly final.”
“That's the unwritten rule in hip-hop. If I get on a record with you, I want to smash you. That's it. Every MC knows that. If I'm on a track with you, I want to be the best on the track. That's just how it is in hip-hop.”
“That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.”
“That's the van? It looks like a rotting banana." This was undeniable - Eric had painted the van a neon shade of yellow, and it was blotched with dings and rust like splotches of decay.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“That's the very reason why love is eternal, because it is forever renewed. Passions die, love remains.”
“That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.”
“That's the way girls are isn't it? They swear eternal friendship, and then as soon as a man's in the case it's all forgotten.”
“That's the way girls were--they always laughed. Because they were bitches.”
Source: Psycho: A Novel
“That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first and that's my favorite instrument to play. Once I get the drums done, everything else comes real quick. Also, we track in my friends' garage, which is really small ... there's not really room to record live with a band.”
“That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.”
“That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.”
“That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world.”
“That's the way I feel, at least: like there's a real me and a reflection of me, and I have no way of telling which is which.”
Source: The Lauren Oliver Collection: Before I Fall, Panic, Vanishing Girls
“That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.”
“That's the way I learned photography: You make your picture in the camera. Now, so much is made in the computer. ... I'm not anti-digital, I just think, for me, film works better.”
“That's the way I look at things - if you focus on the worst case scenario and it happens, you've lived it twice. It sounds like Pollyanna-ish tripe but I'm telling you - it works for me.”
“That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.”
“That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.”
“That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.”
“That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.”
“That's the way I work. I get it all plotted in my mind, and then I write it down.”
“That's the way I've been educated: I always think about what I missed and the things that you did, you did them, so you don't have to think about them any more.”
“That's the way it ends. The thin edge of the wedge.”
“That's the way it goes sometimes: in order to help your friends, first you have to help your enemy. Better get used to it.”
Source: The Day Watch: (Night Watch 2)
“That's the way it goes with the whole human thing - nobody wants to take a risk. But to be entertaining is not risky, everybody likes to be entertained.”
“That's the way it goes. Some things happen and some things don't. This one is obviously just wasn't meant to be. Except deep down... I still believe it was.”
“That's the way it is in life. You let go of what is beautiful and unique. You pursue something new and don't even know that the wind of your own running is a thief.”
“That's the way it is when you love. It makes you suffer, and I have suffered much in the years since. But it matters little that you suffer, so long as you feel alive with a sense of the close bond that connects all living things, so long as love does not die!”
“That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.”
“That's the way it is with firstborns. Mom and Dad may think they're in charge, but the firstborn knows better, and so does the youngest sibling.”
Source: Born to Win: Keeping Your Firstborn Edge without Losing Your Balance
“That's the way it is with influence, you know; if you don't use it all the time, people will forget you have it.”
Source: The Boy who Made Good
“That's the way it is: life inculdes a lot of empty space. We are one-tenth living tissue, nine-tenths water; life is one-tenth Here and Now, nine-tenths a history lesson. For most of the time the Here and Now is neither now nor here.”
“That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.”
“That's the way it was every time I studied it.”
“That's the way life works: gratitude and appreciation just bring more goodness. Remember: Everything we give out comes back. Gratitude has all sorts of little, surprising rewards.”
“That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife.”
Source: Incantation