T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.”
“The type of loneliness where you need to keep struggling to accept a situation is fundamentally different from the sort you know you’ll get through if you just hang in there.”
Source: In the Miso Soup
“The type of measure used placed constraints on which statistics can be used.”
“The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by contact with reality, and its sense of reality depend by contact with mystery. Fiction should be both canny and uncanny. In a good deal of popular criticism, there is the notion operating that all fiction has to be about the Average Man, and has to depict average ordinary everyday life, that every fiction writer must produce what used to be called "a slice of life." But if life, in that sense, satisfied us, there would be no sense in producing literature at all.”
Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by contact with reality, and its sense of reality deepened by contact with mystery.”
Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“The type of music that I love to sing would have to be more bluesy and jazzy and more soul-like because I love to belt when it comes to singing, so I guess bigger songs are what I lean more towards.”
“The type of nation that the dishonest politician loves the most is the type of nation that does not care about the facts!”
“The type of person that might thrive on Vine in a six-second clip might not be the same kind of entertainer who would shine on a 10-minute vlog on YouTube. If anything, having these different platforms gives more people a chance to creatively express themselves.”
“The type of person you are is usually reflected in your business. To improve your business, first improve yourself.”
Source: Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
“The type of pop culture that is honestly very moving and powerful to me is [when artists] do their homework. They make it real.”
“The type of relationship you have with your own desires is fundamentally determined by either the noise and toxicity that's in your mind or the love and passion that's in your soul.”
“The type of religion which rejoices in the pious sound of traditional phrases, regardless of their meanings, or shrinks from "controversial" matters, will never stand amid the shocks of life.”
Source: Christianity and Liberalism
“The type of spirituality the world is going to experience is decentralized. Where everyone and each of us would be a master, teacher, and student.”
“The type of UFO reports that are most intriguing are close-range sightings of machinelike objects of unconventional nature and unconventional performance characteristics, seen at low altitudes, and sometimes even on the ground. The general public is entirely unaware of the large number of such reports that are coming from credible witnesses... When one starts searching for such cases, their number are quite astonishing.”
“The type of weapon you prefer and in which you have most faith,is the best for you.”
Source: African Rifles and Cartridges
“The type of work I do is more like CrossFit, so I do track workouts, and I do boxing workouts. So it's a lot of different things that I do. I don't want to overload the body too much, but when we do the hill, it's not like workouts.”
“The type of work I like is pure and simple and profound.”
“The types of thoughts that you think create a state of mind. The reason you think the thoughts you do results from your level of power.”
“The typewriter is holy the poem is holy the voice is holy the hearers are holy the ecstacy is holy!”
Source: Howl and Other Poems: Pocket Poets Number 4
“The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again.”
“The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.”
Source: The annotated Oscar Wilde
“The typhoon came out of the sea first as a deep hollow roar. ... I was surrounded by the madness, the unreason, of uncontrolled, undisciplined energy. None of this made any sense. It was worse than useless - it was nature destroying its own creation - its own self. To create by the long process of growth and then to destroy by a fit of wild emotion - was this not madness, was this not unreason?”
“The typical active feminist is neither a fiery demonstrator nor a brilliant public speaker: like most successful social activists, she makes innumerable telephone calls, writes innumerable memos, waits for hours in the antechambers of those in power, attends committee meetings night after night, and is always behind with her correspondence.”
Source: Feminism in the Mid-1970s: The Non-establishment, the Establishment & the Future
“The typical American believes that no necessity of the soul is free and that there are precious few, if any, which cannot be bought.”
Source: If You Don't Mind My Saying So ...: Essays on Man and Nature
“The typical American corporation is a shareholders' republic the same way that China is a peoples' republic.”
“The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.”
“The typical American reports making about 70 [choices] in a typical day.”
“The typical American voter is so stupid, his dog teaches him tricks.”
“The Typical American? He is sent to school Little or much, where he imbibes the rule Of safety first and comfort; in his youth He joins the church and ends the quest of truth.”
“The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of the house in denial of the Word of God and in scrutiny of a great deal of those who stand by the Word of God. The epithet 'Heavenly Father' is a grand reflection, a relation to that of human nature.”
Source: Killosophy
“The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out.”
“The typical characteristics of the egocentric mentality are arrogance and bravado, but even a submissive
personality who is seemingly void of ego can also be self-centered and selfish. He is consumed by his own pain, filled with self-pity, and unable to feel anyone else’s pain while drowning in his own. Such a person experiences no real connection to anyone outside of himself, despite his seemingly noble nature. He will not—cannot—burden himself unless he receives a larger payout in the form of acceptance or approval. His taking is disguised as giving. His fear is dressed up as love. (He may also be motivated by the need to assuage feelings of guilt or inadequacy, yet still his aim is to reduce his own suffering, not someone else’s.)”
Source: Mindreader: The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
“The typical citizen drops down to a lower level of mental performance as soon as he enters the political field. He argues and analyzes in a way which he would readily recognize as infantile within the sphere of his real interests. He becomes primitive again.”
Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
“The typical clergy/laity system practiced among most churches is detrimental to believers. In this system only a professional class of people teaches and preaches, while the majority of the believers listen.”
Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
“The typical computer network isn't like a house with windows, doors, and locks. It's more like a gauze tent encircled by a band of drunk teenagers with lit matches.”
“The typical English painting is narrative in character. The English are a nation of diarists.”
Source: The Reach of Modern Art: A Concise History
“The typical entrepreneur is no longer the bold and tireless man of Marshall, or the sly and rapacious Moneybags of Marx, but a mass of inert shareholders, indistinguishable from rentiers, who employ salaried managers to run their concerns.”
“The typical example of shield feat would be the metaphor of the race where the runner walks. In a race, one of the competitors feels inferior to others during that competition and believes that he will lose (future anti-feat). However the anti-feat finds it intolerable for both self-esteem and his social prestige; then implements a shield feat strategy of "trying to fail." While others all run with all their might to "win" this player walks hand in his pocket trying to "lose" (shield feat). When he finally loses, it is a fact that he can tell himself "I did not care to win, and that's true because I walked while the others ran" (shield feat protecting pride) and so can tell all viewers of the race "I did not mind losing ... did you not see me walk?" (shield feat protecting the social prestige).”
Source: THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders.
“The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!”
Source: The Four Loves
“The typical eye sees the ten per cent bad of an idea and overlooks the ninety per cent good.”
“The typical fund company services 401k plan participants in the same way that Baby Face Nelson serviced banks.”
“The typical home owner suffers a minimum loss of nearly $2,000 in stolen goods or property damage. Burglary is a more common crime that is committed by criminals, says Charles Sczuroski, a former police officer and now senior trainer for the National Crime Prevention Council. Burglary is one of the easiest crimes to prevent, but if it happens at your home or in your office, you can lose a lot of possessions. A break-in, even when you're not there, has really bad impact on you and your families? sense where they feel insecure. There are steps you can take to prevent break INS in your home or in your business. You should have a professional company like Digital Surveillance install security cameras and alarm system at your home or business, so you can monitor when you are away. Footage from Security cameras can be used to prosecute the intruders and get them off streets. CCTV Security Cameras Installation gives you peace of mind and a feel of relaxation weather you are at home or not but you are still able to see what's happening in your absence.”
“The typical image of a depressed, lazy and tired person is someone hunched over and inert. Often, the assumption is that if one had more enthusiasm and inspiration, he would then stand up straight and move. In many cases, this equation is backward. But, as with everything related to one’s physicality, balance is the key. An overly erect and rigid posture may convey confidence and power to some, but it also causes a subtle accumulation of tension and rigidity on various levels, including psychological and emotional.”
Source: Re:
“The typical imperative from biology is not "Thou shalt... ," but "If ... then ... else.”
Source: How the Mind Works
“The typical Irish peasant ate about 10 pounds of potatoes each day and soon towered in physical size over their rural English equivalents who mainly ate bread.”
Source: F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome
“The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.”
“The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.”
“The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle - a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game. If the right pressure could be applied to him, he would be cheerfully in favor of polygamy, astrology or cannibalism.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“The typical male response to happiness, thought Melena: to predict its demise.”
“The typical mass murderer is extraordinarily ordinary.”