T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.”
Source: Willful Creatures
“The wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.' He left me alone to think about that. And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile.”
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“The Wine
Have you tasted the wine of life?
Yes, my Lord, both red and white.
Have you supped with tears and strife?
Yes, my Lord, both red and white.”
“The wine I produce is not for keeping. Its the wine you want when meeting friends for a game of cards.”
“The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.”
“The wine itself has aesthetic value; but what it is for a wine to have aesthetic value cannot be understood without making reference to the experience to tasting it”
“The wine of this fleeting world caused your head to ache.”
Source: 'Another city'. a selectionf of poems from the Persian
“The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.”
Source: The structure and dynamics of the psyche
“The wine tasted like dirt to me. I could shriek out my warnings, claw at my flesh, hurl my goblet right into Paris' face, but they would still carry on as though I did not exist.”
Source: Elektra
“the wine the sadness and the night”
Source: The Galloping Hour: French Poems
“The wine they drink in Paradise
They make in Haute Lorraine.”
“The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.”
“The wine was cold and refreshing on her tongue, sliding down her throat like a mouthful of winter air. She closed her eyes and sniffed the bouquet. Ripe apricots smashing open on gray rocks, the smell of cut grass. She still could not taste anything but bitter in the wine, but she could feel it, feel where it had come from. She turned the bottle around and read the description, smiling at the words "ripe stone fruit" and "mineral complexity.”
Source: Recipe for a Charmed Life
“The wine was finished; the night’s conversation drifted into sitting and dozing, watching the night.”
Source: Hell and Earth
“The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell.”
“The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution.”
Source: Household Words
“The wines were great, and better by the minute, even as the drinkers softened. Just as wines opened at the table, so the friends' thirst changed. Their tongues were not so keen, but curled, delighted, as the wines deepened. Nick's Latour was a classic Bordeaux, perfumed with black currant and cedar, perfectly balanced, never overpowering, too genteel to call attention to itself, but too splendid to ignore. Raj's Petrus, like Raj himself, more flamboyant, flashier, riper, ravishing the tongue. And then the Californian, which was in some ways richest, and in others most ethereal. George was sure the scent was eucalyptus in this Heitz, the flavor creamy with just a touch of mint, so that he could imagine the groves of silvery trees. The Heitz was smooth and silky, meltingly soft, perhaps best suited to George's tournedos, seared outside, succulent and pink within, juices running, mixing with the young potatoes and tangy green beans crisp enough to snap.”
Source: The Cookbook Collector
“The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.”
“The Wing raises a seven to nine when it comes to Thee.”
“The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.”
“The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied.”
Source: Art and Lies
“The winger resembles Mother Brown, running with a high knee-lift and sometimes not progressing far from the spot where he started.”
“The wings of my thought lift me up when I scribble them to become a masterpiece.”
“The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove's transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.”
Source: Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
“The wings of time may carry us on diverse journeys, but the common roots we share will always guide us back to the same ground.”
Source: Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II
“The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.”
“The winner asks, "May I help?" The loser asks, "Do you expect me to do that?"”
“The Winner can't win,
Until the Losers lose”
“The winner could be you but you lose the game. The rules mock you, and you'll whine and cry.
But some days later, you seek comfort at the fact that you didn't even try.
You'll seek comfort
At”
“The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.”
“The winner in a political contest is determined by the number and the effectiveness of the activists on the respective sides.”
“The Winner is always part of the answer.
The Loser is always part of the problem.
The Winner always has a program.
The Loser always has an excuse.
The Winner says, "Let me do it for you."
The Loser says, "That's not my job."
The Winner sees an answer for every problem.
The Loser sees a problem for every answer.
The Winner sees a green near every sand trap
The Loser sees two or three sand traps near every green.
The Winner says, "It may be difficult but it's possible."
The Loser says, "It might be possible but it's too difficult."
Be a Winner.”
“The winner is not the player who wins the most pots. The winner is the player who wins the most money.”
Source: Big Deal: One Year as a Professional Poker Player
“The winner is one who knows when to drop out in order to get in touch.”
“The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.”
“The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.”
“The winner is the person who has access to the most complete and diverse information set.”
Source: The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success
“The winner leaves undefeated and a lot of people will say they are the top guy at welterweight. I would definitely like a crack at that title, being the top guy at welterweight.”
“The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.”
“The winner of NXT, the winner of my heart.”
“The winner of the elections which saw the participation of almsot 30 million people was the Iranian nation and the losers were those who tried to keep people away from the polls.”
“The winner of the first point is the loser of the last.”
“The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.”
Source: Barbara Bush: A Memoir
“The winner of the Westminster Dog Show gets to drink champagne - out of the toilet.”
“The winner of this tournament doesn't just win a major. He become a part of the history of the game.”
“The winner's edge is all in the attitude,
not aptitude.”
Source: The Winner's Edge: The Critical Attitude of Success
“The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.”
“The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.”
“The winners had the gods. But the losers had Cato.”
Source: Civil War
“The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.”