T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The word ‘slavery’ and ‘right’ are contradictory, they cancel each other out. Whether as between one man and another, or between one man and a whole people, it would always be absurd to say: "I hereby make a covenant with you which is wholly at your expense and wholly to my advantage; I will respect it so long as I please and you shall respect it as long as I wish.”
“The word ‘studio’ is derives from ‘study’. Our object is not to know the answers before we do the work. It’s to know them after we do it.”
“The word “art” is something the West has never understood. Art is supposed to be a part of a community. Like, scholars are supposed to be a part of a community... Art is to decorate people’s houses, their skin, their clothes, to make them expand their minds, and it’s supposed to be right in the community, where they can have it when they want it... It’s supposed to be as essential as a grocery store... that’s the only way art can function naturally.”
“The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact, in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember: Men are never too busy to get what they want.”
Source: He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
“The word “future” and females is a dangerous combination.”
Source: 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.”
“The Word, then, the Christ, is the cause both of our ancient beginning, for lie was in God, and of our well-being. And now this same Word has appeared as man. He alone is both God and man, and the source of all our good things”
“The word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping.”
“The word; the forth-speaking of a thought, an idea, a truth, is the beginning of every new creation, or pulse of creation. It is the inauguration of every new order of things; it begins every new messianic reign, every coming of a better time. The darkness never comprehends it; but always, to as many as receive it, it gives power.”
“The words "environment," "medium" denote something more than surroundings which encompass an individual. They denote the specific continuity of the surroundings with his own active tendencies.”
Source: Democracy And Education
“The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity.”
“The words "I Can't" should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.”
“The words "I love you," spoken in moments of genuine appreciation, wonder, or caring arise from something perfectly pure within us - the capacity to open ourselves and say yes without reserve. Such moments of pure openheartedness bring us as close to natural perfection as we can come in this life.”
Source: Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart
“The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies”
“The words "question" and "quest" are cognates. Only through inquiry can we discover truth.”
Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science
“The words "Think and Thank" are inscribed in many of the Cromwellian churches of England. These words ought to be inscribed in our hearts, too: "Think and Thank". Think of all we have to be grateful for, and thank God for all our boons and bounties.”
Source: How to stop worrying & start living
“The words 'alone,' 'lonely,' and 'loneliness' are three of the most powerful words in the English language. Those words say that we are human; they are like the words hunger and thirst. But they are not words about the body, they are words about the soul.”
“The words 'bad timing' came to be ghosts haunting our every move in Birmingham. Yet people who used this argument were ignorant of the background of our planning...they did not realize that it was ridiculous to speak of timing when the clock of history showed that the Negro had already suffered one hundred years of delay.”
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“The words 'California's Gold' will no longer mean anything about me or about a television series. They will mean what California's Gold has always truly meant: not the literal gold nuggets that they pulled out of the earth, not the riches people got when they came here, but the dreams that brought people here and are still bringing people here.”
“The words 'far, far away' had always a strange charm.”
Source: A Memoir By His Son
“The words 'forse che si,' 'forse che no', 'perhaps yes,' 'perhaps no,' repeat along all paths.”
“The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God, for God is love.'”
“The words 'Here you can find perfect peace' can be written only over the gates of a cemetery.”
“The words 'I will forgive you, but I'll never forget what you've done' never explain the real nature of forgiveness.”
Source: Strength to Love
“The words 'I'm sorry' are so powerful that it's almost difficult to overstate”
“The words 'In God WE trust' are not only unconstitutional, they aren't even accurate.”
“The words 'theory' and 'practice' are of Greek origin; they carry our thoughts back to the ancient philosophers by whom they were contrived, and by whom they were also contrasted and placed in opposition, as denoting two mutually conflicting and mutually inconsistent ideas. ... [this fallacy] based on a double system of natural laws retarded for centuries the development of physical science, notably mechanics.”
“The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.”
“The words “aloneness” and “loneliness” are very similar but in meaning, they are miles apart. Loneliness is suffering from being alone. Aloneness contains the word oneness in it and it really is all about recognizing the interconnectedness of all things, sensing the oneness but not feeling lonely. There’s no negativity, no suffering, just oneness with everyone and everything.”
“The words and lives of Christian men must be in continual process of reformation by the written Word of their God. This means that ecclesiastical traditions and private theological speculations may never be identified with the word which God speaks, but are to be classed among the words of men which the Word of God must reform.”
Source: Fundamentalism
“The words and melodies pierced through his heart. His heart ached with the pain of missing his daughter. His little shining star. He wanted to see her even if it is one more time. He wanted to hold her and tell her how Baba loves her. How he always loved her.”
Source: Tajrish
“The words and phrases had so much more gravitas in her adult mind. She felt a sharp pang of guilt as she realized the extent of what she hadn’t been aware of, and how little compassion she’d had as an actual teen.”
Source: The Watchmaker's Doctor
“The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in your zip code.”
Source: Cherry
“The words are all around but the words are only sounds and no one ever seems to listen.”
“The words are all gone, the time's been too long but it's not too late to say I'm sorry to a friend”
“The words are clear as in the reflection of the world on the water. Therefore write the Word at once, everywhere, from now till your hand is paralyzed, for THERE will be your work for GOD, since you can not work for God in other ways, and would not, & don't know how, or bend that way, from habit, & from talent in the use & signification & arrangement of the Word.”
“The words are easy - most of them have already been invented.”
“The words are few, and the sentence short; no one in Scripture so short. But it fareth with Sentences as with coynes: In coines, they that in smallest compasse conteine greatest value, are best esteemed: and, in sentences, those that in fewest words comprise most matter, are most praised. Which, as of all sentences it is true; so specially of those that are marked with Memento. In them, the shorter the better; the better, and the better carried away, and the better kept; and the better called for when we need it. And such is this here; of rich contents, and with all exceeding compendious: So that, we must needs be without all excuse, it being but three words, and but five syllables, if we doe not remember it.”
Source: Lancelot Andrewes: Selected Sermons and Lectures
“The words are in my own internal language, and mean more than I could ever explain.”
“The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.”
“The words are ludicrous, but not if it's you they're talking about, not if it's you they're locking up. Not ludicrous at all for the ones who continue to be diagnosed as mentally ill. A mouthy girl in cow boy boots or a boy who drapes a scarf on his head to pretend his hair is long like a princess – well, they are targets for the Dr. Madisons of the world.”
Source: The Last Time I Wore a Dress
“The words are meaningless except in terms of feeling. Does anyone act as the result of thought or does feeling stimulate action and sometimes thought implement it.”
Source: The Winter of our Discontent
“The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading.”
“The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.”
“The ‘words’ are so powerful that anyone can drive others mad by using them cunningly. If someone commits suicide after being so hurt by someone else’s words, then it does not remain ‘suicide’ and turns into a ‘murder’!”
“The words are the important thing. Don't worry about tunes. Take a tune, sing high when they sing low, sing fast when they sing slow, and you've got a new tune.”
“The words are the mirror of a poet. Through which you can see the reflection of himself.”
“The words are the words. Seriously. Meaning you don't have boo-boo words. You can do boo-boo things. You can have sex, carnage, mayhem, whatever you're looking for. "The Evil Dead" movies, in my opinion, function better in an unrestricted world.”
“The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would be if they were heard by the ear. It is impossible not to understand them, whatever resistance we may offer... There is no escape, for in spite of ourselves we must listen...”
“The words aren't enough every time. Actions speak much more.”
Source: The Life Of One Kid