T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“There certainly does seem a possibility that the detective story will come to an end, simply because the public will have learnt all the tricks.”
“There certainly is a case to be made that taxes should be more progressive.”
“There certainly is a pattern of administrations that have good transitions, George W. Bush to Barack Obama, and administrations that have really bad transitions, I would say Dwight Eisenhower to John F. Kennedy. I would say this is beginning to look like a bad transition, from Barack Obama to Donald Trump as they begin to argue even at the presidential level, which is more or less unprecedented.”
“There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on that question many judge quite wrongly.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.”
“There certainly was a lot of potential in the air for doing a magazine which focused on the way business, in particular, was being transformed by the Internet.”
“There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”
Source: 8 Books in 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an
“There clearly are cases where evil people exist, but you don't have to violate the privacy of every single citizen of America to find them.”
“There clearly are contacts between al Qaeda and Iraq that can be documented; there clearly is testimony that some of the contacts have been important contacts and that there's a relationship here”
“There clearly is a serious race problem in the country. Just take a look at what's happening to African American communities. For example wealth, wealth in African American communities is almost zero. The history is striking.”
“There come a few times in a person's life where there is a clear choice," Cadvan said. "The difference between one person and another is how they meet that choice.”
“There come a time, when good man must wear mask.”
“There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“There come times when I have nothing more to tell God. If I were to continue to pray in words, I would have to repeat what I have already said. At such times it is wonderful to say to God, "May I be in Thy presence, Lord? I have nothing more to say to Thee, but I do love to be in Thy presence."”
“There come times when we have to fight for peace.”
“There come to one's soul heavenly thoughts as he joins in heavenly expressions coupled with heavenly melody.”
“There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.”
“There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.”
“There comes a day each September when you wake up and know the summer is over and fall has arrived. The slant of the sun looks different and something is in the air--a coolness, a hint of frosty mornings to follow. I woke early on the morning of September 24 and reached for a warmer petticoat.”
Source: Time Enough for Drums
“There comes a day in life, when you have said all that you ever wanted to say to someone. But that someone is still waiting. Waiting for words to come out. And that’s when you know there is nothing much left. It is time to say goodbye.”
“There comes a day of public ceremonial, and a chance to make a speech.... A million voters with IQs below 60 have their ears glued to the radio. It takes four days' hard work to concoct a speech without a sensible word in it. Next a dam must be opened somewhere. Four dry Senators get drunk and make a painful scene. The Presidential automobile runs over a dog. It rains.”
“There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.”
“There comes a day when physical development ceases, and we begin our gradual decline in health. Pursuing healthy habits in your younger years helps to ensure your longevity.”
“There comes a day when you realise turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realise there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.”
“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world.”
“There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.”
“There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.”
Source: This Business of Living
“There comes a holy
and transparent time
when every touch
of beauty
opens the heart
to tears.
This is the time
the Beloved of heaven
is brought tenderly on earth.
This is the time
of the opening
of the ROSE.”
“There comes a leap from ego to living with awareness. A tremendous stirring goes on within the soul. Someone wakes up, somewhere a drum plays in the sky. The old self has been burnt in the fire, and the new self that emerges has new eyes, a new vision, someone who lives in the light of a new dawn.”
“There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.”
“There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.”
“There comes a moment during which almost every girl or boy falls into melancholy; they are tormented by a vague inquietude which rests on everything and finds nothing to calm it. They seek solitude; they weep; the silence to be found in cloister attracts them: the image of peace that seems to reign in religious houses seduces them. They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.”
“There comes a moment for all of us when our childhood ceases to be an excuse. In your case, I would say that, as with many English, the moment is somewhat delayed.”
Source: Absolute Friends
“There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.”
“There comes a moment in all travel when you know that you have really started. It may be weeks before you start or weeks after you have started; it is a spiritual emotion, a turning towards the future with an eager heart...”
Source: In Search Of England
“There comes a moment in an adult addict's life where a mother can only experience the brief passing scent of her sweet little child, as they manipulate all who love them for their addiction.”
“There comes a moment in each of our lives when the control that keeps us sane slips through our fingers. Most of us aim to seize it back. The best way to fight chaos is with chaos.”
“There comes a moment in every life when a choice must be made between right and wrong, between good and evil, between light and darkness. These decisions are made in an instant, but with repercussions that last a lifetime.”
“There comes a moment in every person's life when they realise they adore me.”
“There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist”
“There comes a moment in life when not waking up is the only choice it seems. But we don’t always get what we wish, do we?”
“There comes a moment in life when you say to yourself – enough. This is ENOUGH! Then – you take a walk with your destiny. To change. To fulfill your purpose. We all have it. But are you willing to take that first step?”
“There comes a moment in the day when you have written your pages in the morning, attended to your correspondence in the afternoon, and have nothing further to do. Then comes that hour when you are bored; that's the time for sex.”
“There comes a moment in the life of every believer when we must decide to believe. Being a part of the family of GOD does not allow you automatic victory but gives you entrance into automatic wisdom.”
“There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being.”
Source: The Amateur Army
“There comes a moment when it is no longer you who takes the photograph, but receives the way to do it quite naturally and fully.”
“There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion ('man's search for God'!) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He had found us?”
Source: A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works
“There comes a moment when the image of our life parts company with the life itself, stands free, and, little by little, begins to rule us. Already in The Joke: “I came to realize that there was no power capable of changing the image of my person lodged somewhere in the supreme court of human destinies; that this image (even though it bore no resemblance to me) was much more real than my actual self; that I was its shadow and not it mine; that I had no right to accuse it of bearing no resemblance to me, but rather that it was I who was guilty of the nonresemblance; and that the nonresemblance was my cross, which I could not unload on anyone else, which was mine alone to bear.”
And in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: “Destiny has no intention of lifting a finger for Mirek (for his happiness, his security, his good spirits, his health), whereas Mirek is ready to do everything for his destiny (for its grandeur, its clarity, its beauty, its style, its intelligible meaning). He felt responsible for his destiny, but his destiny did not feel responsible for him.”
Source: The Art of the Novel
“There comes a moment when the silence between two people can have the purity of a diamond.”
“There comes a moment when the things one has written, even a traveler's memories, stand up and demand a justification. They require an explanation. They query, 'Who am I? What is my name? Why am I here?”
Source: NORTH TO THE ORIENT