T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.”
Source: The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes
“There is not some glorious theoretical synthesis of capitalism that you can write down in a book and follow. You have to grope your way”
“There is not something you're supposed to do.
There's not something that you should do.
There is only that which you are inspired to do.”
“There is not substantial data that AZT stops the transmission of HIV from mother to child. There is too much conflicting data to make concrete policy.”
“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.”
“There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich.”
“There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.”
Source: A Book for Free Spirits 1: Human Book
“There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.”
“There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.”
Source: Northanger Abbey: A Novel
“There is not the least cause for worry about financial affairs; every person who wills to do so may rise above want, have all he needs, and become rich.”
Source: The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ
“There is not the least flower but seems to hold up its head, and to look pleasantly, in the secret sense of the goodness of its Heavenly Maker.”
Source: Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions
“there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.”
Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
“There is not the management of time, there is only the management of you.”
“There is not the Newtonian universe deployed throughout the parsecs and kiliocosms of physical space and the interior mental universe. They are the same thing.”
“There is not the same willingness to admit that our desires and should be our own likewise, or that to possess impulses of our own, and of any strength, is anything but a peril and a snare. Yet desires and impulses are as much a part of a perfect human being as beliefs and restraints; and strong impulses are only perilous when not properly balanced.”
Source: On Liberty
“There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable.”
“There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.”
“There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only on the sinful pagans but even on his Chosen People fire, lighting, hideous plagues and diseases, brimstone, and other curses.”
Source: Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality
“There is not the woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for any one who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.”
Source: THE HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE - Complete 6 Volumes (Illustrated): Everything You Need to Know about the Biggest Victory of Women’s Rights and Equality in the United States – Written By the Greatest Social Activists, Abolitionists & Suffragists
“There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.”
Source: Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition
“There is not too much left for me to do, but I am sure there are a couple of great fights out there for me. I have basically achieved my goals. There are a few fights the public wants to see, and that is really what is left for me.”
“There is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude.”
Source: No Man Is an Island
“There is not truly bad weather, just bad clothes.”
Source: The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
“There is not ultimate breakthrough; what we find in the development of a creative life is an open-ended series of provisional breakthroughs. In this journey there is no endpoint, because it is the journey into the soul.”
Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”
Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus
“There is not way that you can have a decent life as a man if you aren't awake and aware every moment. Show up for your own life. Don't pass your days in a stupor, content to swallow whatever watery ideas modern society may bottle feed you through the media, satisfied to slumber through life in an instant gratification sugar coma. The most extraordinary gift you've been given is your own humanity, which is about consciousness. So honor that consciousness.”
“There is not wrong, there is no right, and I will sleep very well tonight.”
“There is not, and never was, a greater man than Emil Zatopek.”
Source: The Lonely Breed
“There is not, in fact, any such thing as the direct influence of one human being on another apart from use of the physical environment as an intermediary. A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. Otherwise, the attitude of one would not get over to alter the attitude of another.”
Source: Democracy And Education
“There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it.”
Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator [no. 1-160
“There is not, in my view, a single European demos.”
“There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon them on account of their birth in the country, or that they will be judged by any different rule, on the subject of treason, than persons of foreign birth.”
Source: Individualist anarchist pamphlets
“There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable contrast between the individual and the collective, between the interests of an individual person and the interests of the collective.”
Source: 1934-1940
“There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.”
Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..
“There is nothin like a llama... well mabey an alpaca. But they'er kinda like trademarks of llamas...”
“There is nothing "ordinary" about reality.”
“There is nothing "useful" about fashion, which is why it is fashion and not clothes. My personal opinion about the runway is that it should be used to whisk the audience off to a fantasy world that is possible, but not probably. It should delight and inspire.”
“There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
“There is nothing - no program, no hobby, no vice, no crime - that does not 'create jobs'. Tsunamis, computer viruses and shooting convenience store clerks all 'create jobs'. So that claim misses the plot; it applies to all so is an argument in favor of none. Instead of an argument on the merits, it is an admission that one has no such arguments.”
“There is nothing - not any religious or secular body of work - that comes close to the Bible in forming the moral bases of Western civilization and therefore of nearly all moral progress in the world.”
“There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done it there's always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much better not.”
Source: My Dearest Mouse: 'The Wind in the Willows' Letters
“There is nothing a good long walk can't help work out.”
“There is nothing a natural man hates more than prayer.”
Source: The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: Containing His Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, Songs of Zion, &c
“There is nothing a pig loves more than a good bath, with a loofah and plenty of soap flakes ... There is something delightfully lovable about a really clean pig, in clean yellow straw.”
“There is nothing a woman needs so much as a sister.”
Source: The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone
“There is nothing about a bad situation that fourteen hyper cheerleaders can't worsen.”
Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories
“There is nothing about an individual as important as his IQ, except possibly his morals.”
“There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person or in print. There is great freedom in not caring what other people think.”
“There is nothing about resilience that I can say that my father did not first utter silently in eighteen years of living inside a two-dimensional cutout of himself.”
Source: Resilience: The New Afterword
“There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right.”
Source: The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution