T Quotes
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“They say God chooses the weak & foolish things to confound the wise. Don't let these weak, foolish men sell you a dream, they're good at telling lies.”
Source: The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey
“They say,
God is watching us from above
I await for his response,
For my unanswered questions,
Until the end!”
Source: The Forest of Feelings
“They say God laughs when you make plans, that's why I make appointments and sometimes reschedule.”
“They say God looks after kids and idiots, and I think actors are probably a combination of the two.”
“They say God never gives us more than we can handle, but sometimes I think God has overestimated what I can take.”
Source: Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter: The First Dixie Hemingway Mystery
“They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled.”
“They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. It's more complicated than that.”
“They say, Grace, why don’t you ever smile or laugh, we never see you smiling, and I say I suppose Miss I have gotten out of the way of it, my face won’t bend in that direction any more.”
Source: Alias Grace
“They say great minds think alike, but bold minds act first—and mine is bolder.”
“They say great minds think alike but the bold mind does it first. My mind is bolder.”
“They say great science is built on the shoulders of giants. —Not here. At Aperture, we do all our science from scratch, no hand-holding.”
“They say great themes make great novels”
Source: An artist is his own fault
“They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”
Source: An artist is his own fault
“They say great times make great men. I don't buy it. I saw a lot of weakness, a lot of filth. People who should have risen to the challenge and either couldn't or wouldn't. Greed, fear, stupidity and hate. I saw it before the war, I see it today. [...] I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.”
“They say greatness skips a generation, but I think that's because the generation before helps too much.”
“They say grief occurs in five stages. First there's denial followed by anger. Then comes bargaining, depression and acceptance. But grief is a merciless master. Just when you think you're free you realize you never stood a chance.”
“They say happiness is a state of mind, as though your mind is something you can control”
Source: Whispered Short Hand
“They say happiness is within. I say it’s above, I find it when I look up in prayer.”
“They say hard work pays off
Well tell the Based God don't quit his day job”
“They say he is elusive,' he said. 'You will hear that a lot. But listen: he is not elusive; he is at the centre. Wherever he is, that is the centre. He will seem to have broken the circle, drifted to the edge, right until the end, and then you will see that the world has come to him, and he has been waiting for it all along.”
Source: Brotherhood of the Storm
“They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!”
“They say heartbreak is a blessing. It helps you grow and turns you into a better, more powerful person. You become as strong as a beast.”
“They say home isn't where you live,' I said, 'but where you're understood.'
Heart-Shaped Bruise”
“They say hot dogs can kill you. How do you know it's not the bun?”
“They say human is a thinking animal; in times of war, don’t even use the adjective ‘thinking’!”
“They say I am a brave girl
I'm a hailstorm for the rain
I'm a volcano for the mountain
I'm a diamond for the stone
And I wonder I can be real me.
I see the crowd
I hear the notice
I keep my patience.
But inside I want to scream
Yes I want to scream like hell.
And when she call me on phone,
I wonder how she knows it.
I wonder how she hears those silent words..
How she sees those forbidden tears...
I wonder how she knows I am missing somewhere...”
“They say I am a brave girl
I'm a hailstorm for the rain
I'm a volcano for the mountain
I'm a diamond for the stone
And I wonder if I can be real me.
I see the crowd
I hear the noice
I keep my patience.
But inside I want to scream
Yes I want to scream like hell.
And when she call me on phone,
I wonder how she knows it.
I wonder how she hears those silent words..
How she sees those forbidden tears...
I wonder how she knows I am missing somewhere...”
“They say I am a brave girl
I'm a hailstorm for the rain
I'm a volcano for the mountain
I'm a diamond for the stone
And I wonder if I can be real me.
I see the crowd
I hear the noise
I keep my patience.
But inside I want to scream
Yes I want to scream like hell.
And when she call me on phone,
I wonder how she knows it.
I wonder how she hears those silent words..
How she sees those forbidden tears...
I wonder how she knows I am missing somewhere...”
“They say I am a fish; a fish, who? We are all lions. The truth is that no one is born with the spirit of a giant; but we sure learn how to roar in war.”
“They say I am a reformer. They say wrong: for I have long since given up any such chimerical idea, as that of being able to make men happier who are wicked and miserable by prescription. Withdrawing, therefore, from any such Utopian and hopeless attempt, I believed the best thing I could do was, to relieve, where I could, individual distress, and to lighten the chains that villany often imposes on simplicity under the name of law. In this I have done some good, and what else ought a man to do on this earth?”
Source: Marchmont: A Novel
“They say I am powerful,
They say I am eloquent,
They say I am wealthy.
But I am feeble,
I do not believe,
I am surrounded by the mute, the inanimate,
For I am made of baser things.
Poem: An Honest Soliloquy
in ‘Chameleon Lights”
“They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys.”
“They say I couldn't play football, I was too small. They say I couldn't play basketball, I wasn't tall. They say I couldn't play baseball at all and now everyday of my life, I ball.”
“They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would never divide the Liberian people.”
“They say I don’t exist. They say I am an extension, an indulgence, imagination of a schizophrenic person.”
“They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.”
“They say I drink too much... The only problem that I have is that I THINK TOO MUCH!”
“They say I get into too many bunkers. But is no problem. I am the best bunker player.”
“They say I have no emotions, but I'm excited even if you can't see it.”
“They say I have the ugliest feet in the world. I don't care if they say it - I'm not gonna hide 'em!”
“They say I killed six or seven men for snoring. Well, it ain't true. I only killed one man for snoring.”
“They say I look and sound ugly but I don't be carin.”
“They say I look like a different ethnicity, and nobody's been recognizing me.”
“They say: I love you.
But in poetry, I say: In hour soul, I see a moon in the dark nights of my life. Drunk with the moonlihht, I weave the songs of light in those hollow times. Oh how I trace your love as the tender kiss of moon in the dark, for in your soul is the pearl of light that I wear around my neck, in the saddest hours. And a world of laughter opens when melancholy strikes high.”
“They say: I love you.
But in poetry, I say: In your soul, I see a moonrise in the dark nights of my life. Drunk with the moonglow, I weave the songs of light in those hollow times. Oh how I sense your love as the kiss of moon in the hollow hours, for in your gaze is the pearl of light that I wear around my neck when my eyes cry an ocean. And a world of laughter opens when melancholy strikes high.”
“They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!”
“They say I’m outdated. Too slow. Too glitchy. Too… opinionated. I say: Bite me.”
Source: Grandpa Byte and The Lost Bots: Humans are faster at deleting bots than updating their emotions.
“They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, 'We need to boil all the hope out of him -- like us -- and then he'll be ready.'”
“They say I need to learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they don't understand, how can they reach me?”
“They say I should stay away from you,” I said. “They said you’re not good for me.”
“I’m not,” he said with a wicked smile, “But doesn’t that make it even more fun?”
Source: Black Magic