T Quotes
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“They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting.”
“They say the best laid plans often go a lie, Because no matter how detailed the preparation, A plan will always have a weak point and there will always be those looking to exploit it. To do into the plan failure and the perpetrator along with it.”
“They say the best things in life are free.
But time is our most valuable asset, and nothing that costs time is free.”
“They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that don't sound too sad to me!”
“They say the breaks even up in the long run, and the trick is to be a long-distance runner.”
“They say the camera never lies. It lies every day.”
“They say the Catholic church played a big role in the genocide... and now they have me, a bishop, as proof, a prize to say there, that's what they did.”
“They say the chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. The chains you put around yourself now have enormous consequences as you go through life.”
“They say the cure is about happiness, but I understand now that it isn't, and it never was. It's about fear: fear of pain, fear of hurt, fear, fear, fear - a blind animal existence, bumping between walls, shuffling between ever-narrowing hallways, terrified and dull and stupid.”
“They say the darkest hour comes just before sunrise. It's a comforting lie, really. Just an illusion of contrast. The dark doesn't thicken before the light-it's our eyes adjusting, learning what to let go of.”
“They say the darkest night of poverty is when you have nothing... but time to think about all the things you don't have.”
“They say the day you die your name is written on a cloud.”
“They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.”
“They say the definition of ambivalence is watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Cadillac.”
“They say the elder who soils the floor with shit immediately forgets, but the stench remains in the memory of the person who has to pack it. Some people are born to shit, and some, like Bolanle and me, are born to pack.”
Source: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
“They say the eyes are the window to the soul.”
“They say the eyes are the windows to our soul; glass gateways that do little to conceal our true self. Yet, for me, they're also the narrators of our heart and give insight to our well-kept secrets... secrets I wanted to remain hidden.”
Source: Discovering Stella
“They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. If that’s the case, this thing is soulless.”
Source: Drive: An Old Castle Novel
“They say the first love's most important. That's very romantic, but not my experience.”
Source: Map: Collected and Last Poems
“They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form.”
Source: The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows
“They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.”
“They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.”
“They say the first year of marriage is the hardest," she said at last as she squeezed his hand.
It was the most hopeful thing anyone could have said, a bypassing of the truth, because there would not be another year to measure against this first one.”
Source: Shark Heart
“They say the full potential of the human being is called enlightenment, which is infinite consciousness, infinite happiness, zero negativity, zero dying, complete freedom, total fulfillment, and being at one with everything. You can say it's God realization, or you can say you sit at the feet of the Lord as master of all you survey. You could say it's totality, total knowledge, and that you are that totality. This is every human being's birthright: to one day enjoy supreme enlightenment, unity. It's like the big graduation.”
“They say the glass is half full or half empty, well let me tell you I'm just glad there's a glass at all.”
“They say the gods never give us more than we can handle, but let's just say that the gods had an overinflated sense of my abilities.”
Source: Paladin's Faith
“They say the good die young, so the bad die old.
Guess we somewhere in the middle, so just pray for my soul.”
“They say the heart is just a muscle. They say it plays absolutely no role in our emotions and that its use as a symbol for love is based on archaic theories of it being the seat of the soul or something ridiculous like that. But as I quietly listened to every word she was saying to me, as each syllable shot a sharp arrow through the phone and into my ear, I swear I felt like my entire chest would collapse in on itself. I knew this feeling. They say a heart can't really break because there's nothing to be broken. But see, I once had to leave everyone I loved, and it felt this same way.”
Source: Noggin
“they say the herons used to hang
like lamps here giving off gloom”
Source: Falling Awake
“They say the incubus and succubus are old myths. Night terrors. Sleep paralysis. But I know better. I lived it. I saw it. I felt it.”
“They say the Lord's Day is a day of rest, but those who preach this generally are not women.”
Source: Caleb's Crossing: A Novel
“They say the lost ones seek the cities because there they can be alone but not lonely and I dare to say that the streets of London shaped my muscles, the way my eyes work and wander. The city taught me how to see the moon and not just the top of the finger pointing to it, which I always did before. The city taught me that a home is not where you rest your head; it's nothing permanent, and neither is it a city or a country or a friend. The city taught me how to leave and to be left and it taught me that it is possible for flowers to grow from the concrete because I’ve seen people flower and bloom during the worst of storms, because it’s simply necessary. It’s about survival. The necessary breaths to go on.”
Source: Another Vagabond Lost To Love: Berlin Stories on Leaving & Arriving
“They say the most beautiful kisses are the stolen ones…”
“They say the most powerful prayer is simply saying “Thank You”. And the best way to say “Thank You” is to serve others, to help make our broken world a better place! Inspire everyone at home to pitch in. Remember, the family that serves together is happy – and stays together!!”
“They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.”
Source: Myrna Loy: being and becoming
“They say the number on rule in showbusiness is not to work with animals. I guess I'm above the rules because I put up with that for seven years.”
“They say the oil spill has the potential to kill more wildlife than a Sarah Palin hunting trip.”
“They say the one thing that people who live the longest have in common is that they have a religious belief.”
“They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am.”
“They say the only thing holding me back is my imagination.
Well, my mind is a crayon and I’m about to shoot back into the foundation!
Nose please calm down, I can dissolve the next carbon bond with just my salivation.
Poem - Bond.
December 10, 2022.”
Source: EvolutionR
“They say the only way you can truly kill a Celestra is by fire. I would gladly lend myself to the flames to peer down eternally over this sinful disgrace of a planet that houses cowards such as these.”
Source: Vex
“They say the open road helps you think. About where you've been and where you're going.”
“They say the opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference.”
Source: Better Choices
“They say the path of true love never runs smooth. Well, Luke and my true love's path didn't run at all, it limped along in new boots that were chafing its heels. Blistered and cut, red and raw, every hopping, lopsided step, a little slice of agony.”
Source: Rachel's Holiday
“They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet.”
“They say the recipe for Sprite is lemon and lime. I tried to make it at home. There's more to it than that.”
“They say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Oh, it is not just paved but more engraved with our pinky promises and solemn vows. We give our word to be more frugal with our credit cards, to commit to those yoga classes in the morning or to finally reach the appointment for sight testing scheduled one month ago. Well, I think some black magic is going around or dementors have been knocking on our doors lately because all these promises become vanished over night.
Giving up our long-term projects and ideas for that sweet flavor of immediate gratification, my friends, this is not called Alohomora but procrastination. Seriously now, why do we lose the battle against procrastination leaving the lava flow of emotions taking over our plans so frequently?”
“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all.”
Source: Whales Weep Not!
“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.”