T Quotes
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“They tease me now, telling me it was only a dream. But does it matter whether it was a dream or reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?”
Source: Short stories
“They tell about a fifteen-year-old boy in an orphans' home who had an incurable stutter. One Sunday the minister was detained and the boy volunteered to say the prayer in his stead. He did it perfectly, too, without a single stutter. Later he explained, "I don't stutter when I talk to God. He loves me."”
“They tell him that there is no why, since the moment simply is and since all of them are trapped in the moment, like bugs in amber.”
“They tell me 'find God' like I don't know where He at.
And if He lost, then why we followin' Him?
Just acknowledge the fact that a Father exists,
And a Devil's alive...I'm just caught in the mix.”
“They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.”
Source: Billy Sunday speaks
“They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“They tell me, shaking their heads:
"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".
I used to be kind. It didn’t last long.”
“They tell me that all men are equal in God's eyes, this player (Messi) makes you seriously think about those words.”
“They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.”
“They tell me that So-and-So, who does not write prefaces, is no charlatan. Well, I am. I first caught the ear of the British public on a cart in Hyde Park, to the blaring of brass bands,and this . . . because . . . I am a natural-born mountebank.”
Source: Three Plays for Puritans
“They tell me that you have been crying in your sleep. Do not grieve our separation, my love, for our reunion will come just as swiftly."
-Letter from unknown prisoner, convicted of treason, to fiancee”
Source: The Rose Society
“They tell me to be quiet
When I’d rather cause a riot
And have everyone screaming
Out their eccentric meaning.”
Source: Err and Grr
“They tell me Wagner's music is better than it sounds.”
“They tell me what to wear, how to look, what I should say, how I should be. Until recently I had given into that pressure, I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people and I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized I don't know how to be anything but myself.”
“They tell me, Lord, that when I seem
To be in speech with you.
Since but one voice is heard, it”
Source: Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
“They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished; and left, as its young beauty fled, an ashen memory in its stead.”
Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier
“They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.”
Source: Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran
“They tell us "Rock'n'roll is the devil's music." Well, let's say we know that rock is the devil's music, and we know that it is, for sure ... At least he f-kin' jams! If it's a choice
between eternal Hell and good tunes, and eternal Heaven and New Kids on the f-kin' Block ... I'm gonna be surfin' on the lake of fire, rockin' out.”
“They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'”
“They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.”
Source: Essays and aphorisms
“They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.”
“They tell us that Suicide is the greatest piece of Cowardice... That Suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in this world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”
“They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.”
Source: Suffering, Suicide and Immortality: Eight Essays from The Parerga
“They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.”
“They tell us that what we want is wrong and that freedom is dirty. They see chaos, madness, and fucking as ugly, and the older you get, the smaller the box gets. You feel it closing in already, don't you?”
Source: Corrupt
“They tell us the Book of Mormon states that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost. I CHALLENGE THAT STATEMENT. The Book of Mormon teaches NO SUCH THING! NEITHER DOES THE BIBLE.”
Source: Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings
“They tell us the greatest love story is how water fell in love with fire. Or how satan fell in love with God. But the greatest love story to me is how I didn’t notice myself falling, when I fell in love with you”
“They tell us the only way to move on
is to forget.
“Forgive,” they say.
Realise that you deserve better.
That maybe they
deserve better.
You can't fight fire with fire.
Extinguish it once and for all.
"Do not look back," they say.
They don't tell you that
only one thing is needed.
Only one:
love.
When you are filled to the brim with love,
you only emanate love.
You become lover and
love itself.
Only then will you love
even the very people
you wish to hate.”
“They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.”
Source: Loderunner
“They tell us we are all citizens, that we were born in this country. Well, a cat can have kittens in the oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits!”
“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?”
“They tell you: Follow your dreams. Listen to your spirit. Change the world. Make your mark. Find your inner voice and make it sing. Embrace failure. Dream. Dream and dream big. As a matter of fact, dream and don’t stop dreaming until your dream comes true.
I think that’s crap.
I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, powerful, engaged people? Are busy doing.”
Source: Year of Yes
“They tell you power corrupts. They never tell you how quickly.”
Source: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“They tell you that a tree is only a combination of chemical elements. I prefer to believe that God created it, and that it is inhabited by a nymph.”
“They tell you that at his age, all they do is eat, sleep, and poop. And what I've learned is they can actually do all three at the same time. Who knew?”
“They tell you
That the world will love you back
If you love yourself enough
I am sorry to say
It doesn’t really work in that way
Know your worth
When someone treats you like
You are ordinary
Know your worth
When he fails to appreciate you
Know your worth
When he tells you that
He no longer needs you
Know your worth
When she cannot love you fully
Know your worth
They tell you
That the world will love you back
If you love yourself enough
I am sorry to say
It doesn’t really work in that way”
“They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it.”
“They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.”
Source: The view from 80
“They tell you the story of Job so often to remind you when you lose it all, stay calm. I've always refused it. I hated the story. It made no sense, and then I developed the belief that religion’s only purpose is to keep the poor from murdering the rich. And then I found the most dangerous folks are those who have nothing to lose, and I put it all together.”
“They tell you to be careful because maybe you don't want to meet your heroes. I've met pretty much every one, and I've never been let down.”
“They tell you to memorize your lines, follow your light, and hit your marks. Those are the three things that you shouldn't do. You should not learn your lines, you should not hit your mark, and you should never follow your light. Find your light - that's my opinion. Everyone else will tell me I'm wrong, but that's my opinion.”
“They tell you, when you join the army—when you sit at those rigid desks at the academy, studying the brilliant strategists of the past—that one day you will reach your impossible choice. Twenty-three years, and I’ve reached mine.”
Source: The Rivers Lead Home and Other Stories
“They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.”
“They tend to be suspicious, bristly, paranoid-type people with huge egos they push around like some elephantiasis victim with his distended testicles in a wheelbarrow terrified no doubt that some skulking ingrate of a clone student will sneak into his very brain and steal his genius work.”
Source: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
“They tend to come out a colour called 'Pants left in wash'”
“They terrify lest they should fear.”
“They [terrorists] can’t claim that their suicide bombings are martyrdom operations and that they become the heroes of the Muslim Ummah [global brotherhood]. No, they become heroes of hellfire, and they are leading towards hellfire.”
Source: Fatwa on Terrorism and Suicide Bombings
“They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.”
“They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.”
“They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.”