T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The axis of evil does not run through Iraq, Iran or North Korea, it runs through
our dining tables. Weapons of mass destruction are our knives and forks. - Philip Wollen”
“The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.”
“The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.”
“The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.”
Source: Gleanings Among The Sheaves
“The axolotl is remarkable because it becomes sexually mature while still retaining the external gills of its larval form. It seems, however, that this is due to nutritional problems. The change from larva to adult is triggered by hormones, including thyroxine produced by the thyroid gland. Conditions in this one lake, both chemical and physical, are such that this gland does not develop properly. But that can be corrected. If an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is kept in a tank and a little thyroxine added to its water, the animal loses its external gills, climbs out of water and assumes a terrestrial life.”
Source: Life in Cold Blood
“The ayatollah in Iran says he believes that he got the letter, but he thinks he accidentally threw it out with his Crate & Barrel catalog.”
“The Ayodhya judgment will work as a catalyst to maintain peace and unity in the country. This judgment has given a respect to belief and self esteem of the people of India, and it should be linked to self esteem of the country.”
“The Aztec gods and goddesses are, as far as we have known anything about them, an unlovely and unlovable lot. In their myths there is no grace or charm, no poetry. Only this perpetual grudge, grudge, grudging, one god grudging another, the gods grudging men their existence, and men grudging the animals. The goddess of love is goddess of dirt and prostitution, a dirt-eater, a horror, without a touch of tenderness.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend.”
“The “b” word and the “n” word are like poison, whether you take poison from a vial or pour it into Bavarian crystal, it is still poison.”
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“The B.C. spirit bear symbolizes the essence of the spirit of British Columbia. It is a powerful presence and a thing of wonder that lives in a magical land of beauty, grace and unbridled potential.”
“The Baathist state did two things extremely well. One was create information-gathering intelligence networks and a filing system. There's actually a lot of information on a lot of people and that is a major achievement of a police state. The second one is the promotion of literature and poetry, and the arts generally. So this is a state that's producing mass police archives - surveillance - and poetry. And in fact a lot of the archives are about what poets are writing or what they should be writing.”
“The Babar the Elephant book is sitting in front of me. I pick it up and start reading it. I remember reading it as a small Boy and enjoying it and imagining that I was friends with Babar, his constant Companion during all of his adventures. He went to the moon, I went with him. He fought Tomb Raiders in Egypt, I fought alongside him. He rescued his elephant girlfriend from Ivory Hunters on the Savanna, I coordinated the getaway. I loved that goddamn Elephant and I loved being his friend. In a childhood full of unhappiness and rage, Babar is one of the few pleasant memories that I have. Me and Babar, kicking some motherfucking ass.”
“The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream.”
Source: The Conduct of Life
“The Babe is here. Who's coming in second?”
“The Babe is one fellow, and I'm another and I could never be exactly like him. I don't try, I just go on as I am in my own right.”
“The babies are amazing ... They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.”
“The babies lay two or three to a crib, the cribs packed three deep along each side of the room. Despite the daytime heat, the children were tightly bound and blankets to keep them warm at night. They lay on their backs like scores of cocoons, waiting their turn for a moment's attention”
Source: China Run
“The babies of creatures are nicest and purest in the nature, most of creatures don't like to hurt them.”
“The Babies we were are buried, and their shadows are plodding on.”
“The baboon is driving,” I noted. “Should I be worried?”
Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid
“The Babson Institute, which is now an actual university, was started by this guy [my father] who also had a problem with believing in gravity. And so he started the Babson Institute in New Boston, New Hampshire, which then moved to Gloucester. Each year they have a competition of one thousand dollars for one thousand words of an essay on gravity. That's the way they do it.”
“The baby bat Screamed out in fright, 'Turn on the dark, I'm afraid of the light.”
“The Baby Boom has spawned an even bigger Grandma Boom. For every baby born, two women turn into grandmas.”
“The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?”
Source: A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction
“The baby boomers are out there, they've had a lot of good years of earnings, they've inherited wealth. They are buying trophy homes and will be for years. We are one of those places people dream of. They come here to buy a piece of that dream.”
“The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.”
“The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: "Gimme that! It's mine!"”
“The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault”
“The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story - of course that is how we all live, it's the narrative of our lives, but adoption drops you into the story after it has started. It's like reading a book with the first few pages missing. It's like arriving after curtain up. The feeling that something is missing never, ever leaves you - and it can't, and it shouldn't, because something IS missing. That isn't of its nature negative. The missing part, the missing past, can be an opening, not a void. It can be an entry as well as an exit. It is the fossil record, the imprint of another life, and although you can never have that life, your fingers trace the space where it might have been, and your fingers learn a kind of Braille.”
Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
“The baby explodes into an unknown world that is only knowable through some kind of a story – of course that is how we all live, it’s the narrative of our lives, but adoption drops you into the story after it has started. It’s like reading a book with the first few pages missing. It’s like arriving after curtain up. The feeling that something is missing never, ever leaves you – and it can’t, and it shouldn’t, because something is missing.”
“The baby hiccupped then farted.
James laughed. Best wingman ever, and he couldn't even talk.”
Source: Getting Off Easy
“The baby is a different person”
“The baby is fine. The only problem is that he looks like Edward G. Robinson.”
“The baby is our baby, but as soon as we saw all the things that it can do, the dull solemness of its very gaze, we wished to put it back; we wished that a muster of crows might come and take it away.”
Source: Paradise Block
“The baby Jesus was the last homeless person the Republicans liked.”
“The baby looks at things all day without winking; that is because his eyes are not focused on any particular object. He goes without knowing where he is going, and stops without knowing what he is doing. He merges himself within the surroundings and moves along with it. These are the principles of mental hygiene.”
“The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.”
“The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon.”
“The baby's beauty lies on its' pure-hearted.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“The baby’s bluish, hazel eyes looked into Jenay’s amber ones, and it was love at first sight. If there is any magic in this world, at this moment is where it can be found, the mystic thought lodged itself in Jenay’s heart as her eyes poured over her child with love. She had never felt herself so instantly and utterly connected to another person.”
Source: Ruby Moon
“The baby's body lay in a bassinet. He was the size of a half loaf of bread, his bones light as a bird's and stretched with thin skin.”
Source: Salem Falls
“The baby should always be saved in preference to the mother. That is the advice of the Holy Church, you know that. I was only reminding women of their duty. There is no need to make everything so personal, Margaret. You make everything into your own tragedy.”
Source: The Red Queen
“The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his heroes all coked up.”
Source: Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics
“The baby turtles are turning away from the ocean. It's easy to see why. The black waves lap up the moonbeams, and the starlight on the inky surface of the water gives off such a pale glow when you compare it to the megawatt flashlights that Raffy is swirling in hypnotic circles.”
Source: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
“The baby was almost certainly one year old. They knew this because of the red rosette pinned to her front, which read, 1!
"Or rather," said Charles Maxim, "the child is either one year old or she has come first in a competition. I believe babies are rarely keen participants in competitive sport. Shall we therefore assume it is the former?”
Source: Rooftoppers
“The baby was presented to me, to all of us, as a fait accompli, a legal adoption, suggested and agreed upon by the parents, and nobody questioned this, or not out loud. No one asked what “agreement” could even mean in a situation of such deep imbalance.”
Source: Swing Time
“The baby, when he or she is ready to be born,
will send a message that tells the mother’s body that it is ready.
The mother’s body can then begin labour by slowly releasing oxytocin, the hormone of love.
The mother and baby work together to bring the baby into the world.”
Source: The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour
“The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and just ain't spitting it out.”
Source: Shit My Dad Says
“The baby woke up before you did. I took him to the other room to let you get a little more sleep. We've been watching a game." "Did he cry?" "Only when he realized the Astros were having another first-round play-off flame out. But I told him there's no shame in crying over the Astros. It's how we Houston guys bond.”
Source: Smooth Talking Stranger: A Novel