U Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with U. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.”
“Underneath all their deserved frustration with the mongoose is often the sort of love one might have for the black sheep of one’s family, a kind of He may be obnoxious, but he is ours.”
Source: The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
“Underneath all things means that beneath the floorboards, in the depths, in the spaces between the pebbles or sandy floor that contain the pond, that hold our own inside person, is something that can't be destroyed, a foundation that keeps all the water from sinking back into the earth. Something is there, something we need, when we come to rest, when all is lost.”
Source: Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
“Underneath and around all the sounds that were audible, there was a powerful silence; a stillness behind all the noise, encompassing the sounds. I could feel it more than hear it.”
Source: Velo: An Egyptian Tale
“Underneath every emotional pain, is an explosion of what’s old, and a revolution of what’s new.”
“Underneath
every pattern is a logic
it's your privilege to ignore
& yours is dreamsense yours is erasure”
Source: Brute: Poems
“Underneath, he was a good cat. Loyal and loving. But no one ever bothered to look past his rough exterior, because in reality, looks meant more than everyone wanted to admit.”
Source: #Nerd
“Underneath his sweetness and gentleness was the heat of a volcano. [Michael Faraday] was a man of excitable and fiery nature; but through high self-discipline he had converted the fire into a central glow and motive power of life, instead of permitting it to waste itself in useless passion.”
Source: Faraday as a Discoverer
“Underneath it all, we are wild and we know it.”
“Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love.”
Source: Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition
“Underneath it allYou're naked.”
“Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.”
Source: Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan
“Underneath my lashes I watched him, and I thought,Come back. Be the you I love and remember”
Source: It's Not Summer Without You
“Underneath my outside face There's a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.”
“Underneath my stiffened gown
Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin”
Source: Selected Poems of Amy Lowell
“Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin, A basin in the midst of hedges grown So thick, she cannot see her lover hiding, But she guesses he is near, And the sliding of the water Seems the stroking of a dear Hand upon her.”
Source: Men, Women and Ghosts
“Underneath our nice, friendly facades there is great unease. If I were to scratch below the surface of anyone I would find fear, pain, and anxiety running amok. We all have ways to cover them up. We overeat, over-drink, overwork; we watch too much television.”
“Underneath runs the main current of preoccupation, which is keeping one's nose clean at all times. This means that when things go wrong you have to pass the blame along the line, like pass-the-parcel, till the music stops.”
“Underneath that rude exterior, you've got a heart of gold.”
“Underneath that skin they were the same, a frame of bones supporting a tangle of nerves and muscles and a steadily beating heart. It seemed ridiculous that anyone should care what color wrapped around it all.”
Source: American Royals II: Majesty
“Underneath the chaos there stirs a great plan. And it will be birthed only if I give it permission to do so because I have exercised the faith that it’s there.”
“underneath the cotton sky running in the blood an endless sunset.”
“Underneath the drones, the pedestrians and board riders along Plough Lane had stopped to look around in confusion as power and digital connectivity was taken from them—basic human rights since before they were born”
Source: Salvation Lost
“Underneath the forms of fiction and poetry, you can bet your ass the ground comes from someone's actual life experience.”
“Underneath the ground
you can't hear a sound
not even the sweet falling rain
you might forget about tomorrow
forget about the swallows
but they won't forget you
they won't forget you”
Source: The Rat King
“Underneath the helmet was something neon orange [...], a windbreaker that was almost brighter than the stadium paint.
[...] "Dan commissioned them her first year here. She said she was tired of everyone trying to look past us. People want to pretend people like us don't exist, you know? Everyone hopes we're someone else's problem to solve." Nicky reached out and fingered the material. "They don't understand, so they don't know where to start. They feel overwhelmed and give up before they've taken the first step."
Nicky gave himself a small shake and smiled, melancholy instantly replaced by cheer. "You know we donate a portion of ticket sales to charity? Our tickets cost a little more than anyone else's because of it. [...]”
Source: The Foxhole Court
“Underneath the inharmonious and trivial particulars, is a musical perfection, the Ideal journeying always with us, the heaven without rent or seam.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“Underneath the reality in which we live and have our being, another altogether different reality lies concealed.”
“Underneath the sky, so void of light, the rain soaked me through. I held on to the railing and felt calm, even content, and then he had to reach through the dark, raise my temperature and make my heart beat a little bit faster. Not very gallant I should say...especially so close to bedtime. Friend or not, should he rob me of sleep, I'll be sure to take his.”
“Underneath the starry sky, amidst the town's nocturnal embrace, I pedaled forward with a renewed sense of optimism, accompanied by the harmonies that echoed the elation within my soul.”
Source: Serenade of Solitude
“Underneath the stress is fear, and the biggest is our own personal fear of failure.”
“Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.”
Source: Wise Up
“Underneath the world of sense perceptions and the world of mind activity, there is the vastness of being. There's a vast spaciousness. There's a vast stillness and there's a little ripple activity on the surface, which isn't separate, just like the ripples are not separate from the ocean.”
“Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.”
“Underneath this little stone
Lies Robert Earl of Huntington;
No other archer was so good -
And people called him Robin Hood.
Such outlaws as he and his men
Will England never see again.”
Source: The Adventures of Robin Hood
“Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster.”
“Underneath your physical and psychological form, you are one with Life itself, one with Being.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“Underneath your sexuality is the drive and desire to be known and loved. God created you as a sexual being so that you might understand what it means to long, to desire, and to crave intimate oneness. Your sexuality was never meant to be an isolated physiological urge that is expressed apart from the rest of who you are as a woman. You have longings to share your heart, soul, and body with another person because God made you a deeply relational and spiritual woman. Your greatest need for intimacy however is to know the god who created you.”
Source: Sex and the Single Girl
“Underneath your skin. In your heart deep within. Where the light, breaks in. How twin flame journeys begin - Waves Of You”
Source: Coming Home
“Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body can use.”
Source: Right Wing Women
“Underpants! Underpants!”
Source: Wedding Night
“Underperformance can be attributed to three key factors: emotions, motivations, or lack of knowledge in a specific area”
“Underpinning almost everything
of, and within, our United States
and the people of our United
States, are just TWO things —
property and money.”
Source: Go! From Labor to Capital: Simple. Modern. Wealth Roadmap.
“Undersized solar photovoltaic circuits that have not been de-rated for heat are known to spontaneously go on fire.”
“Understand a simple truth about Life: you have to go through what you have to go through! No amount of praying or wishing can change what you have to, and will, experience in Life. So, stop resisting anything that you dislike and are faced with. The role of a crisis is to make you stronger, wiser and, interestingly, happy. Look back at all that you have been through and you will find that you are better from your experiences. So, why be bitter about whatever’s happening to you now? Embrace your current reality, accept it as your new normal, and keep doing what you can possibly do each given day. Over time, you will find yourself soaked in equanimity, no matter how hard the going is!”
“Understand and apply this vital principle to your life: Your exercise of faith builds character. Fortified character expands your capacity to exercise greater faith. Thus, your confidence in making correct decisions is enhanced. And the strengthening cycle continues. The more your character is fortified, the more enabled you are to exercise the power of faith for yet stronger character.”
“Understand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.”
“Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Understand and treat your health conditions or be sickly and die a premature death.”
“Understand before you pass judgement. But how do you pass judgement once you have understood?”
Source: We Were Young and Carefree: The Autobiography of Laurent Fignon