W Quotes
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“What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington
“What a turnaround in sentiment 'Glee' exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career or cabaret stardom relegated some poor yearning dope to a lavender ghetto of losers, self-deluders, and social rejects.”
“What a turnout of events, at the beginning of life was the end of another, at the highest point of joy was the beginning of the worst pain a human being could ever go through. It was simply the mystery of birth and death.”
Source: The Dream Actor
“What a type of happy family is the family of the Sun! With what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace, do his children the planets move around him, shining with light which they drink in from their parent's in at once upon him and on one another!”
“What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.”
“What a unique treasure are the things we have learned to live without, for no thief can take them from us.”
“What a vapid job title our culture gives to those honorable laborers the ancient Egyptians and Sumerians variously called Learned Men of the Magic Library, Scribes of the Double House of Life, Mistresses of the House of Books, or Ordainers of the Universe. 'Librarian' - that mouth-contorting, graceless grind of a word, that dry gulch in the dictionary between 'libido' and 'licentious' - it practically begs you to envision a stoop-shouldered loser, socks mismatched, eyes locked in a permanent squint from reading too much microfiche. If it were up to me, I would abolish the word entirely and turn back to the lexicological wisdom of the ancients, who saw librarians not as feeble sorters and shelvers but as heroic guardians. In Assyrian, Babylonian, and Egyptian cultures alike, those who toiled at the shelves were often bestowed with a proud, even soldierly, title: Keeper of the Books. - p.113”
Source: The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
“What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.”
Source: Pensées
“What a vast difference there is between the barbarism that precedes culture and the barbarism that follows it.”
“What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! I went in and found the table laden with books. I looked in and sniffed them all. I could not resist carrying this one off and broaching it. I think I could happily live here and read forever.”
Source: A Writer's Diary
“What a vast Traffick is drove, what a variety of Labour is performed in the World to the Maintenance of Thousands of Families that altogether depend on two silly if not odious Customs; the taking of Snuff and smoking of Tobacco; both which it is certain do infinitely more hurt than good to those that are addicted to them!”
Source: The Fable of the Bees
“What a vibe! Do you wanna walk with me? I’m headed this way.”
“No,” said Andrei. “But thank you.”
David shifted his arms and laughed. He did not expect rejection. David considered himself friendly and a young man of great energy and there could be no possible reason why anybody should deny his invitation.
“Oh, why not?”
“David...” Andrei started on an effortless admission. The comet knew exactly how he felt and did not measure his blow. It was fair this way, so he locked his eyes kindly on David and shared: “I do not want to walk with you. There’s nothing wrong with that. We don’t need to be friends. And this is okay.”
“Oh. Did I...say something bad earlier?”
“Mate, it’s just who you are. And who I am. I don’t want to pretend that it’s pleasant to be with you.”
“Dude, that really hurts me that you said that, Andrei.”
“What can we do, honestly, David? Lie instead? That’s how it is. It can’t be changed. It’s nothing on you—just the both of us combined Not every person we meet is right for us. If we treat everyone like friends, nothing is earned, you know what I mean?”
“Alright, dude. Whatever. That’s totally your choice, so all good. But that literally makes no sense, so.”
Andrei looked down the road, which he owed, and not David, and so withdrew.
“Then let me make no sense. Cheers. Good luck with everything.”
Source: A Happy Ghost
“What a vicious circle we can put ourselves in: we have come to accept the notion of "fix me first," when part of the essential fixing we all need is to be compassionately involved with others.”
Source: It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice
“What a view, i said again. The river was blank and mindless with beauty. It was the most glorious thing I have ever seen. But it was not seeing, really. For once it was not just seeing. It was beholding. I beheld the river in its icy pit of brightness, in its far-below sound and indifference, in its large coil and tiny points and flashes of the moon, in its long sinuous form, in its uncomprehending consequence.”
Source: Deliverance
“What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.”
“What a vile, cursed world this is, where you may see men and women perish before your eyes, and no more chance of saving them than if they were going down in mid-ocean!”
Source: The Nether World
“What a vindication of the belief that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, what a reminder of what Bobby Kennedy once said, about how small actions can be like pebbles being thrown into a still lake, and ripples of hope cascade outwards and change the world.”
“What a voice. Deep, throaty, but not in a sexy way. In a haunted way. A voice full of heartbreak and ghosts.
I won't go back, I won't go home,
'Cause in this place, the dead still roam,
'Cause this time, Whiskey Bayou won't let me go.”
Source: Wild Man's Curse
“What a waist!
When pollution meets sexism.”
“What a wallop of rich, full-bodied flavor! Tangy spiciness is flooding in my mouth! This ain't no sweet tea cake!
Ankimo?!
It's filled with ankimo monkfish liver!"
"Yep! You've got it in one. This here is a special little dish I made...
I dub it THE ANKIMONAKA GUTS SANDWICH!"
"Wait a minute. There were no rice wafer shells or batter in the ingredient trucks! How could you make a monaka sandwich?!"
"Easy enough to make your own with a little cornstarch and shiratama rice flour. Squeeze some batter between two muffin molds- like these- bake them, and voilà! You have your own instant rice wafers. It's a pretty delicate operation, though, so you've gotta be patient and careful.
As for the filling, I started out by trimming and deveining some monkfish liver, then I salted it to remove its fishiness.
Next, I whipped up a broth of bonito stock seasoned with soy sauce, sake and sugar and then simmered the liver.
I pressed it through a strainer until it was a nice, smooth paste and mixed in my handmade Shichimi red pepper blend.
After that, all that was left was to stuff the rice wafer shells with it and serve!"
Light, crispy wafers and thick, sticky monkfish-liver paste! Those two and the mountain yam he mixed in with them make for marvelously contrasting textures! And their flavors! The sharp spiciness spreads its addicting tingle through my entire mouth!
He struck the perfect balance between the savory umami of the bonito stock and the salty soy sauce too...
Which makes the tangy spiciness of his red pepper blend stand out all the more!”
Source: 食戟のソーマ 33 [Shokugeki no Souma 33]
“What a waste.. All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.”
Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
“What a waste for such a handsome man to be..."
Minna chuckled. "So you find him attractive."
"Who would not, My Queen?"
"Indeed, you are right. Who would not? But alas, no woman will ever find comfort in his arms, or passion in his eyes, though it is not impossible that he should love. A woman willing to sacrifice the hope of children might find great happiness with him if she was prepared to be his friend."
"But would he wish it?”
“What a waste! I have wasted time, resources, energy. Tattoo ink taints the flesh. It is more than a permanent scar—it is a nausea-inducing taste that I refuse to consume.”
Source: Savage Indulgence: A Grisly Short Story with a Twist Ending
“What a waste my life would be without all the beautiful mistakes I've made.”
“What a waste of an education Rick Santorum is! ... Let's just pray that none of his home-schooled kids grow up to be an airline pilot, okay? That's all I'm asking. Please dear God, do not let any of these home-schooled kids grow up to be a surgeon, an airline pilot, or a nurse. Or somebody that's in charge of my trans-vaginal mandatory ultrasound. Seriously, no science-y things for them, you know, just religion, let them be all preachers or something.”
“What a waste of time it is to be anxious and worried about aging instead of living.”
Source: Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.”
“What a waste of trees ... that adoption author is definitely a tree killer. ... I wish trees would sprout legs and come barging through the front doors and seek revenge for their obliterated brethren by ramming themselves down his goddamn throat.”
Source: The Beasts of Success
“What a way to learn great theology! That's what comes to mind whenever I sing one of those old hymns. "And Can It Be" is like putting the doctrine of salvation to music. "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" is a melodic lesson in grace. No wonder good hymns make for strong faith!”
“What a way to pay a man back for helping you. Gah, I suck as a human being.’ (Shahara)”
Source: The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice
“What a weak love that would be, if I can only esteem the things that bowed to me easily or the things that did not cause pain! I had to love you as you are, and yet hope for you to be better...”
Source: The Wraith and the Rose
“What a weak, credulous, incredulous, unbelieving, superstitious, bold, frightened, what a ridiculous world ours is, as far as concerns the mind of man. How full of inconsistencies, contradictions and absurdities it is. I declare that taking the average of many minds that have recently come before me ... I should prefer the obedience, affections and instinct of a dog before it.”
Source: The Correspondence of Michael Faraday, Volume 4: 1849-1855
“What a weary time it took to learn how homely and direct the answer was, that it needed no thunderbolts and flaming wonders for Him to fulfill His promise, I will keep thee full securely. That He had as many ways of loving as there were droplets in the ocean, the ocean that was yet all one sea.”
Source: Katherine
“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
Source: Ham On Rye
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.”
Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain: Reader's Edition
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. All day long, the mill of his brain is grinding, and his thoughts, not those of other things, are his history. These are his life, and they are not written. Everyday would make a whole book of 80,000 words -- 365 books a year. Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written.”
“What a weird thing smoking is and I can't stop it. I feel cosy, have a sense of well-being when I'm smoking, poisoning myself, killing myself slowly. Not so slowly maybe. I have all kinds of pains I don't want to know about and I know that's what they're from. But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel as if I'm living unless I'm killing myself.”
Source: The Turtle Diary
“What a welcome change to feel like someone is running the country instead of running it into the ground. President Obama has done more in eight weeks than George W. Bush did in eight years - unless you include starting a couple of wars.”
“What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.”
“What a woman is feeling is much more important than what you know... Every time that you interrupt a patient, you are preventing her from speaking her truth, and you make her doubt herself.”
Source: Le Chœur des femmes
“What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.”
“What a woman should know -When to just let him zone out on video games, his computer, or phone. -When to let him control the day or situation. -When to just shut up and kiss him.”
“What a woman thinks of women is the test of her nature.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Meredith
“What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.”
“What a woman you are,” he murmured, and she heard the emotion in it, the
way the Irish thickened just a bit in his voice. And saw it in those vivid eyes when he drew back. “That you would think of this. That you would do this.”
He shook his head, kissed her. Like the breath, long and quiet.
“I can’t thank you enough. There isn’t enough thanks. I can’t say what this means to me, even to you. I don’t have the words for it.” He took her hands,
brought them both to his lips. “A ghra. You stagger me.”
He framed her face now, touched his lips to her brow. “You’re the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.”
Source: Indulgence in Death
“What a women reads makes her more attractive and more elegant than what she wears.”
“What a wonder is it, that two natures infinitely distant, should be more intimately united than anything in the world; and yet without any confusion! That the same person should have both a glory and a grief; an infinite joy in the Deity, and an inexpressible sorrow in the humanity! That a God upon a throne should be an infant in a cradle; the thundering Creator be a weeping babe and a suffering man, are such expressions of mighty power, as well as condescending love, that they astonish men upon earth, and angels in heaven.”
“What a wonderful and amazing Scheme have we here of the magnificent Vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths, and every one of them stock’d with so many Herbs, Trees and Animals, and adorn’d with so many Seas and Mountains! And how must our wonder and admiration be encreased when we consider the prodigious distance and multitude of the Stars?”
“What a wonderful and amazing Scheme have we here of the magnificent Vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths.”
Source: The Celestial Worlds Discover'd, Or, Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets