W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Whatever the genre of film you're doing and whatever the source material is, you have to adapt to the different genre, but it's the same work, as an actor. You're just trying to ground it in reality and find your truth in it.”
“Whatever the great works of art of the future might be, they will all contain the same secret, forged by courage and freedom, nourished by the daring of thousands of artists from every century and every nation. Yes, when modern tyrannies point out that artists, even when confined to their profession, are the public enemy, they are right. But they also pay homage, through the artist, to an image of humankind that nothing, up until now, has had the power to destroy.”
Source: Create Dangerously
“Whatever the hateful do to the hateful, or an enemy to an enemy, worse is the harm of a misguided mind directed at oneself.”
“Whatever the heart desires, it purchases at the cost of soul”
“Whatever the hell I am, I am Me.”
Source: The Claidi journals
“Whatever the hell was going on with this guy, he reminded Harley of a rat. Harley hated rats. It made him want to whack the dude in the face with a bat.”
Source: Edge of Instinct
“Whatever the history of U.S. intervention in Iraq, our priorities now should be to protect our people and defend our national security interests, not to try to resolve an intractable religious divide some 1,500 years in the making.”
“Whatever the Holy Spirit prompts a true Christian to do for the glory of God, He allures him to do in a modest way, and with a disposition of indescribable tenderness.”
“Whatever the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth -whether it existed before or not”
“Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish.”
“Whatever the intellectual is too certain of, if he is healthily playful, he begins to find unsatisfactory. The meaning of his intellectual life lies not in the possession of truth but in the quest for new uncertainties.”
Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for nothing guarantees that knowledge alone will be truly useful to human beings.”
“Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, every photograph is a unique proof of identify, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts.”
Source: Untold Night and Day
“Whatever the intention or aim of the photographer, Wolfi thought, every photograph is a unique proof of identity, firmly declaring that human beings are ghosts.”
Source: Untold Night and Day
“Whatever the intentions behind land acknowledgments, I am intrigued that otherwise well-educated listeners (especially university audiences) require continuous reminders that they occupy stolen land. Settler colonialism not only erases, it feeds on its own forgetfulness.”
Source: On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice
“Whatever the job is, we can do it. Thats why the nation has a Marine Corps.”
“Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.”
“Whatever the joke is has to be funny, and not coming from a mean-spirited place. I think some things are totally off limits. If someone's spouse died, or one of their children, I would never joke about that in a Roast situation. I don't have any aspirations towards writing any cancer jokes, and there's some stuff that I think is definitely taboo.”
“Whatever the label on the parties, or the war cries issuing from the demagogues who lead them, the practical choice is between the plutocracy on the one side and a rabble of preposterous impossibilists on the other.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Whatever the lady does is wrong. I do not know of a single right decision taken by her.”
“Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages”
“Whatever the lengths to which others may go, His Majesty's Government will never resort to the deliberate attack on women and children and other civilians for purposes of mere terrorism.”
“Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.”
“Whatever the man’s age, history, condition, knowledge, culture, development, he had an erection. Good currency anywhere. Recognized by the Bank of England.”
“Whatever the marketplace, if talented people are given resources, they're going to keep driving us to having better, simpler, cheaper solutions to problems.”
“Whatever the medium, if you have great taste and not very much skill, you can still make something great.”
“Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.”
“Whatever the mind believes, the body has a better chance of becoming. An absolute diagnosis is therefore not only false, but also unhelpful.”
Source: Suddenly Silent and Still
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
Source: Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve regardless of how many times you may have failed in the past or how lofty your aims and hopes may be.”
“Whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve; I can CREATE whatever I can IMAGINE!”
Source: How to Get The Ring On Your Finger:
“Whatever the mind does, the soul has perforce to suffer the consequences of it, because the soul and the mind are knotted together.”
“Whatever the mind holds to and firmly believes in, forms a new pattern of though within its creative mold, as whatever thought is held in the mind tends to take outward form in new creations.”
Source: The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition
“Whatever the mind is set upon, or whatever it keeps most in view, that it is bringing to it, and the continual thought or imagining must at last take form and shape in the world of seen and tangible things.”
Source: Thoughts are Things: Essays Selected From the White Cross Library (New Thought Edition)
“Whatever the mind is taught to expect, that it will build, produce, and bring forth for you.”
Source: The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.”
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.”
“Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.”
“Whatever the mind sets itself on is what the man walks after.”
Source: The Finest of the Wheat, vol 2 - Hardcover: Selected Excerpts from the Published Works of Watchman Nee
“Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.”
Source: Babbitt
“Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.”
“Whatever the nature of dance, it needs no onlooker, not even a single witness.”
“Whatever the needs of family members may be, we can strengthen our families as we follow the counsel given by prophets.”
“Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger.”
Source: Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
“Whatever the north was, I miss it.
My life since has grown thick without it.”
“Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.”
“Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'”
“Whatever the occasion, do not neglect alcohol. No other refreshment will do. Yes, alcohol kills brain cells, but it's very selective. It only kills the brain cells that contain good sense, shame, embarrassment, and restraint.”
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
“Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.”
Source: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay