W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When a country doesn't have a good economic infrastructure, that harms the country. With Stripe, the idea is that by providing better infrastructure, by linking the Internet economically, by making it easier for these online businesses to exist, it'll make the web better.”
“When a country has a strong spirit, foreign and exotic influences do not debilitated that spirit, they strengthen it.
- German Literature in the Age of Bach”
Source: Selected Non-fictions
“When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.”
“When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through into everyday life via all kinds of channels.”
“When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11
“When a country is defeated, there remain only mountains and rivers, and on a ruined castle in spring only grasses thrive. I sat down on my hat and wept bitterly till I almost forgot time.
A thicket of summer grass
Is all that remains
Of the dreams and ambitions
Of ancient warriors.”
Source: The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
“When a country is dying, war is its last throe.”
“When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities. There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe.”
“When a country is invaded and attacked and people resist it's important to speak up and to say they have the right to resist and to defend their right to resist.”
“When a country is run by thieves who are masquerading as politicians. All crime and criminal activities will prevail. All criminals will prosper and flourish. Everything they think is a problem will be resolved by a threat or killing. Especially those who stand in their way or who dare to question their actions or them. Illegal way will be the right way. The corrupt way will be the only way.”
“When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.”
“When a country just emerges from poverty, it possesses cheap labor; it's the best period for everyone, including the poor. This sweet spot occurs only once in a civilization. China was in that position two decades ago, and now it's India and Bangladesh. Enjoy this advantageous position as long as it lasts. The labor costs will soon rise, and we will face the same fate as the West. On paper, these countries may have higher GDP and better HDI, but in reality, people cannot afford basic necessities such as food, housing, healthcare, and education.”
“When a country places the well-being of its citizens at the forefront of its priorities, it paves the way for a brighter, more compassionate, and truly great society”
“When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip.”
“When a couple came to class together, it meant something else entirely - food as a solution, a diversion, or, occasionally, a playground.”
Source: The School of Essential Ingredients
“When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism, and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along.”
Source: Modern manners
“When a couple gets to the last stage, one or both partners may have an affair. But an affair is usually a symptom of a dying marriage, not the cause. The end of that marriage could have been predicted long before either spouse strayed.”
“When a couple of young people strongly devoted to each other commence to eat onions, it is safe to pronounce them engaged.”
Source: Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, Under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a Most Remarkable Manner
“When a couple turns domestic, for the first while having to talk about the need for aluminum eaves troughing and other matters only gets in the way of the relationship. Then, magically, these negotiations take the place of the relationship.”
“When a course of action is forced upon you it’s best to accept it with grace and milk it for whatever you can get, right up to the moment the first opportunity to weasel out of the deal presents itself.”
Source: Prince of Fools
“When a court goes too far, it actually weakens our respect for judicial institutions.”
“When a court officer suggested quarantine for Nerissa, she grabbed the man's pen and jammed it into the back of his hand, screaming that he was a Crimson Guard witch come to remove her memories and replace them with bird-song.
They decided to skip quarantine after that.”
Source: The Iron Thorn
“When a cow has dropped its dung, the people shall know its worth”
“When a cow lives with the butcher, sooner or later he gets eaten unless he helps the other cows off to their slaughter. (Nick)”
Source: Dark Side Of The Moon
“When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.”
“When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.”
Source: Dune Messiah
“When a creature is exposed to violence, it will tend to adapt to that disturbance, so that when the violence ceases or the creature is allowed its freedom, the healthy instinct to flee is hugely diminished, and the creature stays put instead.”
“When a crew and a captain understand each other to the core, it takes a gale, and more than a gale, to put their ship ashore.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated)
“When a cricketer gets hit in the private parts, he hopes the pain will go away very soon but the swelling doesn't!”
“When a criminal breaks into your home I'll let the liberals call the lawyer. I'm going to call Smith & Wesson.”
“When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.”
“When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime.”
Source: My Name is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic
“When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.”
Source: THE AMERICAN DREW THE ZOO STORY
“When a critical mass of people have the Bible and apply what it teaches in their lives, a nation is transformed.”
“When a crow says an intelligent thing, chickens may laugh at it. This is the laughing of the sand castles at the powerful waves!”
“When a cult grows up, it becomes a culture.”
“When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.”
“When a culture is being dumbed down as effectively as ours is, its narrative arts (literature, film, theatre) seem to vacillate between the brutal and the bland, sometimes in the same work.”
“When a culture is not mythologically instructed, not instructed in story that gives us a call, then we start looking for quasi-stories, little toxic stories that keep our selves alerted and spared until we find another story.”
“When a culture of ladies arises, a culture of gentlemen will follow.”
Source: How To Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul: 21 Secrets for Women
“When a culture oppresses women, and all do to one degree or another, it isn't convenient to acknowledge that there are women who like submission in bed or who have fantasies about rape. Masochistic fantasies damage the case for equality, and even when they are seen as the result of a "sick society," the peculiarity of our sexual actions or fantasies is not easily untangled or explained away. The ground from which they spring is simply too muddy. Acts can be controlled, but not desire. Sexual feeling pops up, in spite of our politics.”
Source: A Plea for Eros: Essays
“When a culture simply shrugs about what happens to people in war, it breaks the fragile sequence, the bond between all people.”
“When a cupboard is full to overflowing and the doors are opened up, that which is within comes tumbling out and nothing can stop it. When floodgates are opened, the water rushes forth with tremendous power and force, carrying all before it. So with the”
“When a customer asks what no one else has ever asked, pay close attention.”
“When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.”
“When a customer is upset, remember that you're dealing with a person, not a problem.”
Source: Taming Gladys!: The Busy Leader's Guide to Creating Fierce Customer Loyalty
“When a customer receives a dish, they get food and design at the same time.”
“When a cycle in your life repeats, you should troubleshot where the glitch is. Find the glitch and you will find your purposed journey.”
“When a dad admits he is wrong or asks for help, he allows the child to see him- or herself as adequate even when she or he is also wrong. It encourages children to make suggestions and, therefore, to discover their creativity because they have a chance of making a contribution.”
“When a daffadill I see, Hanging down his head towards me, Guess I may, what I must be: First, I shall decline my head; Secondly, I shall be dead: Lastly, safely buryed.”
Source: The Hesperides & Noble Numbers