W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When asked what he thought of sports, Oscar Wilde replied, "I approve of any activity that requires the wearing of special clothing.”
“When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."”
“When asked what I am most proud of, I stick out my chest, hold my head high and state proudly, 'I served in the United States Navy!'”
“When ... asked what I am writing, I have answered, "A book about social class in America," ... It is if I had said, "I am working on a book urging the beating to death of baby whales using the dead bodies of baby seals.”
Source: Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
“When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'"”
“When asked, 'What is more important: praying or reading the Bible?' I ask, 'What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?”
“When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."”
“When asked what learning was the most necessary, he said, Not to unlearn what you have learned!”
“When asked what single event was most helpful in developing the Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein replied, "Figuring out how to think about the problem".”
“When asked what the stock market will do: It will fluctuate.”
“When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.”
“When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.”
“When asked where God is, people point towards the sky or some far and distant region: no wonder then that He does not manifest Himself! Realize that He is in you, with you, behind you, and all around you; and He can be seen and felt everywhere.”
“When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.”
“When asked whether or not we are Marxists, our position is the same as that of a physicist, when asked if he is a “Newtonian” or of a biologist when asked if he is a “Pasteurian.”
“When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most."”
“When asked Who I Am, the only answer possible is: I am the infinite, the vastness that is the substance of all things. I am no one and everyone, nothing and everything -- just as you are.”
“When asked who they talk to when they get upset, many children (and adults!) say it is their pet. - Love and Feathers (sourced from the National Institutes of Health)”
Source: Love & Feathers: what a palm-sized parrot has taught me about life, love, and healthy self-esteem
“When asked who you are, never say “I am nobody.”
And never believe it, even for a moment and even in the secret of your thoughts, for you are not your job, status, assets, bank account, or the lack of them all.
You are neither just a body, let alone a no body.
Whether you realize it or not, you contribute to life and your surroundings just by existing, for you are a being with a soul and an energy field, silently yet impactfully intermingling with those around you at all times.”
Source: Rebel Thoughts of Wisdom: Inspiring Conscious Change for Personal & Collective Growth
“When asked why he doesn't believe in astrology, the logician Raymond Smullyan responds that he's a Gemini and Geminis never believe in astrology.”
Source: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
“When asked why he wrote the book, Freed said:
In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums—
where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked.”
Source: Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City - Volume I: The Putnam-Boas Era
“When asked why I am single, my reply is simply; I consider myself a black pearl rare in my authenticity, adding a mysterious beauty to the select few who can recognize & even fewer who appreciate my worth. So instead of dating, I throw myself into working in the field. If my Boaz recognizes me amongst the black rocks...great! If not, the magnificence of my rarity will simply radiate onto those working the fields as well in the form of teaching, which is what I do.”
“When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope.”
Source: The Stand
“When asked, "What do you think love is?" a lot of people speak of things that are painful or lingering. I wanted to talk about various sides to love. Things such as the excitement, happiness, parting, pain, regret regarding love.”
“When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.”
“When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'”
Source: The Stand
“When asked, 'Shall I tell my mother I'm gay?', I reply, 'Never tell your mother anything.”
“When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a very simple answer. I think up my own moves, and I make my opponent think up his”
“when asked, most folks will gladly tell us about ourselves, who we are, what we're feeling, and where we should be heading. And if we don't honor ourselves by listening to our lives, we'll believe them.”
“When asking about ones age the question asked is how old are you.I would hereby like to advocate rephrasing this as - how young are you?”
“When asking for advice, search not for what is on the surface, Dig deeper, questioning what does this person believe in?”
“When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses.”
Source: No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book
“When assaulted by sexual knowledge for the first time, a girl plunges into a period of blackness, which is required in order to let her emotions catch up with her body.
Sleeping Beauty sleeps. Cinderella waits, and while she waits she works her way through the darkness of depression. Snow White both works and sleeps before she is ready to open her eyes and find a Prince leaning over her.”
Source: Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life
“When asses are needed.- You will never get the crowd to cry Hosanna until you ride into town on an ass.”
Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits
“When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh work. Also, it's very stimulating to be around non-professional photographers. They're the ones with the purest flame burning about their photography. I appreciate that.”
“When astrology was conceived, all of the celestial bodies were in different places. So if you're a Sagittarius now, I guess you would have been a Capricorn 2,000 years ago.”
“When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams, because they didn’t want to appear muscle-y, when at 18, my male friends were unable to express their feelings, I decided that I was a feminist.”
“WHEN AT 15, MY GIRLFRIENDS STARTED DROPPING OUT OF THEIR BELOVED SPORTS TEAMS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO APPEAR MUSCLE-Y, WHEN AT 18, MY MALES FRIENDS WERE UNABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS, I DECIDED THAT I WAS A FEMINIST.”
“When at a crossroads, my father was fond of saying “go with your gut.” “Intuition,” he said, “always has our best interests at heart.” It is a voice that can tell us who is friend and who is foe…Which ones to hold at arm’s length…And which ones to keep close. But too often, we become distracted by fear, doubt, our own stubborn hopes, and refuse to listen.”
“When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions.”
“When at eve, at the bounding of the landscape, the heavens appear to recline so slowly on the earth, imagination pictures beyond the horizon an asylum of hope, - a native land of love; and nature seems silently to repeat that man is immortal.”
“When at last I came upon the right book, the feeling was violent: it blew open a hole in me that made life more dangerous because I couldn't control what came through it.”
Source: Great House: A Novel
“When, at last, I ceased to be myself, I came to be.”
“When at last I left him I ran all the way home. I laughed, I talked to myself, I wanted to shout and sing, and I found it very difficult not to tell my parents how happy I was, that my whole life had changed, and that I was no longer a beggar but as rich as Croesus.”
“When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk would be an adventure, where every garden would become an enchanted one.”
“When at last we have to die it will be time enough to get cold.
While we are on fire let us seethe and boil.”
Source: The Home and the World
“When at last you are come to the ocean of happiness, do not go back thirsty.”
Source: Songs of Kabir
“When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up.”
Source: Men and Women of Christ
“When at loss accept, be witness, rather than fight with or against it”
“When at loss, Acknowledge”