W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.”
“When every piece falls into place, it's like a dance, a delicate but powerful balancing act. The art of holding on and letting go at the same time.”
“When every piece of furniture and your underwear are taken by the bank, when you lose your house in Florida, in New York, in Amsterdam and L.A., when your wife is dying and your son abandons you, you don't feel very good.”
“When every possession is special, none of them are.”
Source: Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space
“When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere.”
“When every single piece of media you consume is time-shifted, does that mean it's actually you that's time-shifted?”
Source: Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
“When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.”
Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Pt. 1, Human Experience; Pt. 2, The Arts in Culture
“When every team is on a well-being journey, the entire organization will see gains.”
Source: A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Healthier, Happier, and More Resilient Workforce
“When every tree can suddenly speak as a nymph, when a god in the shape of a bull can drag away maidens, when even the goddess Athena herself is suddenly seen in the company of Peisastratus driving through the market place of Athens with a beautiful team of horses - and this is what the honest Athenian believed - then, as in a dream, anything is possible at each moment, and all of nature swarms around man as it were nothing but a masquerade of the gods, who were merely amusing themselves by deceiving men in all these shapes.”
Source: On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense
“When every young man refuses to go to war, you will have peace. You do not defend any idea with violence.”
“When everybody compares me to Mario Lemieux, it's an honor.”
“When everybody contributes a change to what he or she notices, it is then we will change our world.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“When everybody does better, EVERYBODY does better.”
“When everybody else is in a down market is focusing on what they're doing wrong, instead focus on what you should be doing differently, it may be that what you did in the past was perfectly right. It is possible to do all the right things in business and still have a business crisis because of what's happening in the external environment. And if you start focusing on mistakes only, you're going to miss opportunities.”
“When everybody else thinks it's the end, we have to begin.”
“When everybody has access to an avalanche of information, becoming a master thinker is very important in your life-long security.”
“When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.”
“When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.”
“When everybody in the world loves one another, then the weak will not be overpowered by the strong, the few will not be oppressed by the many, the poor will not be mocked by the wealthy, the humble will not be disdained by the honoured, and the simple will not be deceived by the cunning.”
“When everybody is playing at the same level, there's so much more noise. And there's less incentive for the people who should be rising above that noise to take time and invest in what they're doing. It just becomes about hustling and grabbing attention.”
“When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely.”
“When everybody owns something, nobody owns it, and nobody has a direct interest in maintaining or improving its condition. That is why buildings in the Soviet Union - like public housing in the United States - look decrepit within a year or two of their construction.”
Source: Free to Choose: A Personal Statement
“When everybody thinks alike, nobody thinks.”
Source: Nothing But Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way
“When everybodys clicking, we can put a lot of runs on the board.”
“When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.”
“When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.”
“When everyone around you is doing all this incredible pirate acting and you're having to sort of play the straight guy and move the story forward, you kind of want to be doing some of that pirate ripping it up stuff, but in truth, to be a part of that project is what I love.”
“When everyone arrived at the formal garden, lunch had been laid out on the terrace by unseen hands. Bowls of strawberries and frosty buckets of champagne waited beside iced platters of salmon and dill, sliced cold flank steak and a salad composed of all the kitchen garden's earth-bound magic. A tiered cake stand held scores of macarons- pistachio, chocolate, raspberry and more exotic lavender and vanilla, thyme and honey, rose and tea, each topped with the corresponding herb or flower.”
Source: The Forbidden Garden
“When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates' parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.”
“When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?”
Source: Killosophy
“When everyone covets something, they are easily annoyed by it.”
“When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too.”
Source: The last temptation of Christ
“When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless,
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen,
I might not be the same, but that's not important.
No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it.”
“When everyone else says you can't, determination says,'YES YOU CAN.'”
“When everyone failed to hear my screams, you are the only one who heard my silence.”
“When everyone feels that risks are at their minimum, over-confidence can take over and elementary precautions start to get watered down.”
“When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.”
“When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.”
“When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.”
“When everyone has good players, teaching will be a telling difference.”
“When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities.”
“When everyone has let you down... You still have ice cream.”
“When everyone in America knows you're in a dreadful position, admit you're in a dreadful position. Don't lie about it and make them roll their eyes, tell the truth and make them blink.”
“When everyone in the family is united, when they resolve their issues with each other and unite; it is called vitarag bhav, attachment-free intent. And to disunite is to have raag-dwesh, attachment-abhorrence remain.”
“When everyone in the world sees beauty, then ugly exists.”
“When everyone is a contrarian, nobody is a contrarian”
“When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.”
“When everyone is against you, it means you are absolutely wrong - or you are absolutely right.”
“When everyone is catching great waves and out in the line up telling stories and having a laugh, you have the best times. I also get really psyched surfing or running in the rain.”
“When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he is a saint or
they are not telling the whole story.”