W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When feeling lonely or anxious, most of us have the habit of looking for distractions, which often leads to some form of unwholesome consumption -- whether eating a snack in the absence of hunger, mindlessly surfing the Internet, going on a drive, or reading. Conscious breathing is a good way to nourish body and mind with mindfulness.”
Source: Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
“When feeling low, just remember...
The moon too looks broken at times.”
“When feeling sad, dream on! When feeling happy, dream on! You shall survive by means of your dreams!”
“When feelings go on overload,
I pause and breathe
and all is . . . slowed.”
Source: Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day
“When feelings of inadequacy come creeping in, let's park our minds in God's truth.”
“When feet doesn't want to hold you, you climb with your head. Maybe it isn't the natural order of things, but isn't it better to walk with your head than to think with your feet, as it happens so frequently?”
“When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.”
Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when antiracism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other and both interests lose.”
“When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.”
Source: Bad Feminist
“When feminist analysis moved on from stranger rape to the much more likely possibility in a woman's life of rape by a man close to her, the male establishment and heterosexual system suffered a more serious challenge.
The issues of incest and marital rape strike blows at the fundamental institution of male supremacy itself, the heterosexual family. The serious contradiction faced by heterosexual women became much more pronounced as the prevalence of child sexual abuse and relationship rape was revealed. How could the trust and innocence required to get women to love and marry men, and produce children with them, be sustained in the context of this knowledge?”
Source: Anticlimax: a feminist perspective on the sexual revolution
“When feminist discourse is unable to discriminate the drunken fraternity brother from the homicidal maniac, women are in trouble.”
Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“When feminist rhetoric is rooted biases like racism, ableism, transmisogyny, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia, it automatically works against marginalized women and against any concept of solidarity. It's not enough to know that other women with different experiences exist' you must also understand that they have their own femiminist formed by that experience. Whether it's an argument that women who wear the hijab must be "saved" from it, or reproductive-justice arguments that paint having a disabled baby as the worst possible outcome, the reality is that feminism can be marginalizing”
Source: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
“When feminists become saints, we will become their pupils.”
“When feminists create “safe spaces” for adult women...I seriously question why any woman would identify as a feminist. Feminists literally treat adult women like three year olds. How does this empower you to make smart choices about your life? How does this embolden you to go after what you want?....If feminists followed the dictionary, they wouldn’t fear #WomenAgainstFeminism and work so desperately to exclude them from the conversation about gender and equality. They would engage in debate and offer evidence....But they don’t. They file false reports, claim abuse and harassment where none took place and ultimately, expose the heart of fascist, intolerant, hateful darkness at the core of feminism.”
“When fervent human curiosity is abandoned to the power of AI, the intrinsic executive function, cognitive control, interrogation, and discord will rapidly weaken to the surrender of the narrative/reality created by AI.”
“When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.”
“When fiction collides with reality, it's time to get fired up. There are great stories being generated out there by real events and people-plenty of fuel for exciting fiction.”
“When fiction has become reality, life may turn into a fairy tale or a firestorm. Tina, time has come to pull up one’s socks and start relearning and reassessing living. ("Another empty room")”
“When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.”
Source: The poetical works of Charles Churchill: with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes / by the Rev. George Gilfillan
“When fiction writers like my poems I feel like I've hit the jackpot.”
“When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There will be opportunity for Cuba.”
“When fighting clowns, always go for the juggler.”
Source: The Charley Davidson Series
“When fighting zombies, the only comfort one can have--if, indeed, it can be called a "comfort"--is knowing where the zombies are. "They are over there, and we are over here. When they come at us, we're going to shoot them down. That's how it's going to work. They're just zombies, and they're way over there. No way are we going to f*** this up." But when zombies then unexpectedly pop up behind you--Bam!--the whole battle plan's not so cut and dried, is it, Mr. Tough Guy?”
“When Filch wasn't guarding the scene of the crime, he was skulking red-eyed through the corridors, lunging out at unsuspecting students and trying to put them in detention for things like "breathing loudly" and "looking happy.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
“When filled with God's love, we can do and see and understand things that we could not otherwise do or see or understand. Filled with His love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others in ways surprising even to us.”
“When filled with holy truth the mind rests.”
Source: Daily Devotion - 365 Days With Jesus
“When filled with qi, the body is like a tree branch filled with sap; it can bend and flow with the breeze, but it does not snap or lose its connection with the root. On the other hand, a stiff, dead branch is easily broken. Thus the adage of Lao Zi, "Concentrate the qi and you will achieve the utmost suppleness... Suppleness is the essence of life.”
Source: The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing
“When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with such naturalness in the room of dreams. He doesn't explain. What should he explain anyhow? He is a spectator, capable of staging his visions in the most unwieldy but, in a way, the most willing of media. All my life I have hammered on the doors of the rooms in which he moves so naturally. Only a few times have I managed to creep inside. Most of my conscious efforts have ended in embarrassing failure - The Serpent's Egg, The Touch, Face to Face and so on.”
“When filming, I like to travel with an instrument.”
“When filmmakers are kept from making films, there's a lot of different reasons why. Sometimes you work on a film and cast it and do all the work and can be just a month away from shooting, and all of a sudden, the whole thing goes up in smoke. But I do think the advent of a digital revolution is going to provide people with opportunities to make films that they never would have had before. I think you can do some pretty credible stuff now with very, very little money. Which I think is great for young filmmakers.”
“When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for a kiss. Nothing like that. You can love Rudy for that, if you like.”
Source: Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger
“When finally substantiated by scientific means, such a view will allow an individual to see his place in the world with greater clarity-- how he came from the world and how he may contribute to his fellows while he enjoys for a brief time the privilege of consciousness and communication.”
“When finally we turned to leave, the old babushkas and the children alike did not know whether to laugh or cry, and so most did both."
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Tim Cope: On the Trails of Genghis Khan”
“When finding the right angle for a shot...'Move your ass.'”
“When finger point at moon, don't look at finger or you'll miss the moon.”
“When finished writing a post, go back and add bullets, sub heads, spacing; eliminate long paragraphs or sentences.”
“When fire has consumed the last of my flesh and bones, the greater part of me will continue to live.”
“When firmly planted, your testimony of the gospel, of the Savior, and of our Heavenly Father will influence all that you do throughout your life. It will help to determine how you spend your time and with whom you choose to associate. It will affect the way you treat your family, how you interact with others. It will bring love, peace, and joy into your life.”
“When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.”
“When first asked if he would grant an interview with TIME, Greene responded by asking a question of his own: 'Does the candidate get paid?”
“When first I arrived in the woods, I became aware of how unprepared I was for what I was about to experience."”
Source: The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower
“When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.”
Source: Every Day
“When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.”
“When first the college rolls receive his name,
The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
Through all his veins the fever of renown
Burns from the strong contagion of the gown”
“When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.”
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“When first we fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.”
Source: Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas
“When first you enter Wisdom's sea, beware-A wave of indecision floods you there.”
“When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may last several hours.”
Source: Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter