W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When I have them working together, it's like a beautiful kaleidoscope.”
“When I have time off, all I want to do is do nothing.”
“When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.”
“When I have time to sit and reflect on the different situations that I face every day, I'll be able to speak more succinctly about the challenges as a woman.”
“When I have time, I write other things. I'm working on a book, I paint, I sculpt, I play with my dog, I watch television - I catch up on South Park or movies or whatever I've missed, normal stuff.”
“When I have time, I'll be a good girl and do my chores.”
“When I have to critique someone else's web design, rather than write up a giant email or take a screengrab and move stuff around in Photoshop, I put together a really quick CSS doc making my changes.”
“When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.”
“When I have to go to Cannes, that is boring to me.”
“When I have to play the same role every day, I have the flexibility to play the character in so many different ways. It's almost like playing five different roles.”
“When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.”
Source: The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus [and] Antigone
“When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.”
“When I have understood, what will I do with it?”
“When I have wins or moments to celebrate I know what my parents would say, probably word for word, but just knowing what they would say doesn’t make up for them not being here to say it themselves.”
“When I have won a victory I do not repeat my tactics but respond to circumstances in an infinite variety of ways.”
“When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.”
“When I have you, sweet boy, it will be because you want me to. Not against your better judgment, not in spite of my surname, and definitely not to annoy your aunt."
Stephen went red, but his voice was defiant. "Well, what was that, then?"
Crane shrugged. "You seemed tense.”
Source: The Magpie Lord
“When I haven't any blue I use red.”
“When I haven't been kissed in a long time, I create civil disturbances, then insult the cops who show up, till one of them grabs me by the collar and hurls me up against the squad car, so I can remember, at least for a moment, what it's like to be touched.”
“When I haven't been working I've tried to travel a lot.”
“When I hear [about a housing bubble] I get the sense that people aren't connecting the dots.”
“When I hear a certain song playing in the background, I think of you and a vision of your face, pervades my soul. When the second song plays, your sweet fragrance fills the air around me. The third song and her gentle hand caresses my face and tingles my body that is covered with goosebumps. At the fourth song, I gently glide to the radio and turn it off. There is no sense roaming in the darkened marred past. And I have adjusted to living without her.”
“When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.”
“When I hear a great musician, I can feel his life inside the music.”
“When I hear a great new record, especially when it's by someone that I respect and admire, then a part of me is like, Why didn't I think of that? Why didn't I write that record? It makes you sick, but in a way it can be a great thing. It makes you want to go back to the lab and start writing again. Maybe it will inspire you to try a little harder.”
“When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.”
“When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.”
Source: Minority Report
“When I hear a man discoursing of virtue, or of any sort of wisdom, who is a true man and worthy of his theme, I am delighted beyond measure: and I compare the man and his words, and note the harmony and correspondence of them. And such an one I deem to be the true musician, having in himself a fairer harmony than that of the lyre.”
Source: The Dialogues of Plato
“When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations
“When I hear a man say that his childhood was the happiest time of his life, I think (puff) my friend, you have had a pretty poor life.”
“When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.”
Source: Brain Droppings
“When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted.”
“When I hear a writer say that they ‘put in a call,’ I want to pull my hair out.”
“When I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.”
Source: Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words
“When I hear about people murdering, I wonder, 'What has to go through your brain to say, I don't want him breathing anymore? What makes you get that angry? How can you take someone's breath away? That just blows my mind.'”
“When I hear about some sensational new writer I sort of think, Shut up ... you've got to be around for a long time before you can really say you're a writer. You've got to stand the test of time, which is the only real test there is.”
“When I hear about something allegedly happening in the world I always ask: who is doing it? Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad.”
“When I hear about something that's hot, I back away from it. So I go and discover the stuff I wasn't paying attention to five years ago.”
“When I hear alcoholics talk about having their demons, I think that they're probably absolutely literally correct.”
“When I hear and see young men like you and Troit, who have turned their lives around, it makes me feel good. We need to learn to love one another; there is just too much hate in this world. Supt. Allerdyce Strachan, the first female officer to rise to the rank of superintendent on the Royal Bahamas Police Force.”
Source: The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“When I hear another express an opinion which is not mine, I say to myself, he has a right to his opinion, as I to mine. Why should I question it? His error does me no injury, and shall I become a Don Quixote, to bring all men by force of argument to one opinion? ...Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.”
“When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces upon me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool.”
Source: Peter Plymley's Letters And Selected Essays
“When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool”
Source: The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speeches
“When I hear anything derogatory towards the Raiders, I am definitely hurt.”
“When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.”
“When I hear bad news I look at it as another leadership test that will determine how successful Go Daddy will become. So I no longer dread it. Instead, I enjoy the game of finding the very best way to deal with it, and take great satisfaction in having a hand in resolving the issues that come my way.”
“When I hear bluegrass today, I hear so many new sounds in it. It's almost like country music in a way.”
“When I hear Christians say, "I don't do this, and I don't do that, and I am following a set of rules," I immediately recognize that they know very little about the grace of God. They are trying to live the Christian life in their own strength. But Paul says, "Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus."”
Source: Genesis through Revelation
“When I hear complaints about less liquidity, remember there is such a thing as too much liquidity.”
“When I hear Donald Trump say, "Make America great again", I wonder when he thought America ever was great." He has been criticizing our country for decades. He even criticized Ronald Reagan.”