W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“when michael jackson died i wonder if his life flashed before him and if it did, i wonder if he thought 'who's that little black kid singing my songs?!'”
“When Michael Jackson sings it is with the voice of angels, and when his feet move, you can see God dancing.”
“When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?”
“When Michael Jordan quit, I suddenly found myself without a sports hero.”
Source: Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997
“When Michael Werner saw a painting of mine, such as Die grosse Nacht im Eimer, which back then nobody wanted and everybody thought was ridiculous, he realized that this was the right provocation, that it represented the feeling of the times in the right way.”
“When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his sleeve.”
“When Michelangelo was an old man, he drew himself sitting in a child's pushcart.”
“When Michelangelo was introduced to Titian, he said... that Titian's colouring and his style much pleased him, but that it was a pity that in Venice men did not learn to draw well from the beginning, and that those painters did not pursue a better method in their studies.”
“When Michelle and I decided that I would run for President, it was because of a shared belief in the power of community and connection, a commitment to the idea that we are our brothers' keepers.”
“When midlist writers are treated like dirt, I would desist were I less stubborn and less committed.”
“When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.”
Source: Core of Conviction: My Story
“When Mikolay and Julia are not at school, they usually go exploring and adventuring.
Mikolay’s and Julia’s mummies are both witches and are in charge of fixing things.”
Source: Mikolay and Julia Meet the Fairies
“When milk is spilt
Don't cry over it
Keep your thoughts creative
& actions productive
Let setbacks be optimized, get #Mickeymized”
“When milkman knocks at the door, you don’t have to open it. Let him leave the milk at the door. Similarly, you don’t have to react to everything people say or do in your life.”
“When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.”
“When millions of Americans are tightening their belts, folks have the right to expect their elected officials to do the same.”
“When millions of people stand up and fight...they win.”
“When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically speaking - make a noise”
“When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention.”
“When mind and heart come together, mind serves consciousness instead of serving itself.”
“When mind appear, essence disappear.”
“When mind consumes a bad experience, it takes a lot of time to clean itself. Sometimes it starts creating more and more mess because it doesn't know how to clean itself.
Body is a self-cleaning organism. Even a dog's body knows how to vomit out stuff. When mind starts creating mess, vacate it for some time and start living in the body.”
“When mind contemplates matter, it’s science. When mind contemplates soul, it’s philosophy. When soul observes mind and matter, it’s religion.”
“When mind controls man, it’s ... Bhoga (bondage). But when man controls mind, it’s...Yoga”
“When mind discriminates, there is manifoldness of things; when it does not it looks into the true state of things.”
“When mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when a thing can no longer offend it ceases to exist in the old way. When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist.”
“When mind is quiet, all is Self. When mind moves the world arises. So be Still, throw away everything and be Free.”
Source: The Truth Is
“When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.”
Source: Essays divine and human with thoughts and aphorisms
“When mind knows, we call it knowledge. When heart knows, we call it love. And when being knows, we call it meditation.”
“When mind says it's impossible, don't dictate heart to comply.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“When mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space, it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.”
“When mind solves a problem, life bows the knee to this solution!”
“When mind stuck, entertain your heart.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“When mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result.”
Source: The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenment
“When Minutemen leader Jim Gilchrist and his black colleague Marvin Stewart were invited by the College Republicans to speak at Columbia last year, the tolerant, free-speech-loving Columbia students violently attacked them, shutting down the speech.”
“When Miri asked if she believed in God, what was she supposed to say? 'Of course I believe in God,' she'd told her.
'But how could God let such a terrible thing happen?'
'It's not God's job to decide what happens,' she'd said. 'It's his Job to help you through it.”
― Judy Blume, In the Unlikely Event”
Source: In the Unlikely Event
“When misfortune has thrown us a curveball, and the tentacles of desperation are freezing our mind, foreshadowing a hustle-bustle of confusion, we must inflame the power of our imagination. Let us take a walk on the path of groundbreaking change, take daring initiatives, and create a scheme of inventive intentions, gradually paving the way to a new setting, assessing each stage thoughtfully. ("Check and mate")”
“When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.”
“When misfortune threatens, there are two ways of dealing with the situation: we may try to avoid the misfortune, or we may decide that we will meet it with fortitude. The former method is admirable where it is available without cowardice; but the latter is necessary, sooner or later, for anyone who is not prepared to be the slave of fear.”
Source: In Praise of Idleness
“When misfortunes happen to such as dissent from us in matters of religion, we call them judgments; when to those of our own sect, we call them trials; when to persons neither way distinguished, we are content to attribute them to the settled course of things.”
“When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns it's back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe.”
Source: Economic Harmonies
“When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe.”
“When mistakes teach a lesson, make sure you are in class, just in case they hold a quiz”
“When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend.”
Source: Night Watch
“When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets.”
“When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets. We know Mitt Romney never met a tax haven he didn't like. But his new favorite tax haven is actually not the Cayman Islands - its Paul Ryan's budget.”
“When modern man gets rid of an old, shameful illusion, he usually replaces it with a new one, subtler and more sophisticated, and therefore more potent.”
“When modern physics exerts itself to establish the world's formula, what occurs thereby is this: the being of entities has resolved itself into the method of the totally calculable.”
“When modern values and modern people are under attack in a country, we can be sure of a dark future in that country!”
“When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thing we had.”