W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government.”
“When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary. When mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable.”
“When morning comes the sun appear and shine, and when the day give way to night, the moon appear and shine”
“When Morrigan and Brighid created Aerric, he had no need for emotions, he only needed to be a great warrior, and for thousands of years he was just that… the perfect killing machine.”
Source: Redemption
“When Morrissey and I started The Smiths, we thought pop music was the most important thing in the world. It was almost a spiritual thing for us, and because of that, we knew what it meant to be a fan.”
“When mortality is the equation, we are but pawns in a game.”
Source: Reign Of The Wolf
“When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.”
Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“When mortals discuss about the eternity,
conclusively it will be a lifetime discussion.”
Source: My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut
“When Moses was alive, these pyramids were a thousand years old. Here began the history of architecture. Here people learned to measure time by a calendar, to plot the stars by astronomy and chart the earth by geometry. And here they developed that most awesome of all ideas - the idea of eternity.”
“When most actors finally get to L.A., I think they expect to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington and that's not the case.”
“When most folks think about the problems of growing up in the hood, they think about what it must feel like to be poor, or hungry, or to have your lights cut off. The struggle nobody talk about is what it feel like to be invisible, or to know in your heart the nobody cares. Mama didn’t want to be famous, she wanted to be seen.”
Source: Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
“When most I wink, then do my eyes best see”
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
“When most investors, including the pros, all agree on something, they're usually wrong.”
“When most objects are truly functional, this technological age, which is just beginning, will be truly civilised. When all objects in this country are truly functional, Australia will be as beautiful in its own way as classical Greece.”
Source: Artificial Australia
“When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing.”
Source: Killosophy
“When most of us are walking around in higher states of consciousness most of the time, more creative solutions will be envisioned.”
Source: You Are The Universe: Imagine That
“When most of us talk to our dogs, we tend to forget that they're not people.”
“When most people get drunk, they see snakes. But, when snakes get drunk, they see Jake Roberts!”
“When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?”
“When most people return from Europe, they tell tales of all the sites they saw, the shopping, the entertainment, etc. Jews, on the other hand, return and say I had this slice of cake in Austria, let me tell you, I don't know how they make it! It was great!”
“When most people said "I'm psychic, you see," they meant "I have an overactive but unoriginal imagination/wear black nail varnish/talk to my budgie;" when Anathema said it, it sounded as though she was admitting to a hereditary disease which she'd much prefer not to have.”
“When most people see a cliff, they immediately go to the edge of it because they want to see the end of the cliff, not the beginning! But why? Because the end of the story is much more important than the beginning of the story!”
“When most people see a dollar bill, they forget that it is just a human convention. As they see the green piece of paper with the picture of the dead white man, they see it is as something valuable in and of itself. They hardly ever remind themselves ‘Actually, this is a worthless piece of paper, but because other people view it as valuable, I can make use of it.”
Source: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“When most people see a tree, they don't see a tree at all. They see an idea that they have developed of what a tree is.”
“When most people see the word "radical," they think that it must refer to something left wing. Some people also may think of it as referring to far right-wing marginal groups. But here we have a president of the United States [George W. Bush] at the center of power, sitting in the White House, who is a radical.”
“When most people think about my work, they think about diet. To me, diet has always been the least interesting part of it.”
“When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.”
“When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context.”
“When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“When Mother Earth is ailing, the people and the economy are failing.”
Source: Conscious Cures: Soulutions to 21st Century Pandemics
“When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.”
“When Mother Nature speaks, even the Gods hold silence.”
“When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?" She answered "Go home and love your family.”
“When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth”
Source: Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism
“When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race.”
Source: Woman and the New Race
“When mothers know who they are and who God is and have made covenants with Him, they will have great power and influence for good on their children.”
“When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They're upset because they've gone from supervisor of a child's life to a spectator. It's like being the vice president of the United States.”
“When motivation becomes manipulation, hope becomes currency. In the age of constant performance, exhaustion has been rebranded as purpose.”
Source: HOPE TRAFFICKING: Escaping the Emotional Economy of Waiting, Obsession, and False Healing
“When motivation flows, people see work as interesting as music. They enjoy it till they do more than they could have done. Leaders motivate people to do greater things.”
Source: Leaders' Ladder
“When mountain-climbing is made too easy, the spiritual effect the mountain exercises vanishes into the air.”
“When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.”
“When mountains fall, I'll stand, By the power of Your hand.”
“When mourning the loss of our departed friends, I cannot help but think that in every death there is a birth; the spirit leaves the body dead to us, and passes to the other side of the veil alive to that great and noble company that are also working for the accomplishment of the purpose of God, in the redemption and salvation of a fallen world.”
Source: The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff
“When mouths close, it’s because there’s something important to be said.”
“When movement becomes ecstatic, then this is dance. When the movement is so total there is no ego, then it is dance.”
“When movie people go over into television, it's a little bit of a shock. It's much faster-paced. Everything is really last-minute. You won't know your schedule for the next episode until the last minute.”
“When movies tend to start to preach to me, I tend to shut them off, whether I agree with the message or not. I don't think the job of art is to preach, I think it's to ask questions and make people aware of differences and different ways of looking at things. That's what I want to do, anyway. Whether I'm successful or not, that's up to history.”
“When moving from one home to another watch out for losing dear (expensive) things. This is when people will steal from you.”
“When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.”
“When Mr Ackroyd says that in the 18th century, stranglers bit off the noses of their victims, I feel that he probably knows what he is talking about. I just wish he hadn't told me.”