W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense.”
“When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart.”
“When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.”
“When Steve Carlton and I die, we're gonna be burried 60'6" apart.”
“When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to a new use: making loans that did not qualify for government guarantees. The purpose was to extend credit to less and less creditworthy homeowners, not so that they might buy a house but so that they could cash out whatever equity they had in the house they already owned.”
Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
“When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple computer in a garage in Palo Alto, it heralded the beginning of the PC revolution that ultimately dealt a death-blow to dozens of older companies.”
“When Steve Wise told me that he intended to argue in court before a judge that an animal could be a "legal person," it seemed like a novel, possibly far-fetched idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I became intrigued.”
“When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it.”
“When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the time Rumours was being recorded, things got worse in terms of psychology and drug use. It was a large exercise in denial - in order for me to get work done.”
“When stock prices are rising, it's called ''momentum investing''; when they are falling, it's called ''panic.''”
“When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.”
“When stones lying warm in the sun were turned over, they exposed the cold, damp earth underneath; and that was where Masako had burrowed deep. There was no trace of warmth in this dark earth, yet for a bug curled up tight in it, it was a peaceful and familiar world.”
“When Stonewall reframes gender dysphoria as an identity badge, it absolves schools of the responsibility to offer individualised support to each child and replaces it with a blanket politicised approach. The child is presented as a member of a political rights group, rather than as a child who may be experiencing distress and confusion and who is in need of careful and thoughtful support.”
Source: Transgender Body Politics
“When Stories nestle in the body, soul comes forth.”
“When storms rage, it’s our love that holds us steady.”
Source: Between Heaven and Desire
“When stranded in a desert, and you’re dying of thirst, a mirage is the cruelest trick the mind can play. And when you are a stranger among regular folks, and you’re in search of love, a disillusioned or misguided heart is the cruelest thing.”
Source: Tajrish
“When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.”
Source: DUNE
“When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.”
Source: DUNE
“When strangers share bread, borders blur.”
“When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated.”
“When strawberries go begging, and the sleek
Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak,
We shall live well--we shall live very well.”
Source: Selected Works of Elinor Wylie
“When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?”
“When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It's I.T. for life!”
“When stress feels overwhelming, it's important to find support and to take care of yourself while getting your stress level back to a manageable level.”
Source: Middle School - Safety Goggles Advised: Exploring the WEIRD Stuff from Gossip to Grades, Cliques to Crushes and Popularity to Peer Pressure
“When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.”
Source: Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind
“When stress is the problem, slack is the solution.”
Source: Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
“When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“When striving through
a pitch-black night,
if you find yourself
marooned and blue,
lift your head high
and take a sight,
of the billion stars
all rooting for you.”
“When strolling around a city center hospital for fun, it is good to put a bandage on your arm and carry prescription medication so they think you are a patient.”
“When strolling around a city center hospital for fun, it is good to put your pajamas on so they think you live there.”
“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”
“When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.”
“When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.”
Source: The Wallet of Kai Lung
“When struck on one cheek to turn the other, is really joining a conspiracy to secure the triumph of brutality. To agree not to resist evil is to become an accomplice of all injustice.”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“When structural violence begins to break into public awareness, those responsible for it briskly and effectively deflect the dawning awareness onto more sensational or easily understood acts of direct violence.”
“When struggle comes your way, be quiet.... Don't quit”
“When struggling to forgive yourself you must talk to yourself as if you were your own mother. Would you tell your child to forgive herself for not knowing something at the time?”
“When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.”
Source: Eeyore's Gloomy Little Instruction Book
“When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I would long for the lunch hour, when I would be able to escape the torture of the office and stroll over to the churchyard and into the comforting wooden embrace of one of its benches.”
“When stuck, hit the road.”
Source: The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill
“When student-actors see people and the way they behave when together, see the color of the sky, hear the sounds in the air, feel the ground beneath them and the wind on their faces, they get a wider view of their personal world and development in the theater is quickened. The world provides the material for the theater and artistic growth develops hand-in-hand with one's recognition of it and one's self within it.”
“When students are first at the Kerouac School we harp on Gertrude Stein's very basic poetic insistence that words are things . Not to invalidate your experience or all the great feelings you have, I tell them. Although poetry may be good for you, it's not therapy. You're making something with words which are visceral, muscular, active, not just markers of how you feel. And we have classes studying William Blake, Ezra Pound, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Stein.”
“When students are inspired, they’ll do anything to gain new knowledge and understanding. They will seek to learn even more than the teacher seeks to facilitate learning.”
“When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.”
“When students come in to see me, I hear complaint after complaint: about the schedule of the retreat, about the food, about the service, about me, on and on. But the issues that people bring to me are no more relevant or important than a “trivial” event such as stubbing a toe. How do we place our cushions? How do we brush our teeth? How do we sweep the floor, or slice a carrot? We think we’re here to deal with “more important” issues, such as our problems with our partner, our jobs, our health, and the like. We don’t want to bother with the “little” things, like how we hold our chopsticks, or where we place our spoon. Yet these acts are the stuff of our life, moment to moment. It’s not a question of importance, it’s a question of paying attention, being aware.
Why? Because every moment in life is absolute in itself. That’s all there is. There is nothing other than this present moment; there is no past, there is no future; there is nothing but this. So when we don’t pay attention to each little this, we miss the whole thing. And the contents of this can be anything. This can be straightening our sitting mats, chopping an onion, visiting someone we don’t want to visit. It doesn’t matter what the contents of the moment are; each moment is absolute. That’s all there is, and all there ever will be. If we could totally pay attention, we would never be upset. If we’re upset, it’s axiomatic that we’re not paying attention. If we miss not just one moment, but one moment after another, we’re in trouble.”
Source: Nothing Special: A Zen Buddhist Guide to Awakening Through Daily Life's Feelings, Relationships, and Work
“When students feel secure and supported at home, they are more likely to develop confidence and resilience, enabling them to focus better on their studies.”
“When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.”
“When students of other sciences ask us what is now currently believed about the origin of species, we have no clear answer to give. Faith has given way to agnosticism. Meanwhile, though our faith in evolution stands unshaken we have no acceptable account of the origin of species.”
“When students scoff at the idea of a magical relation between a picture and what it represents, ask them to take a photograph of their mother and cut out the eyes.”
Source: What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images
“When students write from experience, they can breathe those specifics into their writing- dialect, odd smells, precise names of plants- that can animate even the most tired and tedious text.”