W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When the candles are out all women are fair.”
“When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done”
“When the Captain finds the sleeping prophet he
says, "Arise, call...!" ( Hebrew qum lek, verse 6), the
same words God used when calling Jonah to arise, go,
and call Nineveh to repentance. But as Jonah rubs his
eyes there is a Gentile mariner with God's very words
in his mouth. What is this? God sent his prophet to
point the pagans toward himself. Yet now it is the
pagans pointing the prophet toward God.”
Source: The Prodigal Prophet: Jonah and the Mystery of God's Mercy
“When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.”
“When the cardinal came to a closed door he would flatter it--oh beautiful yielding door! Then he would try tricking it open. And you are just the same, just the same." He pours himself some of the duke's present. "But in the last resort, you just kick it in.”
Source: Wolf Hall
“When the cards are dealt, I just want to destroy people.”
“When the carnivorous animal finds prey, he boldly seizes the prey and greedily laps the jetting blood. On the contrary, the herbivorous animal refuses his natural food, leaving it untouched, if it is sprinkled with a little blood.
In men we find they cannot bear even the sight of [animal] killings. Slaughterhouses are always recommended to be removed far from the towns. Can flesh then be considered the natural food of man, when both his eyes and his nose are so much against it, unless deceived by flavors of spices, salt and sugar?”
Source: The Holy Science
“When the cart doesn't move, do you goad the cart or the ox?”
“When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond satisfying the market's every whim and desire.”
Source: The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
“When the case against me was dropped, the police simply said "no further action". They do that with everybody.”
“when the case for reorganization isn’t appreciable and well-accepted, the psychological cost paid by the continuing many, could easily dwarf the economic costs saved through the departing few”
Source: The Future Ready Organization: How Dynamic Capability Management Is Reshaping the Modern Workplace
“When the cat's away, chances are he's been run over.”
“When the catcher throws down a curveball, I'm like, 'Okay, I can definitely do that.' If I miss with it, I'm still ready to throw it again.”
“When the cats away, the mice will play.”
“When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.”
“When the challenges of life start to overwhelm, there's rarely time left to enjoy the little things.”
Source: The Undefined World
“When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.”
“When the chance for nuanced experience arises, we must be willing to take the leap.”
“When the character's right, looks are a greater delight.”
Source: The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love
“When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him.”
“When the charge first came up, I hated black women. Then, going to trial, I started seeing the black women that was helping me. It's mostly black female guards. They treat me with human respect.”
“When the charging (of karma) stops, the binding of new 'sansar' (worldly life) ends. The state that 'I am the doer' never leaves without a 'Gnani' (Enlightened one).”
Source: The Science Of Karma
“When the chemistry is right, all the experiments work.”
Source: Shipstar
“When the child becomes the keeper of memory, the parent becomes the recipient of legacy. The hands once lifted in sacrifice shall be lifted in celebration, for the grown child will return—not empty—but full of honor, ease, and joy. Her children arise and call her blessed, and now they bless her back with the fruit of remembrance.”
“When the child goes out, it is the world itself that offers itself to him. Let us take the child out to show him real things instead of making objects which represent ideas and closing them up in cupboards.”
“When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country against the attack or invasion of any foreigner. It is for that purpose that we are clamoring for a greater army and navy, more battleships and ammunition.”
Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“When the child is ill, the mother will know how to pray.”
“When the child is twelve, your wife buys her a splendidly silly article of clothing called a training bra. To train what? I never had a training jock. And believe me, when I played football, I could have used a training jock more than any twelve-year-old needs a training bra.”
“When the child reopened her eyes into his arms, he breathed a long sigh of relief, tears slipping down his emaciated cheeks, only to feel that his mind was on the verge of collapsing.
“Ah? Don’t cry, what… what’s going on?” Zhu Yan raised her hand, wiped his cold face with her little fingers and comforted him with a thin voice, “Has anyone bullied you? Don’t be afraid. My father, is the Red King, and he is very powerful!”
He shook his head slowly, grabbed her hand and moved it away from his face. However, the little girl persevered and moved her little hand back onto his face. In the end, he finally stopped resisting and let the child rest her warm little hand on his forehead.
“Here,” the child who narrowly escaped death looked at him and said in a happy tone, “you have a beauty tip. My mother, the Imperial Concubine, also have it!”
“…” The boy didn’t speak, and turned his face silently.”
Source: Zhuyan (With Prequel of Mirror) 朱颜
“When the child sees the parent looking for something, it is as natural for it also to look for the object and to give it over when it finds it, as it was, under other circumstances, to receive it. Multiply such an instance by the thousand details of daily intercourse, and one has a picture of the most permanent and enduring method of giving direction to the activities of the young.”
Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.”
“When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a road had opened up within their souls that led to all their latent powers, revealing the better part of themselves. They exhibited a great affability to everyone, put themselves out to help others and seemed full of good will.”
Source: The child in the family
“When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.”
“When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building they must bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state, you have a cynical lie at work. They’ve substituted a toothless ‘freedom of worship’ for ‘freedom of religion’.”
“When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal.”
“When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites.”
“When the chips are down, you are given
the chance to find the strength you never knew you had and put it toward the greater good. Or go over to the dark side. You know, if that’s how you roll.”
“When the chips are down, grandmothers can be counted on to do whatever's necessary. When the chips are down for grandfathers, we just go into the kitchen and get more chips.”
“When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I've always had a chum I could call. And I love to be alone. It doesn't bother me one bit. I’m my own company.”
“When the chit is seized, it will remain there, and the mind will become restless, the intellect will scream, hence here is pitch darkness inside the parliament, and one is overcome with unconsciousness.”
Source: Simple & Effective Science for Self Realization
“When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.”
“When the choice is life-or-death, you can’t choose rationally. No one can. So let us decide for you.”
Source: Replay: Ghost
“When the choice is no longer between quality or numbers or both, then a decision can be postponed.”
“When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace”
“When the chord of monotony is stretched to its tightest, it breaks with the sound of a song.”
“When the Christ says I: it is the I of all the Masters: the Way, the Truth, the Life”
“When the Christ takes up residence in us, it means God has sealed our individual vessel; He has marked it, and you are a witness for Jesus Christ.”
Source: Evil Children
“When the Christian doesn't find joy on account of his happenings, he can always find joy in spite of them.”
“When the Christian faith becomes defined by who we are and what we do and not by who Christ is and what he did for us, we miss the gospel - and we, ironically, become more disobedient.”
“When the Christian loses himself, he finds himself, he discovers his true identity.”
Source: Basic Christianity