W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When the elders built this place, it was only bare mountaintops.' I look to the crowd. 'It didn't become a home because they filled it with towers. It became a home because they built it together. This land, these temples--they're not what matters. As long as we have each other, we will carry Orisha in our veins. No one can ever take that away.”
Source: Children of Virtue and Vengeance
“When the elements are arranged in vertical columns according to increasing atomic weight, so that the horizontal lines contain analogous elements again according to increasing atomic weight, an arrangement results from which several general conclusions may be drawn.”
“When the elephant decides to walk through the village, all the dogs come out and bark.”
“When the elevator doors open there is only one other person inside it, a homeless man with electric blue sunglasses and six plastic grocery bags filled with rags. "Close the doors, dammit," he yells as soon as we step inside. "Can't you see I'm blind?"
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From the back, the homeless man shoves between us, his bounty rustling in his arms. "Stop yelling," he shouts. though we stand in utter silence. "Can't you tell that I'm deaf?”
Source: My Sister's Keeper
“When the emotion in my heart makes it into the page, and it makes its way into other people's hearts, I feel more seen than I ever do in face-to-face interactions.”
Source: The One True Me and You
“When the emotional soul receives a wounding shock, the soul seems to recover as the body recovers. But this is only in appearance. Slowly, slowly the wound to the soul begins to make itself felt, like a bruise, which only slowly deepens its terrible ache, till it fills all the psyche. And when we think we have recovered and forgotten, it is then that the terrible after-effects have to be encountered at their worst.”
“When the emotions, be it passions or injuries, prevail over the cold judgment of the mind, be the time one loses reason and sinks into primitivism.”
Source: Galaxy Pirates
“When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.”
“When the end comes, dark and hungry I'll be alone, love When the end comes, black and starving I'll say good-bye, love.-from Golden Tongue: The Poems of Steven Slaughter”
“When the end comes, I hope it’s as strange as that. I hope that the sky tears open and the world is washed with colors that we’ve never seen before.”
“When the end comes, I will meet it raging.”
“When the end comes, you will be esteemed by the world and rewarded by God, not because you have won the love and respect of the princes of the earth, however powerful, but rather for having loved, defended and cherished one such as I. What you receive from others is a testimony to their virtue; but all that you do for others is the sign and clear indication of your own.”
“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else.”
“When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know exactly what the ending will be before I begin, like with the story "A Brief Encounter With the Enemy." It was all about the ending - that's what motivated me.”
“When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.”
“When the enemy attacks you, this means that you are on the right road.”
“When the enemy comes with a big fight, hold on to God so tight. With Him by your side, your victory will come.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.”
“When the enemy enthusiastically embraces you, and the fellow countrymen bitterly reject you, it is hard not to wonder if you are, in fact, a traitor.”
“When the enemy gets to your citadel, your prided epicenter, everything's in play.”
Source: When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism
“When the enemy has no face, society will invent one.”
Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“When the enemy initiates battles, he does not cower. This is a man bestowed with divine power, an all-round victor.”
Source: A Man of Valour: Idioms and Epigrams
“When the enemy is at ease, be able to weary him; when well fed, to starve him; when at rest, to make him move. Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you.”
“When the enemy is awake and around, don't ever shut your eyes even for a single second no matter how sweet and tempting the sleep.”
“When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.”
“When the enemy is relaxed, make them toil. When full, starve them. When settled, make them move.”
“When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than stupid aphorisms, General.
-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn”
Source: Resident Mad Scientist
“When the enemy presents an opportunity, speedily take advantage of it. Anticipate him in seizing something he values and move in accordance with a date secretly fixed. The doctrine of war is to follow the enemy situation in order to decide on battle. Therefore at first be shy as a maiden. When the enemy gives you an opening be swift as a hare and he will be unable to withstand you.”
Source: The Art of War
“When the enemy sends vipers your way, God will also send victory your way.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“when the enemy shows you your miserable past, show him your glorious future”
Source: Discovering Yourself
“When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies collapse, they may recover.”
“When the enemy starts wielding a sword against your triumphant entry into destiny, you have to pray for victory until you attain it magnificently.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“When the enemy works hard to throw you under the bus, work on your faith and do not waver. Trust in the Higher Power, and do not surrender. Remind yourself that your God is much greater.”
“When the enemy's envoy's speak in humble terms, but continues his preparations, he will advance. When their language is deceptive but the enemy pretentiously advances, he will retreat. When the envoys speak in apologetic terms, he wishes a respite. When without a previous understanding the enemy asks for a truce, he is plotting. When the enemy sees an advantage but does not advance to seize it, he is fatigued.”
“When the energy in the room doesn't feel right, probably, it's not right. But sometimes it's also because of you.”
“When the energy is directed outside, you create and manifest life outside, and when the same energy is directed inward, you reach to the ultimate truth of life.”
“When the energy is high and when there is love, healing happens automatically!”
“When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.”
Source: True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
“When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.”
“When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.”
“When the Englishman speaks of national wealth he means the number of millionaires in the country.”
Source: Selected essays
“When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling; When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime; He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling; And listen to the merry village chime.”
“When the entertainers of the right aren’t declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, they’re pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call “the Chicago way.””
“When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?”
“When the entire moral energy of an individual goes into the cultivation of personal integrity, we all know how unlovely the result may become; the character is upright, of course, but too coated over with the result of its own endeavor to be attractive.”
Source: Democracy and Social Ethics
“When the entire nation becomes a reservation, perhaps then we’ll understand the price of ignoring history’s lessons.”
Source: Mother Earth vs Corporate Greed: The Betrayal of America's Traditional Farmers and Ranchers from Corrupt Government Programs and Corporate Greed
“When the entire process becomes a prescribed ritual that does not allow for spontaneous variations and reactions, the vitality of the medium and our relation to it suffers.”
“When the entire social organization is plunged into a state of political upheaval, the conflict between sexuality and compulsive morality will of necessity reach an acute peak. Some will view this state of affairs as moral degeneration, while others will see it as a "sexual revolution." In any event, it is the breakthrough of natural sexuality that is looked upon as "cultural degeneration." This breakthrough is felt to be a "degeneration" only because it constitutes a threat to compulsive morality. Viewed objectively, it is only the system of sexual dictatorship that breaks down, a system devised to preserve compulsive moralistic values in the individual in the interest of authoritarian marriage and family.”
Source: The Mass Psychology of Fascism
“When the entire world is built on death and horror, when existence is a constant state of panic, it's hard to get worked up about any one thing. Specific fears have become irrelevant. We've replace them with a smothering blanket far worse.”
Source: Warm Bodies: A Novel
“When the environment makes gender salient, there is a ripple effect on the mind. We start to think of ourselves in terms of our gender, and stereotypes and social expectations become more prominent in the mind. This can change self-perception, alter interests, debilitate or enhance ability, and trigger unintentional discrimination. In other words, the social context influences who you are, how you think and what you do.”
Source: Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences