W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.”
“When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.”
“When there are too many assholes around,
I feel like its my duty to be a dick.”
“When there aren't any smart decisions, I suppose you just have to pick the stupid decision you like best.”
Source: The Gate Thief
“When there came a sound that I'd never heard the like of in all my born days. Eh, I won't forget that. The whole air was full of it, loud as thunder but far longer, cool and sweet as music over water but strong enough to shake the woods. And I said to myself, 'If that's not the Horn, call me a rabbit.”
“When there exists anywhere a state of suffering, a wrong, a condition of affairs that men of feeling deplore and that troubles the conscience of the upright, to become resigned to it is wicked. Although the evil flaunts itself before our eyes, and no remedy is in sight, we must go and seek a remedy. In the creation of the God of Justice, evil can be but a transitory state.”
Source: Justice
“When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.”
“When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.”
Source: No Longer at Ease
“When there is a choice about it, a great sacrifice is preferable to a small sacrifice, because we compensate ourselves for a greatone with self-admiration, which is not possible with a small one.”
“When there is a ‘collective concentration’ (consider it a form of Energy) gets focused at some Object, the Object becomes a ‘Source of Energy’.”
Source: The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!
“When there is a conflict, which group's sense of right and wrong should prevail? If a morality is a system that allows individuals to form a group and to get along with each other, then the challenge is to devise a system that allows different groups to get along - what I call a meta-morality.”
“When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in.”
“When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy.”
“When there is a fight between your heart and your head, experience has taught me that the best thing you can do is pick up your Bible and remind yourself of what God says.”
“When there is a fight of reason versus emotion and the mind wonders which one to follow, in most times, emotion wins over reason. But it is reason that should win and emotion shouldn't.”
“When there is a fountain of colours, they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge, the same emotions add colours.. enjoy the day with Wisdom!”
“When there is a gap between what's on the outside and what's on the inside, that's when people retreat into their foxholes because it is an unsafe situation. You don't know what you are dealing with. What you see is not what you are going to get. And that is when people start withdrawing.”
“When there is a gap—between your face and your race, between the baby and the mother, between your body and yourself—you are expected, everywhere you go, to explain the gap.”
Source: New People
“When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.”
“When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.”
Source: Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955
“when there is a line outside the Job Guarantee Office, you know you need to spend more; when there is not, you do not. And once in place as a programme, there is no need for new legislation in the face of every downturn.”
Source: Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers
“When there is a lot at stake, just pray and have faith. You will be amazed.”
Source: The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes
“When there is a lot of power
concentrated in one place, there are plenty of scraps to fight over.”
Source: The Cruel Prince
“When there is a mismatch in intellectual equality, it can leave one or both partners feeling unfilled in the relationship. Conversations may be reduced to superficial chitchat, or they may hover around less stimulating or engaging topics where boredom is common. However, when there is a rich level of intellectual intimacy between you and your partner, you are excited to learn from each other and are open to exchanging knowledge that sparks the other person’s interest.”
“When there is a power failure, do you go and look for candles and matches or do you sit in the dark and allow your fears to get the best of you?”
Source: Cape of Storms
“When there is a problem, a smart leader does not ignore it and hopes it goes away. He tackles it head-on because he knows that until it is solved, it will continue to exist.”
Source: The Effective Leadership Prototype for a Modern Day Leader
“When there is a psyche-disrupting event in your life, it can prevent you from getting the long blocks of sleep at night that are so important to healthy aging.”
“When there is a respect for small things, there will be an even greater respect towards the bigger things. When there is no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.”
“When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it”
Source: Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the American West
“When there is a spirit of controversy in the church or in the land, a revival is needful. The spirit of religion is not the spirit of controversy. There can be no prosperity in religion, where the spirit of controversy prevails.”
Source: Lectures on Revivals of Religion
“When there is a start to be made, don't step over! Start where you are.”
“When there is a storm in your life, it is not the time to build. No creature on earth tries to build during a storm. Conserve your energy until the storm passes.”
“When there is a strong overlap of both a strong desire and an innate skill, a divine connection occurs.”
Source: How to Live a Magnificent Life: Becoming the Living Expression of Higher Consciousness
“When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me”
“When there is a tendency to compartmentalize the spiritual and make it resident in a certain type of life only, the spiritual is apt gradually to be lost.”
Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit.”
Source: Seeker After Truth: A Handbook
“When there is a voice in a piece of music, we tend to focus on the voice. That is probably something from when we were babies and we depended on hearing our mother's voice.”
“When there is a world scarcity of any commodity, whether it's food or free speech, then the whole world must go on rations in order that eventually the whole world may have it again in plenty.”
“When there is abundance of fish, we need help to pull the nets.”
“When there is abuse by itself it's scary enough. When there is abuse within a religious setting it is so terrifying to people. Look how long its taken the Ryan report of 2009 took till then to talk about ritualistic kinds of abuse children in Ireland went through at the hands of nuns and priests, so nobody can bear it when its linked to religion, but when it's linked to religion that is not mainstream it seems to frighten people more. As if yes, abuse exists, Satanism exists, but you can't have Satanist abuse.”
“When there is abuse by itself it's scary enough. When there is abuse within a religious setting it is so terrifying to people... nobody can bear it when it's linked to religion, but when it's linked to religion that is not mainstream it seems to frighten people more. As if yes, abuse exists, Satanism exists, but you can't have Satanist abuse.”
“When there is an accident involving fire, in most cases death is caused by the inhalation of the toxic smoke. What we need is air to go to a driver for 45 seconds. I'm surprised that this is not done, and I would make it compulsory.”
“When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.”
Source: The Portable Plato
“When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk.”
Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.”
“When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.”
“When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.”
“When there is blood on the street, I am buying.”
“When there is both name and reality,
We dwell in the realm of things;
When there is neither name nor reality,
We exist in a vacuity of things.
We can speak and can think,
But the more we speak, the further off we are.
What is not yet born cannot be forbidden,
What is already dead cannot be prevented.
Death and birth are not distant,
It's their principle that cannot be seen.”
Source: The Book of Chuang Tzu
“When there is breakdown in a relationship, you must have the hard conversation. It may not be pretty and it may not feel good. But if you are willing to listen and tell the truth, it will open
up.”