W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.”
“When youre growing up, its always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. Im proud of how I conduct my business and how I have accomplished all that I have accomplished, and hope that I can be a positive influence on not only the Mexican community but also young boxers and people all around the world.”
“When youre in a fighter jet and theres a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, its light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.”
“When youre in N.Y.C. and they shut down one of the bridges, this is a movie!”
“When youre in that scene, you really wonder if this is all youre ever going to be. You know how vile and filthy you are inside.”
“When youre on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes.”
“When youre on top, youre on top.”
“When youre sharing a foxhole with another man, you don't worry about what color he is, just whether or not he will protect your back”
“When youre the lead actor in a drama, you have 2 1/2 months at the end of a season to do other projects, and everything has to get done in that time.”
“When youre touring and the minute you tell someone that youre from Jersey its the equivalent of telling them you just got out of jail.”
“When youre young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume.”
“When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.”
Source: Only with Passion: Figure Skating's Most Winning Champion on Competition and Life
“When youre young, youre stupid.”
“When yous say 'adversary,' who do you mean?" I raise my hand and ask tentatively, a little concerned about what will happen to anyone on one of these lists.
"Anyone who opposes us is an adversary," Mark responds firmly. Not acknowledging that when it comes to Free Basics, that's basically everyone. All I can think is how horrified politicians would be if they knew Facebook was harnessing the platform and its power to put the screws to their thumbs.”
Source: Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
“When you’re a bed wetter there’s only one group of people you can feel better than, bed shitters, and unfortunately they’re hard to come by.”
“When you’re a housekeeper’s daughter, you see the world through a half-open door.”
“When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy.”
“When you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to love you...now, that’s the trick.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“When you’re at the beginning, don’t obsess about the middle, because the middle is going to look different once you get there.”
Source: Switch: How to change things when change is hard
“When you’re confronted by a really difficult thing in your life, you’re faced with a choice: you can runaway from it, or you can face it, confront it, and work through it. But to work through it, sometimes feels like holding your own head below water when you’re already drowning. Your natural instinct when drowning is to get back up to the surface and give yourself some relief from that terrible situation…you just want to breathe again.”
“When you’re different you’ve got two choices. You can stand out or you step back.”
Source: History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
“When you’re doing stuff online, you should behave as if you’re doing it in public – because increasingly, it is.”
“When you’re doing work you care about, you are able to work harder and better.”
Source: The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
“When you’re engaged in what you love to do, it’s like driving in the fast lane. Time flies by and more roads open up to you, alternate routes you may not have even known existed.”
“When you’re focused outside and believe that your problem is caused by someone else, rather than by your attachment to the story you’re believing in the moment, then you are your own victim, and the situation appears to be hopeless.”
Source: Question Your Thinking, Change the World
“When you’re going through something hard and you start wondering where Allah is, just remember, the Teacher is always quiet during a test.”
“When you’re good at improv, even when you’re going to deliver somebody else’s line that they’ve written, you’ve got to nail it. And sometimes it’s not going to be as good as you think, and you have to not worry about hurting each other’s feelings. All that matters is the product itself. All that matters is the show.”
“When you’re hurting deeply, you go inward.”
Source: Nineteen Minutes: A novel
“When you’re in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you’d look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.”
“When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not.”
“When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s not as exciting as being a television star, but it’s not that bad, either. You just have to learn to be satisfied with the way you are for a while. Not Forever. Just until you’re finished resting.”
Source: Almost Starring Skinnybones
“When you’re in love you don’t have to do a damn thing. You can just be. You can just stay quiet in the world. You don’t have to move an inch.”
Source: The feast of love
“When you’re in love you’ll do anything, I’d go to the end of the world.”
“When you’re in love, it’s not just about the messing around in the sack, it’s about how empty you feel when they’re gone.”
Source: I Am Ozzy
“When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance.”
Source: Something Borrowed: A Novel
“When you’re in love, you don’t need words. A look, a touch, a sigh – you’ve said it all.”
“When you’re in love, your brain secretes endorphins into your blood. Organic morphine leaks out of a gland in your skull, feels like a low-grade opium rush. Some people confuse the two, the head rush and the love. You think you’re in love with a person, but you’re in love with a syringe.”
Source: The Contortionist's Handbook
“When you’re living by default, you’re automatically reacting to life in habitual ways, many of which may be limiting you and your life. In contrast, living deliberately means making more conscious and constructive life choices. When you’re living deliberately, you’re living from a position of responsibility; you’re making choices with greater awareness. You’re taken yourself off autopilot, so you’re better prepared to align your actions with the results you want to achieve.”
“When you’re living in the moment, you’re living in the moment; whatever that moment is, that’s your reality. Everything else is a myth.”
“When you’re married to Miranda Lambert, you've gotta give her her room because she’s a powerful force. I think it’s more about just listening and understanding who she is and what her insecurities may be and how to approach our marriage as an open minded listener and a shoulder to lean on.”
“When you’re not fully trusting in the Lord you’re concerned mostly about rescue. “I’m a Christian, get me out of here!” And the Lord is saying, “You’re kidding, right? I want to teach you who you are in this situation!” In some of our situations, He gives us power and authority to move. In other situations He gives us patience because that works just as powerfully, it’s just going to take a few extra weeks.”
“When you’re not patient, you start complaining. And the fact that you’re complaining is a sign that you’re not grateful.”
“When you’re O.C.D., you want the most beautiful animals.”
“When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.”
“When you’re on the Lord’s errand, you’re entitled to the Lord’s blessings.”
“When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.”
“When you’re reminded that God owes you nothing you find yourself more grateful and less entitled.”
“When you’re sad you need to hear your sorrow structured into sound.”
Source: Girl, Interrupted
“When you’re sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle.”
“When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.”