W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding.”
“Whether or not you agree with Bernie Sanders' version of socialism, it is enormously significant that, for the first time in US history, a presidential candidates who calls himself a socialist has had an actual shot at winning the presidential election. And to his credit, he has not backed down from the label.”
“Whether or not you agreed with the group’s incendiary style, one thing most people will agree on: N.W.A had a deep, trans-formative and lasting effect on hip hop ideology.”
Source: The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“Whether or not, you are drawn into a puddle, it just depends how well you don't jump.”
“Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong.”
Source: Nineteen Minutes: A novel
“Whether or not you believe in God, you can probably sign on to the idea that being kind to others is divine. Just remember to include yourself in that circle of kindness.”
“Whether or not you believe in God, you must believe this: when we as a species abandon our trust in a power greater than us, we abandon our sense of accountability. Faiths… all faiths… are admonitions that there is something we cannot understand, something to which we are accountable. With faith we are accountable to each other, to ourselves, and to a higher truth. Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed. The church consists of a brotherhood of imperfect, simple souls wanting only to be a voice of compassion in a world spinning out of control.”
“Whether or not you believe isn’t half as important as whether or not you want to believe.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Whether or not you can become great at something, you can always become better.”
“Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.”
“Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed.”
“Whether or not you choose to incorporate your illness into your core identity is totally up to you. That’s also something that may change over the course of time as your illness evolves and perhaps becomes more chronic in nature. Regardless, you are not reducible as a person to your mental illness alone, nor does your illness define your inherent worth.”
Source: Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Understanding the DSM-5
“Whether or not you consider yourself a caregiver now, at some point, you will be. We will face the death of a parent. We will experience the weight of caregiving, grief, and emotional pressure. That's why Holistic Wealth isn't optional - it's essential.”
“Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.”
“Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty.”
Source: The phantom tollbooth
“Whether or not you get widely lauded for any influence you offer matters little. The truth is that many of those who have names written in history books, have been mentored, shaped and influenced by others whose names you may never know.”
Source: Terra Dark
“Whether or not you go in a positive direction depends entirely on you. You have to be your own teacher and try to figure out what it takes to accomplish your goals. You have to be your own judge and try to get yourself to do the right thing and stop yourself from doing the wrong thing. Take responsibility for yourself. (17th Karmapa)”
Source: The Future Is Now: Timely Advice for Creating a Better World
“Whether or not you have children yourself, you are a parent to the next generation. If we can only stop thinking of children as individual property and think of them as the next generation, then we can realize we all have a role to play.”
“Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.”
“Whether or not you liked George W. Bush, there was no doubt about what position he was going to take, and that's what endeared him to a significant segment of American society.”
“Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.”
“Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.”
“Whether or not you write well, write bravely.”
“Whether or not you're aware of it or not, you're taking the information you get from watching TV and putting it in your brain.”
“Whether or not you're writing fiction or you're making sculptures. You're trying to create a space. You're trying to make something where your own epiphanies and your own desires and your own understanding of the world can reveal itself.”
“Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.”
“Whether or not, you know, people think that Martin Shkreli is the worst person in the world, the reality is that he is the symptom or a larger problem in an pharmacology industry.”
“Whether Osama bin Laden is doing it cynically and has no interest in these matters, or whether he's doing it out of genuine conviction, his voice has a tremendous resonance throughout the Arab world. One editorial in a Lebanese paper said it is a matter of great humiliation for the Arabs that the only man who can outline, truthfully, what our humiliations are is an Arab who has to say it from a cave in a foreign country.”
“Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching.”
Source: The Art of Happiness
“Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be One America. We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999
“Whether our caretaker was our mom, dad, uncle, aunt, grandparent, foster parent, or sibling, our blueprint of what a relationship is supposed to look like is drafted by what we observed from our caretaker’s relationship. If our caretaker took their significant other back multiple times, made excuses for their actions, helped them battle demons, turned a blind eye to their infidelity, or moved from one relationship to the next, that is what we know. Their behavior becomes our very own model of what a relationship is supposed to look like and determines what we will expect from our own partners.”
Source: The Gift of Past Relationships
“Whether our conflicts are gigantic or minute, confrontations typically result from unmet expectations.”
“Whether our days trip along like the angels mounting on Jacob's ladder to heaven or grind along like the wagons that Joseph sent for Jacob, they are in each case ordered by God's mercy.”
Source: Grace: God's Unmerited Favor
“Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.”
“Whether our fear is absolutely realistic or out of proportion in our minds, our greatest refuge is Jesus Christ.”
Source: Joy Breaks: 90 Devotions to Celebrate, Simplify, and Add Laughter to Your Life
“Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.”
Source: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony reader: correspondence, writings, speeches
“Whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic or the Pacific or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship.”
“Whether our reformers admit it or not, the economic and social inferiority of women is responsible for prostitution.”
Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“Whether our shelters are made of concrete or tree branches, if we have no accountability in our heart towards the welfare of our society, we are just well-dressed animals.”
Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
“Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and the engagement of all.”
“Whether our will conforms to the will of God is an important factor in the shape of our lives.”
Source: Ruined
“Whether our work is art or science or the daily work of society, it is only the form in which we explore our experience which is different.”
Source: Science and Human Values
“Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people.”
“Whether outside work is done by choice or not, whether women seek their identity through work, whether women are searching for pleasure or survival through work, the integration of motherhood and the world of work is a source of ambivalence, struggle, and conflict for the great majority of women.”
Source: Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools
“Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.”
Source: Autobiography of values
“Whether Pacquiao loses in the first round, whether he knocks out Mayweather in the first round, it's still going to be the biggest fight in history.”
“Whether people are in America or in Africa, people want to work. They want to have purpose. They want to provide for themselves and their families. They don't want handouts. They don't want to be completely dependent on their governments - even though there's usually no opportunity for that anyway.”
“Whether people are making narrative cinema or experimental cinematic movie experiences, they all want the biggest screen possible and the quietest room and the most attention to every nuance and detail. Obviously, most people will not see the movie that way, but I can still hope for it, and I'd like to think we will be able to pull it off this time.”
“Whether people grow fat by joking, or whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have never been quite able to determine.”
Source: The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic
“Whether people identify as feminists or not, if they're doing work that furthers a feminist cause, I think that's wonderful, like if it works for me, right, it works for the movement.”