W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Which is the woman, which the child? The joyous laugh that opens doors, steals sugared moments from the shelf? Or the dreamer mixing metaphors with tears to make a book of self To read aloud in winter's rooms When summer's sounds have ceased to bloom?”
“Which is this?
This is persimmons, Father.
Oh, the feel of the wolftail on the silk,
the strength, the tense
precision in the wrist.
I painted them hundreds of times
eye's closed. These I painted blind.
Some things never leave a person:
scent of hair of one you love,
the texture of persimmons,
in your palm, the ripe weight.”
Source: Rose
“Which is to say that culture is not a reflex of political economy, but
that society is now a reflex of key shifts in music theory and practice....
[Sampladelia is] the sound made by those early-twentieth-century discoveries
in particle physics and relativiity theory, the projection of the minds of
Einstein, Heisenbery, and Bohr, their fateful explorations of liquid time,
curving space, uncertainty fields and relativity theorems, into densely
configured and fully ambivalent android music tracks”
“Which is what one always hopes will happen: for life to take over and be bigger and more marvelous than what we can dream up on our own. Life doesn’t need magic to be magical. (But a little bit sure doesn't hurt.)”
Source: Night of Cake and Puppets: A Daughter of Smoke and Bone Novella
“Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.”
“Which is why I'd like to tip off law enforcement to an even larger child-abusing religious cult. Its leader also has a compound, and this guy not only operates outside the bounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wears funny hats. That's right, the Pope is coming to America this week and ladies, he's single!”
“Which is why we have now added a vow to our friendship that we will never ever "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" each other. That at we will always talk things out and never allow miscommunication to derail our relationship.
But the whole conversation made me think about times in my life when I've felt that way, like I've been dropped with no sign that it was about to happen. And I think Gulley is right- it's the worst feeling in the world because it leaves you feeling completely helpless.”
Source: Nobody's Cuter than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship
“Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who.”
“Which is why you can never go back into a life you have tried. There always needs to be some...variation on a theme. In the Midnight Library, you can't take the same book out twice.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“Which is why you chose to wear that delightful ensemble from the skank-wear collection at Hoes-n-Thangs?" -Tommy”
“Which is why you deal with demons. (Acheron) Who are even more pathetic than humans when you think about it. Personally, I’d rather play video games. Wouldn’t it be great if we could suck the souls of the people we hated into the box, shoot them down and then dance on their entrails? (Jaden)”
Source: Acheron
“Which is worse? Lust for the purchasing power of money, or the kind of lust that covets power over others? Let the history of 20th Century socialist revolutions answer that question.”
“Which is worse? The horror of waking up alone or the horror of waking up next to someone else?”
“Which is worse? What people think about you, or that they don't think about you?”
“Which is worse, hell or nothing?”
Source: Fight Club: A Novel
“Which is worse, overload or underload? Luckily, I never had to choose. One or Pass on to where? Back into my cells to lurk like a virus waiting for the next opportunity? Out into the ether of the world to wait for the circumstances that would provoke its reappearance? Endogenous or exogenous, nature or nurture - it's the great mystery of mental illness.”
Source: Girl, Interrupted
“Which is worse, past or future? Neither. I will fold up my mind like a leaf and drift on this stream over the brink.”
Source: Lie Down in Darkness: A Novel
“Which is worse, Risa often wondered, to have tens of thousands of babies that no one wanted or to silently make then go away before they were even born”
“Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?”
“Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.”
“Which is your bad shoulder?"
His brows knit together. "The left," he said carefully.
She slugged him in the right.
He staggered. Steadied himself. Grinned. "Is that like some weird Wyoming mating ritual thing I should know about?"
"Damn you," she cried, flying into his arms. Finally. "Damn you, damn you, damn you!"
He wrapped his arms around her, held her tight. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was such a coward.”
Source: Show No Mercy
“Which is, I'm an optimist that two people can be together to work out their conflicts. And that commitment, I think, might be what love is, because they both grow from their relationship.”
“Which isn’t, like, as bad as it sounds, because the general public kind of sucks ass.”
Source: Bite Me
“Which isn't the truth, you understand. At least you understand that in your head...but not always in your heart.”
“Which Israel should we recognize? The Israel of 1917; the Israel of 1936; the Israel of 1948; the Israel of 1956; or the Israel of 1967? Which borders and which Israel? Israel has to recognize first the Palestinian state and its borders and then we will know what we are talking about.”
“Which kind of P's do you wish to be;
Professor
Physician
Poet
Prophet
Pastor
Priest
Publisher
Painter
Photographer
It is all possible. Choose carefully your profession.”
“Which kind of person do you wish to be; It is all possible?”
“Which kind of wall mount should you buy for your flat-panel TV in Australia? Here is the solution for you. Q-tee is the best option for you. If you want to know more details about Q-tee, call us 1300-571-188”
“Which lady would I like to meet? Um, I don't know that there's anybody left that I didn't meet. But the one that I really wanted to meet died and that was Princess Diana. I really wanted to get to know her. I like her.”
“Which leads me to ask...what exactly are you going to do when we get there?"
I thought about it. "Rip Josh's nuggets off and feed them to his hamster?”
Source: Deadly Cool
“Which leaves us to the question, what is he up to?" Evanlyn said. Will shrugged. "I suppose we'll find out soon enough," he said, and urged Tug forward to take up the point position once more. They found out the following evening.”
“Which made Lawrence what? – The Prince of Darkness himself? Or just another false prophet? What boyfriend wasn’t in the end?”
Source: A Horse Named Sorrow
“Which made me think about a musician Aaron told me about: a composer who wrote a piece with no notes whatsoever. When the piece is performed, a musician comes onstage, opens the piano, sets a timer, and plays nothing. Aaron said the first time the piece was performed, the audience got nervous -- they whispered to one another and shifted in their seats, and some even walked out. Now when it's performed, people expect the silence. Instead of getting mad or nervous, they hear other things: the rustling of programs, fabric sliding against seats, polite coughing. They hear themselves, which they wouldn't hear otherwise, even though those noises were always there.
That piece is called 4'33", because the performer sits quietly for exactly four minutes and thirty-three seconds.”
Source: The Thing About Jellyfish
“Which mask to wear, which wear to mask.”
“Which matters more to you, God or pretty illusions that you’ve been taught in God’s name? (Or have you been clinging to the austere illusion of emptiness?)
Consequences will flow from your choice.”
Source: Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More, In Just 20 Minutes a Day
“Which means every tomorrow is going to be worse than every today. Why feel sorry for myself today when tomorrow's bound to be worse?”
Source: Life As We Knew It
“Which means she to deceive, father or mother?”
Source: Comedies of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am?”
“Which means that in the end there are certain things you can take with you when you flee, things that have no weight, such as music.”
Source: Visitation
“Which meant his only assets were one whiny imprisoned goddess, one sort-of-girlfriend with a dagger, and Leo, who apparently thought he could defeat the armies of darkness with breath mints.”
“Which meant I got left with Quinn yet again. Given the time he was taking to make his decision, I wasn't exactly happy about that. I mean, putting me with him was like flashing chocolate my way then telling me I couldn't have it. It was just plain mean.”
Source: Kissing Sin: A Riley Jenson Guardian Novel
“Which meant the monster had not murdered WIlliam.
Someone else had squeezed the life from the boy. Someone else had carefully taken the pendant. Someone else had found Justine and planted the pendant on her when she was asleep. Someone else had engineered the sequence of events perfectly so that-
I let out a choked sob of horror.
Someone else had engineered the sequence of events perfectly so that he could have Justine's body.
'Victor,' I whispered.
'Yes, my love?" he answered, a dark silhouette in the doorway.”
Source: The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
“Which men are most likely to be controlling? Those who are lower in mate value. These men ramp up heavy mate guarding because they believe they have lucked out in attracting a desirable woman and believe that she will be difficult or impossible to replace.”
Source: When Men Behave Badly: The Hidden Roots of Sexual Deception, Harassment, and Assault
“Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers). How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around). What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words.”
Source: Hitch-22: A Memoir
“Which new wrestlers do I think will be the franchise wrestlers? Erm, well Batista and Randy Orton will I think, for sure.”
“Which nose do I touch, wondered Garth, ‘and do I really want to touch any of those vile snouts?’ He studied the skeins of drool that hung from the dog’s jaws and felt himself shudder. But surely this would be a small price to pay to win the preferment of this powerful beast. Garth decided that touching one nose would be sufficient and took a step forward.”
Source: Cerberus
“Which not peace for the man who is forced to go to war, for he will find his peace. But wish peace for the man who goes to war willingly, for he will never find his peace.”
“Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)
“Which of course is followed by: For those who have Awareness, a hint is quite enough. For the multitudes of heedless mere knowledge is useless. Haji Bektash Veli We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”
“Which of my beliefs are of my own creation and which were programmed into me?”
Source: Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life