W Quotes
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“Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.”
“Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.”
“Who is there big enough to love the whole planet? We must find such a people for the next society.”
Source: On Democracy
“Who is there in the world who can insult the God in the image?”
Source: Collected Works
“Who is there that can be handsomely Supported in Affluence, Ease and Pleasure by another, that will chuse rather to earn his Bread by the Sweat of his own Brows?”
Source: Silence Dogood
“Who is there that, in logical words, can express the effect music has on us?”
Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Who is there today who still cares about a well-finished death? No one. Even the rich, who could after all afford this luxury, are beginning to grow lazy and indifferent; the desire to have a death of one's own is becoming more and more rare. In a short time it will be as rare as a life of one's own.”
“Who is there who can make muddy waters clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will gradually clear itself.”
“Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?”
Source: Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (Poirot)
“Who is there with you?" "Raphael" Kate's voice snapped. "I'll be in Atlanta in three hours. Where are you?" "I said it's nothing major." "Bullshit. You wouldn't work with Raphael unless the Apocalypse was imminent and that was the only way to prevent it.”
Source: Magic Mourns: A Companion Novella to Magic Strikes: A Penguin eSpecial from Berkley
“Who is this Baby Ruth? And what does she do?”
“Who is this before whose presence idols tumble to the sod? While he cries out — Allah Akbar! and there is no god but God!”
Source: Meditations in America, and Other Poems
“Who is this bygone lover?
whose love got so truthfulness?
Confidently, whose oath you're taking,
on behalf of which you're proving yourself guiltless?...”
“Who is this god person anyway?”
Source: Mostly Harmless
“Who is this grave and pretty young woman? Not pretty. Beautiful. Yes, I think so. Who is she? I know so little. In the end, we know so little.”
Source: Be My Wolff
“Who is this?' I asked. 'Phoebe Bridgers,' she said. 'I'll make you a playlist.”
Source: You Don't Live Here
“Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?”
“Who is this little, this pathetic, this ridiculous Demarest? We laugh at him, and also we weep for him; for he is ourselves, he is humanity, he is God. He makes mistakes. He is an egoist. He is imperfect—physically, morally, and mentally. Coffee disagrees with him; angostura causes him anguish; borborigmi interrupts his sleep, causing in his dreams falls of cliffs and the all-dreaded thunderstone; his ears ache; his nostrils, edematous; frontal headaches… Nevertheless, like ourselves, whose disabilities differ from his only in details, he struggles—why? to avoid the making of mistakes, to escape the tyrant solipsism, and to know himself; like us, he endeavors to return to God. Let him cry out as he will, let him protest his skepticism ever so loudly, he is at heart, like every other, a believer in perfection!”
Source: Blue Voyage
“Who is this man?'
'Chinaman, or rather half Chinese and half German. Got a daft name. Calls himself Doctor No - Doctor Julius No.'
'No? Spelt like Yes?'
'That's right.”
Source: Doctor No
“Who is this Marlowe guy anyway? He's an ass. Threw him out. Threatened to have Ysmi sit on him if he returned.
Why are there two severed heads rolling around the house? Cats tried to eat one. Mostly prevented.
Headless guy is in hallway broom closet with head that I think is his.”
Source: Death's Mistress
“Who is this Medusa whose visage has haunted the western imagination for 2700 years? Why has she remained so potent, and why is it necessary to “re-vision” her now in the 21st century?”
Source: Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom
“Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?”
“Who is this monk?” asked Tasvak. “Can we trust him?”
“Yes, we can trust him,” assured Sarvadni. “I have known him for some time.”
“Is he your pupil?” asked Tasvak. He was curious.
“No, he is not,” replied Sarvadni. “He will be an awful pupil, but he is a brilliant teacher. He is the founder of his own faith, which he calls Ajabuhi.”
Source: The Timingila
“Who is this person that you call "All"?—It is "society"!—But is it corporeal, then?—We are its body!—You? Why, you are not a body yourselves;—you, sir, are corporeal to be sure, you too, and you, but you all together are only bodies, not a body. Accordingly the united society may indeed have bodies at its service, but no one body of its own. Like the "nation" of the politicians, it will turn out to be nothing but a "spirit," its body only semblance.”
Source: The Ego and Its Own
“Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?”
Source: The Innocents Abroad
“Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ.”
Source: Selected poems
“Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to camouflage the fact that we - you and I and other specific human beings just like us - have to start doing things differently. "They" can't fix anything. We can.”
“Who is this woman, and what has she done with my ever worrying mother?”
Source: Let the Sky Fall
“Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed themselves for fear, All the Knights at Camelot; But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace, The Lady of Shalott.”
“Who is to blame for this most recent of sports disgraces in America? The culture that flings young athletes like Tyson up out of obscurity, makes millionaires of them and watches them self-destruct?”
“Who is to decide between 'Let it be' and 'Force it'?”
Source: journal
“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”
“Who is to guard the guards themselves?”
“Who is to say what is real and what is not?'Real' is a distinction of a naïve mind.”
“Who is to say what love is or what it wants to be, the shape it takes, or how quickly it comes on? Love has always made a fool of time.”
Source: Thirst for Salt
“Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.”
“Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.”
“Who is unhappy with little, won't be with much; who doesn't appreciate the small won't be able to take care of the large; who doesn't have enough with enough is at the margin or virtue, for the physical body lives from one day to another and if it gets what it really needs, there will be time for meditation, as long as if we try to give it everything it desires, endless will be the task.”
“Who is watching the Watchers?”
“Who is who?
In the silence that sinks into you,
In the seclusion that excludes you,
You begin to realise without her you are not you,
And you begin to believe in her more than you do in you,
Wherever you might be, her thoughts seem stubbornly pervasive,
And in this state of her pervasiveness you let her memories become invasive,
And now you are no more you and this happens to you in phases successive,
Now everything appears yonder and so inconclusive,
But you love her because now she is a part of you,
You exist in her and not in you,
Even your heart revolts as it begins to beat for her and not for you,
You no longer exist in days or months, you just exist in moments where you wonder without her what are you?
In life everything seems pertinent because you have evolved into a poker face,
Because no matter how hard you try, in the mirror, in your own reflection you see her face,
A sort of a purgatory for true lover’s face,
Where through some intermediary grace you now kiss her face,
Because now it is difficult to tell who is who,
Whether it is you, it is her, and you wonder who can tell; who?
After struggling to define who is who,
You let her face, her memories, her feelings, her heart beats define you. Because this is who you are, the real you!
So let me love you Irma with this poker face,
And see if you can find the grace in this superimposed face,
And when million reflections are cast in the mirror of life let me see if you can identify the face,
That loved you for your beautiful heart and your inward grace!”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.”
Source: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: the most exhaustive collection of the sacred and inspired utterances of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna
“Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limitations? He will accept such work only as a 'means of livelihood' while he waits to discover his 'true vocation'. The world is full of unsuccessful businessmen who still secretly believe they were meant to be artists or writers or actors in the movies.”
Source: Seeds
“Who is wise?
He who learns from every man, as it is said: “From all who taught me have I gained understanding” (Psalms 119:99).
Who is mighty?
He who subdues his [evil] inclination, as it is said: “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city” (Proverbs 16:32).
Who is rich?
He who rejoices in his lot, as it is said: “You shall enjoy the fruit of your labors, you shall be happy and you shall prosper” (Psalms 128:2)
“You shall be happy” in this world, “and you shall prosper” in the world to come.
Who is he that is honored?
He who honors his fellow human beings as it is said: “For I honor those that honor Me, but those who spurn Me shall be dishonored” (I Samuel 2:30).”
“Who is wise in love, love most, say least.”
Source: Idylls of the King
“Who is wise?
He that learns from everyone.”
Source: Poor Richard: An Almanack
“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”
Source: The life and letters
“Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?”
“Who is worthy of Moksha? When one says exactly as his mind thinks, and also acts like that, when he becomes like that; he begins to become worthy of Moksha.”
Source: Adjust Everywhere
“Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.”
“Who is wurs shod, than the shoemakers wyfe,With shops full of shoes all hir lyfe?”
Source: The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A.D. 1562)