W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.”
“Widely dispersed knowledge concerning the important role of basic cooperative processes among living beings may lead to the acceptance of cooperation as a guiding principle both in social theory and as a basis for human behavior. Such a development when it occurs will alter the course of human history.”
“Widely hailed as the most popular director of Central Intelligence since Allen Dulles, Bush had enormous support within the Agency. As the campaign got under way, Reagan-Bush posters appeared all over CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, many cut in the middle with only the right side, the Bush side, on display.”
Source: House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
“Widely spaced earth-sheltered towns offer sweeping views over the plains. High-speed trains link the communities. Food is grown in the region. Bikeways are everywhere. Nonpolluting hydrogen powers all vehicles. Sunlight and wind generate the hydrogen. Note the earth-covered bridges, the continuous window bands, the wind machines across the farmlands. In this new America, everything is reused, recycled, conserved.”
“Widen your consciousness to the dimension of the earth and you will have a place for everything.”
“Widen your innovative frontiers by using the cutting-edge, market-leading technology solutions. Turn the sensitive information of your business into the ́information ́ of your successful digital journey.”
“Widen your shriveled heart, make the interests of others your own and serve them as much as you can by sympathy, kindness, presents and so forth. So long as one enjoys the things of this world and has needs and wants, it is necessary to minister to the needs of one's fellow men. Otherwise one cannot be called a human being. Whenever you have the opportunity, give to the poor, feed the hungry, nurse the sick - do service as a religious duty and you will come to know by direct perception that the person served, the one who serves and the act of service are separate only in appearance.”
“Widespread caffeine use explains a lot about the twentieth century.”
“Widespread criticisms of jihad in Islam and the so-called sword verses in the Quran have unearthed for fair-minded Christians difficult questions about Christianity's own traditions of holy war and 'texts of terror.' Like Hinduism's Mahabharata epic, the Bible devotes entire books to war and rumors thereof. Unlike the Quran, however, it contains hardly any rules for how to conduct a just war.”
Source: God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
“Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love”
“Widespread cultural suffering for Métis people began around the time when the fur trade was nearing its end and the colonial period was beginning (Mackie, 1996) - p. 38”
Source: Belonging Metis
“Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term.”
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
“Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.”
Source: Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
“Widespread legend is to think you are a legend.”
“Widespread legend is to think you are legend.”
“Widespread legend is to think you're a legend.”
“Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.”
“Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.”
“Widespread use of online voting will create the potential for abuse that will make the problems inherent in e-voting pale in comparison.”
“Widge can see the past." Poppet says suddenly. "That's why his stories are so good." "The past is easier," Widget says. "It's already there." "In the stars?" Bailey asks. "No." Widget says. "On people. The past stays on you the way powdered sugar stays on fingers. Some people can get rid of it but it's still there, the events and t hings that pushed you to where you are now.”
“Widmung
Für alle, deren Lieblingseissorte noch immer blau ist.”
Source: Froschprinz - Band 1
“WIDOW. The word consumes itself, said Sylvia Plath, who consumed herself.”
Source: Fates and Furies
“Widow" is a harsh and hurtful word. It comes from the Sanskrit and it means "empty." I have been empty too long.”
Source: Widow
“WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Widow. The word consumes itself.”
“Widowed were not those alive, but those who were dead.”
Source: Trust: Betrayed
“Widowers marry again because it makes their lives easier. Widows often don't, because it makes their lives harder. [p. 61]”
“Widowhood imposed by religion or custom is an unbearable yoke and defiles the home by secret vice and degrades religion.”
Source: India of My Dreams
“Widowhood provided Mama with a higher form of being. In refusing to recover from my father's death she had discovered that her life was endowed with a seriousness her years in the kitchen had denied her. She remained devoted to this seriousness for thirty years. She never tired of it, never grew bored or restless in its company, found new ways to keep alive the interest it deserved and had so undeniably earned.”
“Widows are divided into two classes - the bereaved and relieved.”
Source: William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft
“Widows are far better than brides. They don't tell, they won't yell, they don't swell, they rarely smell, and they're grateful as hell.”
Source: To Sail Beyond the Sunset
“Widows are more skillful anglers for husbands than spinsters, and many marry several times. This is a social injustice to spinsters. "One man one woman," is surely as fair a cry as "One man one vote." As there is scarcely one man for each woman, what right has one woman to two, three, or four men in succession? She may reply, "By the right of conquest." But, then, is she not reducing others to unhappy courses or to become old maids?... Society, for the interests of all, should discourage the remarriage of widows.”
“Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a lot of burgeoning goes on.”
“Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.”
“Width of life is more important than length of life.”
“Widzisz, żadna część tej baśni nie była kłamstwem, choć historia była zupełnie nieprawdziwa.”
“Wie alle erfahrenen Bibliomanten hatte er schon vor langer Zeit seinen Körpergeruch verloren. Stattdessen dufteten seine Haut und sein Haar nach Büchern.”
Source: Die Seiten der Welt
“Wie alle Menschen hatte auch er während seines Lebens Vorstellungen und Träume in sich getragen. Manches davon hatte er sich selbst erfüllt, manches war ihm geschenkt worden. Vieles war unerreichbar geblieben oder war ihm, kaum erreicht, wieder aus den Händen gerissen worden. Aber er war immer noch da.”
“Wie anders eine Tür doch aussieht, wenn man auf ihrer warmen Seite steht!”
Source: Different Seasons
“Wie auch die Mutter sich bemühte, ihn an den Deich und an das Land zu gewöhnen - er sprach von der See und guckte nach den Schiffen, als wenn es weiter nichts auf der Welt gäbe.”
Source: Seefahrt is not!
“Wie betäubt wankte ich Londurs hinterher, der nun zum Schuppen vorausging. Und tatsächlich stand dort unser Planwagen, von dem ich mir sicher gewesen war, dass er in Xorlis sein musste. Ich war also … verrückt?
Du bist nicht verrückt, versicherte mir die Stimme in meinem Kopf. Mit dir ist alles in Ordnung.”
Source: Die Magie der Lüge
“Wie de filosofie van internet kent, kan betere websites bouwen.”
Source: Webdesign van concept tot realisatie
“Wie deel uitmaakt van een groep die een doel nastreeft, voelt zich opleven en blijkt plots tot veel meer in staat dan hij of zij voordien mogelijk achtte. Het leven wordt zinvoller en vreugdevoller. Maar net zoals bij genot schuilt ook hier hetzelfde addertje onder het gras. Elke vorm van zingeving kan ontsporen tot een monomane, dogmatische gekte, ten koste van zichzelf en anderen. Gezonde voeding promoten, met het accent op minder vlees en meer groenten, is zonder twijfel een goed idee. Slagers bedreigen is een stap te ver. Als zich inzetten voor een betere wereld betekent dat andersdenkenden geëlimineerd moeten worden, dan botsen we op een andere waanzin.”
Source: Intimiteit
“Wie die Folgen eindeutig beweisen, sind diese unschädlichen Lebensmittel auf die Dauer weit schädlicher als eine einmalige Giftdosis, die den Menschen vorübergehend sichtbar krank macht.”
Source: Gefährdete Menschheit. Ursache und Verhütung der Degeneration.
“Wie droomt omdat hij niet gelukkig is, moet wandelen, veel wandelen, doelloos ronddwalen in de hoop dat hij over het geluk zal struikelen.”
“Wie? Ein grosser Mann? Ich sehe immer nur den Schauspieler seines eignen Ideals”
Source: Beyond Good and Evil
“Wie ein schüchternes Mädchen blieb er sitzen und wartet, ob einer käme ihn zu holen, ein Stärkerer und Mutigerer als er, der ihn mitrisse und zum Glücklichsein zwänge.”
Source: Beneath the Wheel
“Wie einst als Kinder durch Hain und Flur,
So stapfen wir heut durchs Leben;
Der ganze Schlamm der modernen Kultur
Bleibt uns an den Beinen kleben.”
“Wie festgefroren starrte Niliana auf den Pistolenlauf, der auf ihr Gesicht gerichtet war. Gleich würde sie sterben. Sie hatte noch nicht einmal Angst. Warum hatte sie keine Angst?
Es war so surreal. Als hätte die Göttin ihr Gefühl für Realität zerstört. Als könnte sie nicht wirklich sterben, weil dies nur eine Geschichte war. Eine Geschichte, in der die Guten glücklich weiterlebten und die Bösen bestraft wurden.”
Source: Inspired - Magie der Muse
“Wie fühlen Sie sich?', fragte der Arzt.
'Etwas in Sorge, ehrlich gesagt. Ich habe geträumt, dass mich Jesus Christus besucht und wir ein langes, tiefgehendes Gespräch geführt haben.'
'Worüber?'
'Hauptsächlich über Fußball.”