W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Want and boredom are indeed the twin poles of human life.”
Source: On the Suffering of the World
“Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the most vigorous demand.”
Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
“Want and need are not the same things either. A want can be foregone. It is voluntary, a nice-to-have.
A need is required, a necessity. If he needed me, I’d be essential for his success, for his happiness.”
Source: Fighting For My Billionaire Boss
“Want and need. Such a fine difference.”
“Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.”
“Want any of this stuff? Jordan?... Nick?" I didn't answer. Nick?" he asked again. What?" Want any?" No... I just remembered that today's my birthday." I was thirty. Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.”
Source: The Great Gatsby
“Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.”
“Want coffee?" I asked, as I headed that way. "It's three thirty in the morning." "Okay. Want coffee?”
“Want creativity? Diversify your experience to develop your creative muscles.”
“Want ever so gently. Invite your desires to you like you call a cat. Any aggressive move toward your goals will chase them away.”
“Want for your brother, what you want for yourself.”
“Want freedom? Get organized. Want to get organized? Get creative.”
“Want girls to let you put your fingers in certain places? Get a manicure.”
“Want hij is op de maan geweest en niets kan ooit nog hetzelfde zijn.”
Source: Buzz Aldrin, waar ben je gebleven?
“Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman!”
“Want hoewel de magische chemie die twee harten aan elkaar vastklinkt nou eenmaal onkenbaar is, kon Olivier Vanoever niet ontkennen dat er iets met hem was gebeurd toen hij Laylee Layla Fenjoon voor het allereerst zag. Hij was op dat moment geraakt door een onzichtbare vorm van magie, en zijn emoties bleken niet meer te ontwarren. En dit is het gekke met gevoelens: Soms worden ze langzaam opgebouwd, baksteen voor baksteen zorgvuldig op elkaar gestapeld tijdens jaren van toegewijd hard werken. Eenmaal neergezet zijn dergelijke fundamenten onwrikbaar. Soms worden ze echter ook roekeloos neergekwakt, allemaal tegelijk, boven op je, met stapels stenen op je hart en je longen zodat je er zo nodig zelfs levend onder wordt begraven.”
Source: Whichwood
“WANT
I want to hold Shelley
with the force of an eagle
taming the wind within its wings.
I want to grasp him unfailingly,
like a gentle moth
dancing with flame.
I want to have strength enough
to beat off the beasts
that dwell within his heart.
I want to believe
in impossible promises
and shift the world
so they can be kept.
I want to be more
than a girl
selling books
in a bankrupt shop.”
Source: Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
“Want is a bitter and a hateful good,
Because its virtues are not understood;
Yet many things, impossible to thought,
Have been by need to full perfection brought.
The daring of the soul proceeds from thence,
Sharpness of wit, and active diligence;
Prudence at once, and fortitude it gives;
And, if in patience taken, mends our lives.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)
“Want is a kind of thief. It's a door in your heart, and once you know it's there, you'll spend your life longing for whatever's behind it”
Source: Happy Place
“Want is a thing that unfurls unbidden like fungus, opening large upon itself, stopless, filling the sky. But needs, from one day to the next, are few enough to fit in a bucket, with room enough left to rattle like brittle brush in a dry wind.”
“Want is an empty void - your real value is full and abundant.”
“Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.”
“Want is the invisible force that propels us through the persistent press of time, dragging us from one moment to the next.”
Source: The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.
“Want is the mistress of invention”
Source: The Busie Body. A comedy ... The fifth edition
“Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means.”
Source: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring ...
“Want less, live more”
“Want less, need less, live more.”
Source: Stairway to Awesomeness!: 30 Fundamental Steps to Living a Life of Awesomeness!
“Want love, either sacrifice for it, else fight for it.”
“Want me to drive?” Wade asks. “I won’t take any detours.”
I slam on the brakes and come to a dead stop right in the middle of the road. “Sure. Why not? My life is one big fucking detour,” I yell. Then I bang my head on the steering wheel and I can’t help it. I start to cry.”
Source: Take Me There
“Want me to flex my magic for you, baby?”
Source: The Demon's Covenant
“Want me to run with you?” he asks, nudging his head toward the sidewalk behind me.
Yes, please.
“No, it’s fine.”
Source: Hopeless
“Want me to sell my soul, just so I can go gold. You can have the cars, clothes the jewerlies, the houses and hos. Cats do anything for a little bit of fame and a little bit of change. Industry snakes, they ain't friendly. Thought she loved me, she just tricked me.”
“Want me to spend the night? Hey lover boy, you know I will, and my best girlfriend lives down the road, together we will thrill you.”
“Want me to Stevie Wonder my way to the bathroom?”
“Want me to warm up the sauce?” “Do we do that? I mean, it’s in a jar, right? Can’t you just dump it over the pasta?” “Well, you can, but it tastes better if you warm it up.” “Oh.” Eve sighed. “This is complicated. No wonder I never cook.”
Source: The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires
“Want mooie herinneringen zijn zuivere zielen, en de realiteit daarnaast een sterfelijk lichaam.”
Source: De trap van steen en wolken
“Want More Advice Like This?”
“Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others.”
“Want more sales? Ask better questions.”
Source: The Introvert's Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone
“Want more Twitter followers? Take care of the ones you have FIRST!”
“Want my advice? Go to class, focus on time management, and try to workout at least three days a week. It helps to destress, plus it’s a good excuse to listen to music for an hour. Try to get good grades, but don’t beat yourself up over bad ones. Reach to do better.”
Source: Sea Breeze Academy
“Want my spend, Precious?" Shane shuddered, the pleasure from his ass streaking to his balls and then to his untouched cock.
"Please. Yes. I--"
"I would give you the world.”
Source: An Unauthorized Field Guide to the Hunt
“Want niet alleen God is voor de wereld verloren gegaan, maar ook de duivel. Zoals het kwaad op verwensbeelden wordt geschoven, zo wordt het goede geschoven op wensbeelden die men vereert omdat ze datgene doen wat men zelf ondoenlijk vindt. Men laat andere mensen zwoegen terwijl men vanaf een zitplaats toekijkt, dat is de sport; men laat mensen de eenzijdigste overdrijvingen te berde brengen, dat is het idealisme; men schudt het kwaad van zich af en degenen die ermee worden bespat, dat zijn de verwensbeelden. Zo krijgt alles op de wereld zijn plaats en zijn ordening, maar deze techniek van heiligenverering en zondebokkenmesterij door afschuiven is niet ongevaarlijk, want ze vervult de wereld met de spanningen van alle onuitgevochten innerlijke conflicten. Men slaat elkaar dood of verbroedert zich zonder ooit zeker te weten of men dat in volle ernst doet, omdat men immers een deel van zijn wezen buiten zichzelf heeft, en alle gebeurtenissen schijnen zich half vóór of achter de werkelijkheid te voltrekken, als een spiegelgevecht van de haat en de liefde. Het oude geloof in demonen, dat voor al het goede en het slechte waarmee men te maken kreeg de hemelse of helse geesten aansprakelijk stelde, werkte veel beter, accurater en netter, en men kan slechts hopen dat wij daar met de voortschrijdende ontwikkeling van de psychotechniek weer naar terug zullen keren.”
Source: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften: Erstes Buch
“Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge”
Source: The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin
“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.”
Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963
“Want of imagination makes things unreal enough to be destroyed. By imagination I mean knowledge and love. I mean compassion. People of power kill children, the old send the young to die, because they have no imagination. They have power. Can you have power and imagination at the same time? Can you kill people you don’t know and have compassion for them at the same time?”
Source: Hannah Coulter: A Novel
“Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for many honest people endure greater hardships with fortitude. We must therefore seek the cause elsewhere than in want of money, for that is the miser's passion, not the thief s.”
Source: The Portable William Blake
“Want of occupation is the bane of both men and women, perhaps more especially of the latter.”
“Want of passion is, I think, a very striking characteristic of Americans, not unrelated to their predilection for violence. For very few people truly have a passionate desire to achieve, and violence serves as a kind of substitute.”
Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey
“Want of perseverance is the great fault of women in everything--morals, attention to health, friendship, and so on. It cannot be too often repeated that women never reach the end of anything through want of perseverance.”