W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Without character, there is no credibility; and without credibility, there is no trust.”
“Without charity, there is no salvation.”
“Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.”
Source: The symbolist movement in literature
“Without chemical slaughterhouses, without a systematic mass murder, the tragedy of the Jews is just one out of the numerous tragedies that befell the nations of Europe during the Second World War. The Jewish people thus loses its martyr status, and the State of Israel, whose establishing was approved by the world under the impression of an alleged 'unparalleled genocide,' would lose its legitimacy.”
“Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.”
“Without chiropractic care, I couldn't have existed with my work as a TV and film actor.”
“Without chiropractic, I wouldn't be able to play consistently throughout the season.”
“Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing.”
“Without chorophyll, the world would be a damp warm rock instead of the softly green haven of life that we know, for chlorphyll holds its magnesium eye to the sun and captures the energy of sunlight, in the first step of photosynthesis. For reasons we shall explore, magnesium has exactly the right features to make this process possible. Had the kingdom lacked this element, chlorophyll;’s eye would have been blind, phtosynthesis would not take place, and life as we know it would not exist.”
“Without Christ a people may always have the freedom to do, but never the power to complete.”
Source: Healology
“Without Christ, the human mind resorts to made-up stuff for reason.”
“Without Christ there is no hope.”
“Without Christ there would be no Christmas and without Christ there can be no fulness of JOY”
Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“Without Christ, we can’t rationally reason beyond what we can observe.”
Source: Exposing the REAL Creation-Evolution Debate
“Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!”
“Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.”
“Without cigarettes, I would be doing heroin, probably, on a daily basis.”
“Without circumstances no courage could be developed.”
“Without circumstances, there is no change.”
“Without civic morality communities perish; without personal morality their survival has no value.”
Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
“Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.”
“Without civilized social graces, not only is life more difficult, but a positive first impression can be destroyed as fast as it is made.”
Source: The Art of Action: 8 Ways to Initiate & Activate Forward Momentum for Positive Impact
“Without claiming superiority of intellectual over visual understanding, one is nevertheless bound to admit that the cinema allowsa number of æsthetic-intellectual means of perception to remain unexercised which cannot but lead to a weakening of judgment.”
“Without claiming to be exhaustive, I maintain that every philosophy reproduces within itself, in one way or another, the conflict in which it finds itself compromised and caught up in the outside world.”
Source: Philosophy of the Encounter: Later Writings, 1978-87
“Without Claray blocking the view, he could see that the beast was a good six feet long, perhaps four or five inches short of three feet high at the shoulders, and looked like he weighed a good ten stone. He'd never seen a wolf so big. But it had some damned fine coloring, Its fur was a combination of gray and white with black on the tip of the tail and around the face and ears.
"I guess 'tis fitting," Roderick said suddenly.
"The name?" Conall asked with amazement, thinking there was no damned way he was calling the great beast Lovey.
"Nay. That she has a wolf," Roderick explained, and when he didn't comprehend right away added, "She married you, the Wolf, and she has one fer a pet. 'Tis fitting.”
Source: Highland Wolf
“Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is.”
“Without clear awareness of the short arc of life, nothing means very much.”
Source: Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
“Without climbing the mountain of hardship, one may not know the joy of hope.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Without close and reciprocal relationships with other animal beings, we're alienated from the rich, diverse, and magnificent world in which we live.”
Source: The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
“Without coffee something’s missing”
“Without collaboration and synergy among various communities and socioeconomic groups, democracy will eventually fail as it “wastes exhausts and murders itself,” in the words of America’s founding father John Adams.”
Source: The Transhumanism Handbook
“Without collective awakening the catastrophe will come. I think people in the mass media, journalists, film makers and others, you can contribute to the collective awakening if you are awake and then your life will embody that awakening.”
“Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.”
“Without commentary, you take the scissors from him, and you cut off the rest of his hair, and then you take out his electric shaver, and you shave his hair down as close as you can.
"Who's the NPC now?" you say to him. "I'm the one with the controller. I'm the one with the task."
"You find your crazy roommate in the bathroom. He's cut off half of his hair in a fit of nonsensical despair. What do you do?" Sam says, imitating the form of interactive fiction. He runs his fingers through his hair. "Don't tell Sadie about any of this."
"Brother, I think she'll notice." You take his head in your hands and you kiss him on the crown.”
Source: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Without commenting on the legal aspects, which I'm not capable of doing, those are lifestreams and there are other companies that have done similar things. That makes me angry personally, not because of the money, but because of the deliberate failure to acknowledge work that we would have made freely available as academics.”
“Without commitment and real selflessness, real love shall always be like a sea without fish; a forest without the sweet harmonious chorus of the birds and a stomach without food”
“Without commitment, no price will be low enough. With commitment, no price will be too high.”
“Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.”
“Without common sense, all thine efforts are in vain.”
Source: How to Know Higher Worlds
“Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.”
“Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.”
“Without communism ... our state lacks a Wizard of Oz to terrify all the people all the time. So the state looks inward, at the true enemy, who turns out to be - who else? the people of the United States.”
Source: The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000
“Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.”
“Without community, there is no liberation.”
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“Without community, there is no liberation...but community must not mean a shedding of our differences, nor the pathetic pretense that these differences do not exist.”
“Without compassion for a fellow man, for great splendors of our Sister, Mother Earth the humankind will never reconcile with itself.”
“Without compassion, freedom can be self-righteous, inhuman, self-centered, and cruel.”
“Without compassion, there is no charity.”
“Without compassion, you will never truly connect with another human being.”
Source: The True You: Discovering Your Own Way to Success and Happiness by Uncovering Your Authentic Self and Building Remarkable Relationships With Others
“Without compassion, true gratitude is an impossibility. If we are to feel gratitude towards another for their deeds, then we must have compassion for the suffering and self-sacrifice which they endured in carrying out those deeds. If their actions were free of suffering or sacrifice, then are they truly deserving of gratitude?”