W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.”
Source: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring ...
“Without publishing, how can we make public scientific findings for the advancement of society?”
“Without purification of the heart, all worship is unholy, insincere and a total waste.”
Source: The Religion of God (Divine Love): Untold Mysteries and Secrets of God
“Without purification of worldly interactions, speech that accepts all viewpoints and does not hurt anyone's viewpoints (syadvaad vani) will not come forth.”
Source: The Guru and The Disciple
“Without purity it's impossible to realize God.”
“Without purpose and meaning in our lives, we banish ourselves to wander this plane of existence with self-destructive tendencies until the bell tolls and our breath capsizes in our lungs, snatching our chance to redeem ourselves forever.”
Source: Rise of the Morningstar
“Without purpose peace is hell.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Without purpose, we're zombies aimlessly roaming the earth.”
“Without pushing an agenda (okay, maybe I've pushed a bit), I've spread a little veganism wherever I've gone. I've become friends with chefs at the meatiest restaurants you can imagine, and shown them a few things that opened their minds (and their menus) to vegan options. It's easy to be convincing when the food is delicious. It doesn't feel like a sacrifice--it feels like a step up.”
Source: The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat
“Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.”
“Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family.”
“Without question Gibson guitars are the finest, most revered guitars on the planet.”
“Without question, his picture did not do him justice, but again, he was dead when it was taken”
Source: The Branch and the Scaffold: The True Story of the West's Hanging Judge
“Without question, I am a product of postmodernism.”
Source: Postmodern Spirituality in the Age of Entitlement
“Without question, I felt an unnatural presence looming somewhere within the walls of my bedroom. I gradually began to recognize that
the manifestation was speaking to me as if I were an acquaintance. His manner was quite affable as he appealed to me to stay calm and listen attentively to his message. He requested that I focus my vision straight ahead into the darkness and then close my eyes. When he gave the signal, I needed to slowly reopen my eyes to witness him visually. The signal was perceptually vague, but I received it. When I opened my eyes, I knew someone was sharing my room with me, but I had no idea who. I couldn’t identify the barely-perceptible image of a human form floating buoyantly at the foot of my bed.”
Source: A Lesser God: Reason Else Demise
“Without question it may be said of Vancouver that her position, geographically, is Imperial to a degree, that her possibilities are enormous, and that with but a feeble stretch of the imagination those possibilities might wisely be deemed certainties.”
“Without question, positive thinking will do more for you, will make you feel better, do better, let you have more fun, and be liked by more people than negative thinking ever will.”
Source: All You Have Is Now: How Your Approach to the World Determines Your Destiny
“Without question the AK-47 was a remarkable invention, and not just because it works so well, or because it changed how wars are fought, or because it proved to be one of the most important products of the 20th century.”
“Without question, the greatest lesson I learned during my time in school was that speaking my truth contributed more to my sense of inner peace than all the wealth and fame in the world.”
Source: Unbounded
“Without question the most unpopular medium of musical sound in the world.”
“Without question, the notion of the doctor as a legitimate fee-for-service entrepreneur, making his fortune from misfortunes of is patients, is old-fashioned, distasteful, and doomed.”
Source: Five Patients
“Without question, there have been well-intentioned movements to improve access to this “freedom” (with various degrees of success), but such efforts have largely been about carving out space within the established system. This shuffling of the deck chairs might improve conditions marginally for some but ultimately results in little more than accommodating and perpetuating the very unjust and oppressive systems without addressing the root causes (see neo-liberalism).”
“Without question, bicycling is an efficient, economical and environmentally sound form of transportation and recreation. Bicycling is a great activity for families, recreational riders and commuters. Hillary, Chelsea and I have bicycles.”
“Without question, CEOs, executives and employees in companies in the United States and around the world have rallied to face the challenge of a social media marketplace.”
“Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.”
“Without question, dying on 'Lost' was the best thing I have ever done in my entire career.”
“Without question, I wake every night five times.”
“Without question, love in its various permutations is what we need more of in this world. The idea that the concept of marriage will be sullied by same-sex marriage is ridiculous. Heterosexuals haven't been doing that well at it on their own.”
“Without question, no hesitation, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the best player I ever played against.”
“Without question, of the heterosexual men that I've spoken to over the years, that's usually - they say, you know, my favorite thing you've ever done was Linda or Sophie. And they were a particular kind of very feminine, recessive kind of personality. So they fell in love with her, but they didn't feel the story through her body.”
“Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth.”
Source: How To Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul: 21 Secrets for Women
“Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States.”
“Without question, so many people, throughout my life, never think of Puerto Rico as part of the United States. Many people have no idea what the relationship is between Puerto Rico and the United States. And certainly, I have been asked if we are citizens.”
“Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance.”
“Without question, the court does play a vital role in our constitutional system.”
“Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.”
Source: The Greatest Invention in the History of Mankind Is Beer: And Other Manly Insights from Dave Barry
“Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully.”
“Without question, the notion of the doctor as a legitimate fee-for-service entrepreneur, making his fortune from misfortunes of his patients, is old-fashioned, distasteful, and doomed.”
Source: Five Patients: The Hospital Explained
“Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry.”
“Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap a "patients’ rights" label on legislation that simply leads us closer to a complete government takeover of medicine.”
“Without question, we make choices - and those choices have consequences. So can you control your own destiny? To a degree, certainly. Must you have faith in serendipity? Without question, you'd better. Otherwise you're foolish.”
“Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.”
“Without questions, there is no learning.”
“Without quietude you cannot enjoy the cool vibrations of the Divine.”
“Without radical humility that is expressed in gestures of adoration and in sacred rituals, no friendship with God is possible. Silence manifests this connection in an obvious way. True Christian silence makes itself sacred silence first so as to become silence of communion.”
Source: The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
“Without rain, there would be no life.”
Source: Self-consciousness: memoirs
“Without raising a stink,
Or even much of a laugh.”
Source: Fragments
“Without raising human consciousness, whatever we do in the world will only lead to more and more suffering.”
“Without raising my voice, I dissolved my form once more, raging at the souls as they surrounded me and plunged again into the velvet blackness, only this time I could smell the roses, and with the roses there came a memory, a memory of a procession, and people cheering and crying and waving, and a handsome man singing with a beautiful voice, and petals being tossed so high they showered down on us, on our shoulders…but the memory faded.”
Source: Servant of the Bones
“Without readers, a writer has no purpose!”