W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Wonders of the free-will abyss finding screams of yesterday's hollow eyes crying out for a second chance.”
“Wonders, wonders.”
“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its powers of endurance.”
“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.”
“Wondrous..." was the last thing Captain Tregsburg ever said.
When Rapunzel wearily opened her eyes, there was a magnificent white horse where the captain had been.
There was dried blood on its pure white flanks, what looked like an old, healed wound on its belly-- and an ecstatic look in its eye.
It rose onto its feet, trumpeting out a whinny of triumph, kicking its front legs and tossing its mane back and forth.
"Oh," Rapunzel said, dismayed. "I didn't-- I'm sorry--"
But Justin "Maximus" Tregsburg, captain of the royal guard and now shining white stallion, gently nuzzled her cheek. He was... happy.
"I'm glad you're all right," Rapunzel said, hugging him. "I'm sorry we never got to talk."
The stallion rolled his eyes and tossed his head: What's the use of talk, he seemed to say.”
Source: What Once Was Mine
“Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.”
“Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.”
“Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.”
“Wong meneng ora mesti anteng, wong anteng ora mesti meneng.”
“Wonka: But, Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.
Charlie: What happened?
Wonka: He lived happily ever after.”
“Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.”
“Woo means the ability to entice someone or something to get what you want. My first solo album was called: All the Woo of the Universe, which was titled by George Clinton.”
“Woo the muse of the odd.”
Source: Lafcadio Hearn's America: Ethnographic Sketches and Editorials
“Woo woo, secret vampire stuff!”
Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set
“Woo your biggest fans. This rule says concentrate your efforts at understanding on the 2 percent of consumers that personally drive 20 percent of sales and invite their friends and colleagues to enjoy you.”
“Woo! It's so cold, I think we may be twin sisters now," he said through rattling teeth.”
“Woo!" Emmett suddenly boomed in his deep bass. "Go Gators!" Jacob and Charlie jumped. The rest of us froze. Charlie recovered, then looked at Emmett over his shoulder. "Florida winning?" "Just scored the first touchdown," Emmett confirmed. He shot a look in my direction, wagging his eyebrows like a villain in vaudville. "'Bout time somebody scored around here.”
“Woo-hoo! I'm 40. I can say that now.”
“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the necessary stuff in him. Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself; but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day.”
Source: Conversations of Goethe with Eckermann and Soret
“Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.”
“Wood feeds the fire which burns it.”
“Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
[Wood half-burnt is easily kindled.]”
“Wood heat is not new. It dates back to a day millions of years ago, when a group of cavemen were sitting around, watching dinosaurs rot. Suddenly, lightning struck a nearby log and set it on fire. One of the cavemen stared at the fire for a few minutes, then said: Hey! Wood heat! The other cavemen, who did not understand English, immediately beat him to death with stones. But the key discovery had been made, and from that day forward, the cavemen had all the heat they needed, although their insurance rates went way up.”
“Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.”
Source: Frank Lloyd Wright: writings and buildings
“Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”
Source: Sister Light, Sister Dark
“Wood Music: A Playlist
Foals, ‘Birch Tree’, 2015
Arnold Bax, November Woods, 1917
The Beatles, ‘Norwegian Wood’, 1965
Igor Stravinsky, ‘Berceuse’, from The Firebird, 1910
A Woodland Reading List
William Boyce and David Garrick, ‘Heart of Oak’, 1760 George Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, 1913 ——, ‘Loveliest of Trees’, from ‘A Shropshire Lad’, 1911 Editors, ‘I Want a Forest’, 2009
Edward Elgar, String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83, 1919 ——, Quintet in A minor, Op., 84, 1918
——, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, 1919
——, Owls: An Epitaph, Op. 27, 1907
Keane, ‘Somewhere Only We Know’, 2004
Lindisfarne, Dingly Dell, 1972
Oasis, ‘Songbird’, 2002
Pink Floyd, ‘Careful with That Axe, Eugene’, 1969
Camille Saint-Saëns, ‘Le Coucou au Fond des Bois’ (‘The Cuckoo in the
Depths of the Wood’), 1886
Pablo Casals, ‘El Cant dels Ocells’ (‘Song of the Birds’), 1961
Antonín Dvořák, Waldesruhe (‘Silent Woods’) for cello and orchestra, Op.
68, no. 5, 1894
Edvard Grieg, Lyric Pieces, Op. 43, no. 4, ‘Little Bird’, 1886
Franz Liszt, Legende S.175 no. 1, St Francis of Assisi preaching to the
birds, 1863
Monty Python, ‘The Lumberjack Song’, 1975
Van Morrison, ‘Redwood Tree’, 1972
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ‘Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja’ (‘The Bird-
catcher, that’s me’), from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), 1791 George Perlman, ‘A Birdling Sings’, from ‘Ghetto Sketches’, 1931 Pulp, ‘The Trees’, 2001
Radiohead, King of Limbs, 2011
Robert Schumann, ‘Jäger auf der Lauer’ (‘Hunters on the Lookout’), from Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, no. 2, 1850–51
——, ‘Freundliche Landschaft’ (‘Friendly Landscape’), from Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, no. 5, 1850–51
Jean Sibelius, ‘The Aspen’, no. 3, ‘The Birch’, no. 4, ‘The Spruce’, no. 5, from Op. 75, ‘The Trees’, 1914–19
Trad., ‘The Trees They Do Grow High’
——, ‘The Willow Tree’
The Verve, ‘Sonnet’, from Urban Hymns, 1997 Paul Weller, ‘Wild Wood’, 1993”
Source: The Wood: The Life & Times of Cockshutt Wood
“Wood violets? I hadn't seen them since I was a girl, when they appeared one summer in my grandmother's garden. I'd never noticed them on Elliot's property. What were they doing here?
Many on the island, me included, believed that these flowers had mystical powers, that they could heal wounds of the heart and the body, mend rifts in friendships, even bring about good fortune.”
Source: The Violets of March
“Wood's not natural mulch for a woodland garden. Do you see forest trees shatter into a zillion pieces and fall? No. They fall, then decompose, then spread.”
“Woodcock would have scored but his shot was too perfect.”
“Woodcutter. Cut my shadow from me. Free me from the torment of being without fruit. Why was I born among mirrors? Day goes round and round me. The night copies me in all its stars. I want to live without my reflection. And then let me dream that ants and thistledown are my leaves and my parrots.”
“Wooden scrabble letters offer a whole forest of literature, tiled down for easy shower installment. If you limit your use to only the letters q, u, a, c, and k, your ducks will love what you've done with your bathroom.”
Source: Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.
“Wooden ships are a hippie dream, capsized in excess if you know what I mean.”
“Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception, is a factor that plays a remarkably large role in government. It consists in assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts.”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“Woodhouse's father entered the room violently and without its consent. The rats scurried away from his work boots, and his flat cap was imbued with tweedy malevolence. His moustache bristled with ill intent and the only thing great about his coat was the quantity of fear that it inspired.”
“Woodism - “A crisis is a traumatic catalyst that can be leveraged to create unity, community, and embrace the good in humanity.”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “Be in it to win for yourself; be open to all the possibilities of the journey!”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “Control what you can control and let go of the rest.”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “The only competitive differential in business is culture—create a CULT that inspires the best in everyone!”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “We are all people of value, no matter our titles, roles, positions, or bank accounts. Value yourself more than any opportunity or asshole.”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “What you focus on grows. If a person is not moving us forward, they are holding us back from our future. Growing a company requires bright lights, not candles.”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “You don’t know until you try—find a yes in every no.”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodism - “Your thoughts become your reality; choose healthy, positive, and productive thoughts for your success”
Source: Founderology: The Ultimate Employee Guide to Succeed with any Boss in any Workplace
“Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.”
“Woodrell's storytelling is as melodic, jangly and energetic as a good banjo riff.... Sammy Barlach's story is a tragedy, but the telling of it is a pleasure.”
“Woodrow Kroll is dead-on in his assessment of the church's lack of engagement with the Word.”
“Woodrow Wilson administration ended in tragedy, with his insistence on governing following his disabling stroke. I suspect President Wilson is often graded on a special curve, because many academic historians identify with him as one of their own.”
“Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.”
Source: Leadership
“Woodrow Wilson claimed that history endows us with the "invaluable mental power we call judgment.”
Source: Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past
“Woodrow Wilson has just made the decision to take part in World War I. What was he feeling then? Did he know the possible outcomes of his decision? Did he feel the burden of American lives on his shoulders? He probably said something like: "Goddamn. I love America but this could be the worst decision in American history." Don't worry yourself Woody, it wasn't.”
Source: Stories and Poetry from the Beyond
“Woodrow Wilson intimate Edward House urged that his boss never first be approached by argument. Instead, the President could be made most receptive by laying a groundwork of 'common hatred".”
Source: 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents