W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Want to sell more?
Learn to communicate better!”
Source: I communicate, Therefore, I sell: “Communication is the most stable currency because it never loses its value.”
“Want to shake the hand of a holy person? Then shake the hand of a helping hand!”
“Want to shut a racist white guy's mouth. Put him around Super human athletic black dudes.”
“Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.”
“Want to solve global warming! Ditch the car and ride a bike instead.”
“Want to spot fake friends? Log into your Facebook account.”
“Want to talk about Shakespeare's sonnets?" asked Orphu of Io. Are you shitting me?" The moravecs loved the ancient human colloquial phrases, the more scatological the better. Yes," said Orphu. "I am most definitely shitting you, my friend.”
“Want to talk third-wave feminism, you could cite Ariel Levy and the idea that women have internalized male oppression. Going to spring break at Fort Lauderdale, getting drunk, and flashing your breasts isn't an act of personal empowerment. It's you, so fashioned and programmed by the construct of patriarchal society that you no longer know what's best for yourself. A damsel too dumb to even know she's in distress.”
“Want to Think Big? Then get rid of the negative influences in your life. Harsh? Possibly. Healthy? Yes.”
“Want to try it?" Dad offered, patting the arm of the chair. "Fifteen different kinds of massage. It analyzes your back muscles and makes recommendations. It also grabs and stretches the thigh and calf muscles." "No, thanks. I prefer my furniture to keep its hands to itself.”
Source: The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy
“Want to visit the Ciudad Perdida, Atlantis, or Ancient Rome? You can travel back in time and experience something you can no longer do in the physical world (aka the "meat space"). Wanna check another planet out? Yup. Inspect your meeting room two weeks before the actual congress? Sure! Can the metaverse help persons with reduced mobility (PRM) take that trip they always dreamt of? You bet. The "embodied internet" is virgin territory for the hospitality industry (for any industry, for that matter), and we're still in the embryo stage of the technology.”
“Want to wreck your long-term health? All you need to do is work the night shift for years.”
“Want to write a book, start and write it out. Don’t try to be perfect, don’t think about perfect plot, perfect marketing strategy etc. Start is the most difficult part of any journey.”
“Want wanneer ik mij
buk om de druiven die gevallen zijn
op te rapen en pijn duwt
mijn gezicht weer eens ineen
als een harmonica
maar ik kijk op en zie de zon
weerkaatst in de nieuwe koelkast
die van jou en mij samen is,
wat betekent pijn dan nog?”
Source: In mijn mand
“Want wat is contact tussen mensen, tussen de mens en de wereld, tussen hem en zijn tijd, anders dan een substituut voor het contact dat geen vragen onbeantwoord laat? Dit boek gaat over de aard van dat verlangen. Over de voorstellingen die in plaats komen van wat we willen omarmen, maar wat we niet kunnen omarmen.
En zo komt ook dit boek, net als ieder ander boek, in plaats van wat ik eigenlijk wilde zeggen, maar waar de woorden niet voor zijn.”
Source: Wachten op geluk: Een filosofie van het verlangen
“Want what you have and you will always get what you want.”
“Want what you have. Do what you can. Be who you are.”
Source: Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow
“want won't kill you half as quick as worry will.”
Source: Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories: Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories
“Want world peace?
Be peaceful.
Think the world needs more kindness?
Be kind.
Want a better world?
Be a better person.
#wearetheworld”
“Want? Yes, she whispered, her eyes sliding closed. Yes I want to keep you more than I want to breathe.”
Source: Reckless
“Want! You must want something. What do you want?”
Source: This Boy's Life: A Memoir
“Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.”
“WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE: FLYNN RIDER, THIEF
ADDITIONAL REWARD FOR RETURN TO THE
KING AND QUEEN OF THEIR RIGHTFUL PROPERTY
And a perfect sketch of the man she had seen the other day.
All right, not exactly perfect. She was pretty sure they had gotten the nose all wrong. One of that size she would have seen, even from her window.
So... the crown had probably been stolen by that man and stashed quickly into the tree because they were after him! Whoever "they" were. The king and queen's soldiers, other thieves, anyone hoping for a reward...
Flynn Rider.
Now that was a name.
The perfect name for the sort of man who steals something and gets away with it, who hides out in the deep woods until the coast is clear, a man of adventure, a man of cunning...
... She bet he was very good at sneaking...”
Source: What Once Was Mine
“Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000.”
“Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old... When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.”
“Wanted: Steel toed Bible thumpers to reach a monster truck mad world.”
Source: Meme Myself and Jesus
“wanted to highlight that to a certain extent and go deeper into that direction. I also try to write each song in a different key, so I can be as diverse as I can. I'm always trying to push the envelope and not be complacent or happy in one spot. As far as the grooves on this record are concerned, I think we just tried to experiment in that realm.”
“Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say "No," though all the world say "Yes.”
Source: ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment Series (18 Books in One Volume): Steps to Success and Power, How to Get What You Want, An Iron Will, Be Good to Yourself, Every Man A King, Keeping Fit, Prosperity – How to Attract It, Stepping-Stones To Fame And Fortune...
“Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.”
“Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.”
Source: Selected Poems, 1963-1983
“WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD”
“Wanted: More Praise I cannot help believing that the world will be a better and a happier place when people are praised more and blamed less; when we utter in their hearing the good we think and also gently intimate the criticisms we hope may be of service. For the world grows smaller every day. It will be but a family circle after a while.”
“Wanting ... is something 'having' cannot cure.”
“Wanting an honest opinion about my art from someone whose opinion I respect makes me feel vulnerable. It's a great space to be in.”
“Wanting and needing are two different things.”
Source: Succubus Dreams
“Wanting and wishing are very different”
Source: Both of Me
“Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.”
“wanting everything
and ready for nothing,
intense energy
and inconsistent energy
terrify me all the same
when both passion and fear
have you fully consumed…
this is what it is to have a heart
born in the soft light of the virgo sun
and a sagittarian spirit that dances
under a restless gemini moon
– the sun, the moon, and my heart”
“Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.”
“Wanting is a form of suffering.”
“Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.”
“Wanting is the beginning of getting.”
Source: An Episode of Sparrows
“Wanting is why people get up in the morning. It gives them something to dream of at night. The more I wanted, the more I became like them, the more real I became.”
Source: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
“Wanting makes the mind restless.”
“Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.”
Source: Dreamcatcher: A Novel
“Wanting more majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I think Im being too greedy.”
“Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.”
Source: The Sacred Band
“Wanting others to love you, you give away your heart. Wanting others to see you, you give away your eyes.”
“Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.”
“Wanting positive experience is a negative experience; accepting negative experience is a
positive experience.”
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life