W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We have not made the Revolution, the Revolution has made us.”
“We have not merely escaped from something but into something... We have joined the greatest of all communities, which is not that of man alone but of everything which shares with us the great adventure of being alive.”
“We have
Not one
In common
No two
Are shaped alike
The third
Because of that eye we lack
In the fourth
Direction there is hope
The fifth Is at the heart
-Orihime Inoue”
Source: Bleach―ブリーチ― 27 [Burīchi 27]
“We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes -- and they are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers. You know, the Lord can cause the rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike.”
“We have not only multiplied diseases, but we have made them more fatal.”
“We have not only the right, but a specific duty, to honestly and unflinchingly look at all aspects of our world, both the one we create as humans and the one we are lucky enough to inhabit as a species.”
“We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'”
“We have, not problems, but negative attitudes towards some situations (towards which some people have or would have positive attitudes).”
“We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed onto it, but the United States has not. And CEDAW to the United Nations is what the Equal Rights Amendment or the women's equality amendment is to the United States. I think we should pass the women's equality amendment and a lot of these other fights would go away.”
“We have not reached ethical perfection in hunting. One never achieves perfection in anything, and perhaps it exists precisely so that one can never achieve it. Its purpose is to orient our conduct and to allow us to measure the progress accomplished. In this sense, the advancement achieved in the ethics of hunting is undeniable.”
“We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.”
Source: Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization
“We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever it may be, as he saw it.”
Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...
“We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.”
“We have not received the Spirit of God because we believe, but that we may believe.”
“We have not seen a single Jew blow himself up in a German restaurant. We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church. We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people.”
“We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.”
Source: The Prince
“We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands.”
Source: Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860
“We have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.”
“We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.”
Source: Britain and Europe: Text of the Prime Minister's Speech at Bruges on 20th September 1988
“We have not taken to the streets for you to take selfies with us, and tell us that you really admire what we do.
We children are doing this to wake the adults up. We children are doing this for you to put your differences aside and start acting as you would in a crisis. We children are doing this because we want our hopes and dreams back.”
Source: No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
“We have not the innocence of Eden; but by God's help and Christ's example we may have the victory of Gethsemane.”
“We have not the love of greatness, but the love of the love of greatness.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Carlyle
“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”
“We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave may blow them on the rocks of ruin.”
“We have not the time to take our time.”
Source: Exit the King, The Killer, Macbett
“We have not to construct human nature afresh, but to take it as we find it, and make the best of it.”
“We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.”
“We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.”
“We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven...”
“We have not won the battle against drug trafficking.”
“We have not wondered enough at the delights God has given us to appreciate them, and be good stewards. We have overworked the land, poured pollutants into river and stream, fouled the air we breathe with gas fumes and chemical smoke spiraling up from industrial chimneys. We have sown the wind. We are reaping the whirlwind.”
Source: A Stone for a Pillow
“We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination.”
“We have not yet begun to fight.”
“We have not yet built a communist society.It is not so easy to build such a society.”
“We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.”
“we have not yet developed a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination.”
“We have not yet encountered any god who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet.”
Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“We have not yet made violence against women abnormal, extraordinary, unacceptable. We have not yet come to see it as a pathological issue.”
“We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.”
Source: The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover, 1928
“We have not yet received our kingdoms, neither will we, until we have finished our work on earth . . . . Then he that has overcome and is found worthy, will be made a king of kings, a lord of lords over his own posterity, or in other words: A father of fathers.”
“We have not yet seen what man can make of man.”
“We have not, in fact, proved that science excludes miracles: we have only proved that the question of miracles, like innumerable other questions, excludes laboratory treatment.”
Source: God in the Dock
“We have noted the appeal of Honorable Ambrosini about the decriminalizing of marijuana for medical use.”
“We have nothing against Communism.”
“We have nothing against playing video games; they have many good features and benefits. Our concern is that when they are played to excess, especially in social isolation, they can hinder a young man's ability and interest in developing his face-to-face social skills. Multiple problems, including obesity, violence, anxiety, lower school performance, social phobia and shyness, greater impulsivity and depression, have all been associated with excessive gaming. The variety and intensity of video game action makes other parts of life, like school, seem comparatively boring, and that creates a problem with their academic performance, which in turn might require medication to deal with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which then leads to other problems down the road in a disastrous negative cycle...”
Source: Man, Interrupted: Why Young Men are Struggling & What We Can Do About It
“We have nothing!” Bree reached out and slapped him with all her might. He couldn’t know the baby she carried was his. Not ever.
Alessandro’s dark eyes flashed angrily at her for a split second, making Bree’s insides tense in anticipation of his rage, but then he smiled at her, his hand going to her thigh. “Well, I was hoping we’d get to know each other a little better before delving into S & M, but I’m game if you are, sunshine.”
“I want you to get out,”
“And I want you naked screaming my name, now that you know it,” Alessandro growled, leaning in so that his breath brushed across her face in a tantalizing caress.”
Source: The Vendetta
“We have nothing in our account but zeroes! And yet, because of His great love, God forgave us our astronomical debt.”
“We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.”
“We have nothing left. Orphans. Castaways." She turns to me. "Childless. That is what we are. The unwanted or the un-killed. We
are together only by the wrongs done to us. There is no-one else to worry about us, to fear for our safety, or to give us comfort.”
Source: No Good Deed
“We have nothing now between us, save - respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.”
Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood