W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We hear much nowadays as to the speculative ideas of men concerning the condition beyond the grave; but the admission that there is an individual existence beyond the grave, is a declaration that there must have been an individual, intelligent creation before we came here in the flesh. Life beyond the grave postulates a pre-existent state.”
“We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick - professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "We the people," this breed called Americans.”
“We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.”
Source: River Teeth: Stories and Writings
“We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.”
Source: The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author
“We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness.”
“We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.”
“We hear people say we are one race. We cannot say that if only one ‘race’ tells the story. We have to tell the whole story. That is the only way to have peace in America. Then, America can weep tears of joy and heal.”
Source: Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?
“We hear people saying "I don't vote because I know my vote don't count" well, how you expect your vote to be counted when you do don't cast it?”
“We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.”
“We hear so much about weapons of mass destruction. But nine out of 10 war victims are killed by guns. It's the AK-47 that's a weapon of mass destruction.”
“We hear talk now about reforming public education. There are billions of dollars at stake for such a reform. But I have not heard Arne Duncan, who is the U.S. Education Secretary, mention once the civic illiteracy in the country.”
“We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey declares its existence, screeching a maniac's gibberish. Our entire world, always doing battle against the silence and obscurity of death.”
“We hear the children.
We feel their questions stir the roots of the Earth.
And when they rise, we rise with them. To every child who wonders, why not me?—
You are already part of the turning.”
Source: Draconim Lacrima Mortis
“We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.”
Source: On the Heights
“We hear the same refrain all the time from people: I have no life. I get up in the morning, daycare, eldercare, a 40 minute commute to work. I have to work late. I get home at night, there's laundry, bills to pay, jam something into the microwave oven. I'm exhausted, I go to sleep, I wake up and the routine begins all over again. This is what life has become in America.”
“We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy.”
“We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!”
“We hear the word Warrior used to describe women and men who show up, give their very best, and refuse to quit until the goal is reached.”
“We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander's eyes the success or failure of our conduct.”
“We hear the world governments talking about peace but we know each government is busy secretly making weapons capable of destroying the entire planet.”
“We hear things like “we elected a black president,” as if that event was the magic eraser to wipe away all of the racial problems in our country in one fell swoop.
But that would be like saying that in 1932, we elected a president with a physical disability, so we should stop building ramps and having reserved handicap spaces because that’s reverse discrimination against the able-bodied”
“We hear things, but we can't always see them, or, even if we do see them, we're not sure that we're seeing correctly. Hence: Invisible.”
Source: Conversations with Paul Auster
“We hear war called murder. It is not; it is suicide.”
“We hear warmongering every day, every day we hear threats and attempts to scare us. [...] We don't want war and never wanted, but at that time [i.e. during Nagorno-Karabakh war] we had to defend our Motherland. If the time comes again, this time our blow will be final and deadly.”
“We hear wonderful stories about some masters who can walk on water and do all kinds of great things. But the real power of the teacher is to transmit power and knowledge directly to an individual.”
“We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need." I have to debate people all the time who say that Nature can't provide enough.”
“We heard about the Smiths later, through friends. What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the tone of the vocal. A lot of bands just try to be catchy. The Smiths wanted to be more.”
“We heard from a professor at an evangelical college who wore a hijab in solidarity with Muslim women. Now we have a different perspective. Asra Nomani co-wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post titled in part "As Muslim Women, We Actually Ask You Not To Wear The Hijab."”
“We heard from the abortionists and we heard from the people who looked like Jacks, acted like Jills and had the odors of Johns.”
“We heard her come halfway up the stairs, where she must have seen the bedroom light on. Again, the normal parent reaction would have been to say something like, "You had better come out this moment or I am releasing the tiger!" But Debbie was not a normal parent, so we heard her gigle and creep away, saying, "Shhh! Rachel! Come with Mommy! Stuart is busy!”
“We heard it from three people so it must be true”
Source: The Great Gatsby
“We heard later that Gram was clean when he went overboard. He took a normal-sized dose. "Oh, just one..." But cold turkey had already wiped out his body's resilience against it, and boom. There's that fatal mistake with junkies.”
Source: Life
“We heard of White & Green Revolution but now we need a Blue Revolution & harness the potential in fisheries sector.”
“We heard recently the touching story of a young flier who was killed in action. Before he died, he had time to scrawl only a few words as a brief final message to his parents back home. The note read: "Dear Mom and Pop; I had time to say my prayers. Jack."”
“We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.”
Source: I Can't Believe I Said That!
“We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.”
“We heard the sad news today And had to send this card to say Our thoughts and prayers go out to you There's not lot a lot that we can do But if you need just anything Pick up the phone, give us a ring Even though we're far apart We're with you in spirit and in heart And hope that you will find, at length The love of family will give you strength.”
“We hebben behoefte aan een algemeen stemrecht, zodat in de volksvertegenwoordiging eindelijk mensen verkozen worden die de echte belangen van het echte volk behartigen, pas dan kan het volk zich werkelijk een vrij volk weten, maar dat wordt belet door de wereld van de handel, de industrie, het kleine en het grote vermogen.”
“We hebben dit niet kunnen oefenen, dit samen wachten op de dood. Jammer, want ik heb zelden zo veel verenigde onbeholpenheid gezien, zo veel opgetelde soorten van onvermogen, zo veel mensen die bij mekaar niet gewoon zichzelf kunnen zijn, zelfs niet op dit soort uren van de waarheid.”
Source: Kom hier dat ik u kus
“We heed no instincts but our own.”
Source: Fables
“We held each other for a time in that hideaway, that unexpected sanctuary, while the city smoldered and the world went on changing without us.”
Source: Borne
“We held each other's gaze for a long moment and I willed my breath to come evenly instead of the uneven gasps that I felt. Trent's eyes drifted down to my lips and then back up to my eyes again before we wrenched our eyes away from one another.”
Source: Scarred
“We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.”
Source: Wintergirls
“We held on to great memories. This sustains us in every moment.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“We held the team together for as long as possible and then sent all except the most critical personnel home.”
“We help other people because we can, or because it makes us feel good, not because we're counting on some future payback. There is a word for this; love.”
Source: The Geography of Bliss
“We helped generate that international law coming out of a very difficult and hard-won experiences in the First and Second World War. And I think we need to abide by that experience and our good judgment coming out of these catastrophes. We need to support that.”
“We helped plow the fields, build the dams, write the poems and sing the music of America. Are not all Americans proud, of Doree Miller, of Frederick Douglass, of Paul Robeson, of Joe Louis, of Marian Anderson”
Source: Why I Left America and Other Essays
“We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and iron, which are incumbent on them, are MONUMENTS OF THE PAST FELICITY OF ORGANIZED NATURE!”
Source: Phytologia, or the philosophy of agriculture and gardening; with the theory of draining morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough
“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.”