W Quotes
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“We might do well to take a look at what we’ve crammed into our pockets as it will say much about what we’ve crammed into our hearts.”
“We might even define the human as a dynamic process produced by a series of identifications and misidentifications with animality.”
Source: On Humour
“We might even invent laws for series or formula in an arbitrary manner, and set the engine to work upon them, and thus deduce numerical results which we might not otherwise have thought of obtaining; but this would hardly perhaps in any instance be productive of any great practical utility, or calculated to rank higher than as a philosophical amusement.”
“We might even make this after all,’ he hollered, but the craft didn’t reply.”
Source: Inara
“We might expect intelligent life and technological communities to have emerged in the universe billions of years ago. Given that human society is only a few thousand years old, and that human technological society is mere centuries old, the nature of a community with millions or even billions of years of technological and social progress cannot even be imagined. ... What would we make of a billion-year-old technological community?”
“We might feel that we must demonstrate explicitly when we’re upset, or not upset. This perceived need may stem from our family of origin, from how we learned to be heard when a simple “no” wasn’t enough. We may have learned to mask certain feelings, or portray feelings that weren’t ours. But as adults we each need to learn to state our personal truth without having to prove it or shout it.”
Source: Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
“We might feel very sure that there is no more to reality that the material world in which we live, but we cannot prove that this is the case. Theoretically there could be other realms, other dimensions, as all religious traditions and quantum physics alike maintain. Theoretically, the brain could be as much a receiver as a generator of consciousness and thus might be fine-tuned in altered states to pick up wavelengths that are normally not accessible to us.”
Source: Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
“We might find ourselves going through the motions at work, performing tasks without passion or purpose, and spending evenings in a state of depleted exhaustion. This isn’t living; it’s enduring. Our ambition fades not because we do not desire more, but because our energy has been hijacked by the urgent need to simply survive”
Source: The New Me: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Reinvention
“We might forget that the simplest motions of our lives can help us transcend suffering and give birth to beauty—sending out into the world something brand new.”
Source: Leap With Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice
“We might forget their voices or the
exact shade of their eyes, but never the important things. Never
the love.”
Source: Love and Other Wicked Things
“We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.”
Source: Life and literary remains of L.E.L. [ed.] by L. Blanchard
“We might have been a free and great people together.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence
“We might have been better off if the question of Obama's patriotism had been raised before he was first elected. Never should we ignore so many red flag warnings again.”
“We might have been on the outside looking in at our own families and our own lives, but at least we could stand outside together.”
Source: Rowdy
“We might have been ready to offer sympathy, but in actuality there were stronger reasons to want to congratulate her for having found such a powerful motive to feel sad. We should have envied her for having located someone without whom she so firmly felt she could not survive, beyond the gate let along in a bare student bedroom in a suburb of Rio. If she had been able to view her situation from a sufficient distance, she might have been able to recognise this as one of the high points in her life.”
“We might have coupled
In the bed-ridden monopoly of a moment
Or broken flesh with one another
At the profane communion table
Where wine is spill'd on promiscuous lips
We might have given birth to a butterfly
With the daily-news
Printed in blood on its wings”
Source: The Lost Lunar Baedeker: Poems
“We might have had to go our separate ways, but we are inevitable.
"Dani," he murmurs, his hands rubbing my back. "You're here."
"Don't ever let me go." I grip the back of his shirt tightly in my fist, scared if I release him this will all end up being a dream.
"Never again.”
Source: Sweet Dandelion
“We might have new issues involving information technology for example, or new questions arising out of the war on terror, or new issues arising from natural disasters that can't be anticipated.”
“We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world we share with others. Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat.”
“We might have the worst bunch of guys together we've ever seen as a football team. I don't know what anybody else has, but I'd trade mine with anybody, sight unseen.”
“We might have very different notions about the nature of the oncoming night. But as darkness descends does it matter?”
Source: The Passenger
“We might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could probably do with far fewer lawyers. Since I think agriculture will come back closer to the center of life, I think there will be many vocational opportunities there - especially with the so-called 'value-added' activities associated with food production. That's a windy way to say more local wine and cheese-makers - and probably fewer giant factories producing cheez doodles and Pepsi Cola.”
“We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.”
Source: Jesus for President
“We might imagine the immense pride we’ll feel and congratulations we’ll get from friends and family.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“We might impress people with our strengths, but we connect with people through our weaknesses.”
“We might just have one night, but we have all night. I don’t plan to waste any of it sleeping.”
Source: Back To You
“We might like to think of ourselves as autonomous beings who get to decide who we are going to be, but we are likely much more malleable than we think. We are often defined by the structure that keeps us captive. In some ways our desires are so socially constructed that they can't rightfully be called our own.”
Source: Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible
“We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.”
Source: Heaven and Hardpan Farm
“We might live here someday," he said. "Together".
She smiled, knowing he couldn't see her, but unable to help it. "Think you can win me over with a fancy house?" she said. "Don't get ahead of yourself, Jace. Jace Herondale," she added, and wrapped her arms around him in the cold.”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“We might live in the darkness, but that doesn't mean we're not allowed to enjoy the moonlight”
Source: Chaos at Prescott High
“We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money.”
“We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.”
Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion
“We might miss the days of being unreachable.”
Source: Wife 22
“We might miss the sign or we may be unable to read the expression, but it is almost a contradiction in terms to say that a dog feels something but does not show it. What a dog feels, a dog shows, and, conversely, what a dog shows, a dog actually does feel.”
Source: Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs
“We might neglect our future selves because of some failure of belief or imagination.”
“We might not be able to change our circumstances, but we CAN change our attitude.”
“We might not be able to know what reality is about, but we can’t but be aware of the explicitness of facts. To get a better grip on the intricate nature of the truth and its ambiguity, we have got to scrutinize facts and find out about their codes. But, yet, we can’t ignore that reality is a very intriguing place, since facts may be construed, receive variant contexts and create alternate outcomes, which, in turn, might spark new realities, over again. ("Imbroglio" )”
“We might not be equal in what we know but we are equal in what we do not know.”
“We might not be equal in what we know but we are surely equal, in what we do not know.”
“we might not be perfect
but perfect for one another”
Source: Within the event horizon: poetry & prose
“We might not be the ones to change the world. We might not belong to the few that “put a ding in the universe.” We might not be something the whole world would celebrate. But...In the little corners that we live; in the lives that we’ve played a part in, we should be nothing but unforgettable.”
Source: Unforgettable: Living a Life That Matters
“We might not get to choose who we’re born as or where we come from, but only you can decide what becomes of you.”
Source: The Last Chronomancer
“We might not have been the best – it’s not reasonable to believe that such a long and complex process resulted in the perfect selection – but all things considered, it seemed we were good enough.”
“We might not have what you want, but we have what you need.”
Source: Finale
“we might not hear it at times but the music is always on.
it just needs to be turned louder.
for as long as there is breath in our lungs—we must keep dancing.”
Source: The Sun and Her Flowers
“We might not know we are seeking people who best enrich our lives, but somehow on a deep subconscious level we absolutely are. Whether the bond is temporary or permanent, whether it succeeds or fails, fate is simply a configuration of choices that combine with others to shape the relationships that surround us. We cannot choose our family, but we can choose our friends, and we sometimes, before we even meet them.”
“We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense.”
“We might not return from this voyage. None of us. We might all lay down our lives when we reach the end, and not ever know whether our sacrifice changed anything for the better.”
“It will be for the better,” Magiano replies. “We cannot just die, not without trying. Not without fighting.”
“Do you really believe that?” I ask. “Why are we doing this, anyway? To preserve my own life, and yours—but what has the world ever done for us in order to deserve our sacrifice?”
Magiano’s brows furrow for a moment, then he leans in closer. “We exist because this world exists. It’s a responsibility of ours, whether or not anyone will remember it.” He nods at me. “And they will. Because we will return and make sure of it.”
Source: The Midnight Star
“We might note Saint Ignatius’ ideal that only God knows what he would accomplish in souls were he not hindered in the process.”
“We might pity hunter-gatherers for their stuck simplicity, but we would err. They held extensive knowledge, knew deep secrets of their lands and creatures. And they experienced rich and rewarding lives; we know so because when they were threatened, they fought to hold on to them, to the death. Sadly, this remains true as the final tribal peoples get overwhelmed by miners, loggers, ranchers, and planters who value money above humanity, which is perhaps the most salient characteristic of our culture.”
Source: Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace