W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We need solitude, because when we're alone, we're free from obligations, we don't need to put on a show, and we can hear our own thoughts.”
Source: West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story
“We need some clergy with some backbone, who don't mind making uncomfortable at times those who are very comfortable, and challenging them at the core of their faith, at least causing them to pause and to have dialogue and to be open for further discussion.”
“We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage.”
“We need some controversy every now and then. Without it, we would never know where we stand as individuals: with the crowd or by yourself.”
Source: The Elite
“We need some fear to optimize our performance. We need some stress, or we become apathetic. We need some apprehension to keep us humble. We need to question our confidence to drive our determination. Lastly, we need our ego, or we won’t dare to try.”
Source: Make your contribution count for you, me , we: An evolutionary journey inspired by the wisdom of pioneering African women
“We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans - conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.”
Source: The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
“We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.”
“We need some imaginative stimulus, some not impossible ideal such as may shape vague hope, and transform it into effective desire, to carry us year after year, without disgust, through the routine-work which is so large a part of life.”
Source: Marius the Epicurean: Easyread Large Edition
“We need some leverage with the Russians, because they are not going to come to the negotiating table for a diplomatic resolution, unless there is some leverage over them.”
“We need some remedial training on how to live as subjects in a kingdom. We may be justified in rejecting the divine right of kings to rule but we cannot be justified if we reject the rule of our divine king.”
“We need some rules changes. This is an outrage that this, the oldest democracy has now, you know, ranked - when I say ranked 59th, it means that in the percentage of women, in our national parliament, our National Congress, is now ranks 59th from the top. That means 58 countries have more women than we do in percentage wise.”
“We need some standard that will determine how likely a belief is to be true given just that it is stored in one of us, including strangers that one can ask for directions, and with whom one might collaborate.”
“We need somebody that can unify a country in spite of a vocal powerful media that's intent on division. It's not about winning the media. It's about winning the people, and I don't think it's necessarily persuasive to eat - to cannibalize yourself. I think that you have to pick the winner.”
“We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme brulee. That's just a joke, for you in the media.”
“We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges.”
“We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.”
“We need someone with proven conservative leadership experience, not entitlement, to be able to represent us and lead us.”
“We need something that encourages us to work, we need an intimate aid. This is only possible through meditation.”
“We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.”
“We need sound bodies so we can develop sound minds.”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
“We need special instruments to see the full spectrum of electromagnetic waves, but to feel the full spectrum of humanity a heart freed from supremacy is sufficient.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat
“We need specific, frequent rituals that plug us back into recalling, for lack of a better phrase, the meaning of life. Such rituals can be anything in which we stop, feel and look clearly at what we love and value most, or even simpler – emptying out everything in the way of those.”
“We need spend out time in feeling the moment rather then creating the moment. Let it flow as it and just feel everything. Brain is employee of mind.”
“We need spies that look like their targets, CIA officers who speak the dialects terrorists use, and FBI agents who can speak to Muslim women who might be intimidated by men.”
“We need spring. We need it desperately, and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us.”
“We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.”
“We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.”
“We need statutory spending limits written into law.”
“We need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on Monday, pro-Israel on Tuesday, and who knows what on Wednesday, because everything's negotiable.”
“We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.”
“We need stem-cell research, no question about it. It is absolutely crucial for moving our medical science forward. We are trying to harness an untapped source of energy that can provide cures and possibly even prevent disease and suffering.”
“We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.”
“We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness and we need brain in this country to turn it around.”
“We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion, and who can consistently overcome temptations. We need strong Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant atheism. What is the source of such moral and spiritual power, and how do we obtain it? The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.”
“We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.”
“We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.”
“We need strong school board members who know right from wrong. The Bible, being the only true source of right and wrong, should be the guide of board members. Only godly Christians can truly qualify for this critically important position.”
“We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen.”
“We need superhero teachers to make ordinary students extraordinary human beings.”
“We need teacher educators who are hungry to learn about and implement contemporary approaches to teaching and learning in their own classrooms and who are reflective about their work with their students.”
“We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.”
“We need teachers to nurture and mentor our children.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher's hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.”
“We need that expression. Whether we want to call it protest or not, we need to express and echo the echoes of the people. Artists need to do that.”
“We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third try won't work. But if you stay at it and you're learning, you're talking to others, and you're learning together, eventually you'll break through and see the kind of impact you were hoping for.”
“We need the assistance of others to be born into this world and to leave it. Any success between those two points is a result of similar cooperation. 'Self-made' people can't claim all credit for themselves.”
“We need the bad stuff to notice the good stuff. We need loss to appreciate what we have. We need to make mistakes so vital lessons can be learned.”
Source: 10,000 Mental Steps: A Happiness Challenge
“We need the best educated workforce in the world. Hundreds of thousands of bright, young, qualified people who want to go to college or get a higher education are unable to do so, not because they lack the ability but because they lack the money.”
“We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive.”
“We need the books that affect us like a disaster”
Source: The Basic Kafka