W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they're paid for it.”
“We used to rehearse and that's where the roots of Dream Theater formed. Y'know, we used to play cover songs and jam to [Iron] Maiden and stuff but we were writing songs and it was this metal, loud style and we'd constantly get knocks on our door, because the rehearsal rooms were right next door to each other, and these jazz guys would be like, "Can you guys turn it down a little?"”
“We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.”
Source: Nigger
“We used to say
"Ah Hell, we're young"
But now we see that life is sad
And so is love.”
“We used to say a movie could never come close to a book, but no one reads books anymore.”
“We used to say I don't care if I never have any money As long as I have my sweet honey and a shack in the woodland Now we say I don't care if I don't have money, but it's not true We can't live without money, no, because we don't want to We want one of those and two of those, and oh that one looks neat, wrap it up Put it on my MasterCard. Put it on my Visa And I sing it now, hey hey, hey hey, who woulda thunk it Hey hey, hey hey, who woulda thunk it.”
“We used to say in the black community that if somebody else caught a cold, we caught pneumonia.”
“We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady.”
“We used to say that he who threw the biggest tantrum won the day.”
“We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.”
“We used to say that those amongst us with the most sins are those who spend their time talking about the sins of others.”
“We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come: join the winning side. His Holiness and the Tibetan people are on the winning side.”
“We used to say, we’re no beauties, because it was impossible to tell the truth. In bed, we were beauties. We were goddesses. We were the little girls we’d never been: loved, saucy, delighted, and delightful.”
Source: White Houses
“We used to send up the idea of getting to the top. John would shout, "Where are we going, fellas?" We'd shout back, "To the top, Johnny!”
“We used to sing along to Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald records together. She had the most amazing voice ... She's always encouraged me, and she's still that person who, when things look dire, lifts me up and reminds me of who I am and that we all have a capacity for greatness.”
“We used to sleep five to a bed and three of them used to wet the bed. I learnt to swim before I could walk.”
“We used to stay up all night talking on the phone. Tonight, I don't even know how to text you 'hey'.”
Source: I Took a Plane to Die in Denver
“We used to take girls to scary movies all the time, I don't know about you, but that was the place we would go for dates.”
“We used to talk about wanting to get some money, but that's when hip-hop was based on your dreams and your fantasy. The whole thing now is the dreams and fantasies were achieved, and you don't want to make it the focal point. You can't keep beating that dead horse.”
“we used to talk all night
and do things alone together
and i’ve begun
(as a reaction to a feeling)
to balance
the pleasure of loneliness
against the pain
of loving you”
Source: Love Poems
“We used to talk and smile seven days ago when I was wearing a suit. Now I'm dressed in a beard and smell of dog shit I don’t even get eye contact. I ask her how her week is going, and she looks to her friend behind the counter as if to say: I think this creep is hitting on me. Shall we call the police?”
Source: The Squirrel that Dreamt of Madness
“We used to think that energy and water would be the critical issues for the next century. Now we think water will be the critical issue.”
“We used to think that everything started in the lab. Now we realize that everything spins off the consumer.”
“We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.”
“We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.”
“We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I tell you in all candour that that option no longer exists, and in so far as it ever did exist, it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy, followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step.”
“We used to think, 'I have a feeling; I want to make a call.' Now our impulse is, 'I want to have a feeling; I need to send a text.'”
“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.”
Source: Notebooks
“We used to wrestle every night, 385 times a year. For ten years. 365 days. Never had any holidays off, ever. Holidays were always two-day venues. Two event venues. Afternoon and night.”
“We used to write this down by saying, 'move fast and break things.' And the idea was, unless you are breaking some stuff you are not moving fast enough. I think there's probably something in that for other entrepreneurs to learn which is that making mistakes is okay. At the end of the day, the goal of building something is to build something, not to not make mistakes.”
“We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships.”
“We usually associate religion with law and reason. But if we confine ourselves to what grounds religions as a whole, we are forced to reject this notion. Religion is doubtlessly, even in essence, subversive: it turns away from the observance of laws. At least, what it demands is excess, sacrifice, and the feast, which culminates in ecstasy.”
Source: The Tears of Eros
“We usually break the story first. For instance, on The Monuments Men, and this one is more complicated because there's a lot of history, so before we started, we sat down with Robert Edsel, the author of the book, for about a week, and basically, he just gave us a lecture and went through everything. And then, I had a researcher, somebody who we had actually used on Argo.”
“We usually camp out on digs. Smoked briskets and pulled chicken is a big step up from hot dogs and walking tacos.”
Source: Digging Up Love
“We usually can't know how, and we probably should not even ask, how our lives contribute to a better world.”
“We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to get on very good terms with more than just the surface of our bodies as we grow older; for if we don't listen to our bodies and pay attention to our physical needs and pleasures, this vehicle that we need to be running well to take us into a long and comfortable life, will limit what we can do and who we become.”
Source: Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women
“We usually don't realize the thing that is defining our identity until that thing is taken away.”
Source: Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters
“We usually don't have applications in mind. They come later.”
“We usually don't look. We overlook.”
“We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't there any other way of appreciating the process? What if the standard of excellence was how fully present the artist was during the process?”
“We usually expect too much from people. Often we judge them based on their actions even as we judge ourselves based on our intentions.”
Source: Fresh Air: Trading Stale Spiritual Obligation for a Life-Altering, Energizing, Experience-It-Everyday Relationship with God
“We usually focus on what we're doing or where we're going, but God's primary concern is who we're becoming in the process.”
Source: The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
“We usually forget that apart from making a living on this earth, human beings live in societies and these societies have cultures. It is only through having cultures that mankind on this earth has an ordered and meaningful life. Music and drama are two of the many important manifestation of a culture. They are important because they represent the expressions emanating from the power of human artistic creativity”
“We usually get what we anticipate.”
Source: The Magic of Believing
“We usually have margaritas on Thursdays but since it's Tuesday I'll make an exception.”
“We usually hear what we want to hear and turn a deaf ear to everything else. But remember the package deal? If we don't listen to everything God has to say, we eventually won't hear anything He has to say. And we probably need to hear most what we want to hear least. But this I know for sure: His tone of voice is always loving. Sometimes it's tough love in the form of rebuke or discipline, but it's loving, nonetheless.”
Source: Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God
“We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.”
“We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates.”
“We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.”
“We usually look outside ourselves for heroes and teachers. It has not occurred to most people that they may already be the role model they seek. The wholeness they are looking for may be trapped within themselves by beliefs, attitudes, and self-doubt. But our wholeness exists in us now. Trapped though it may be, it can be called upon for guidance, direction, and most fundamentally, comfort. It can be remembered. Eventually we may come to live by it.”