W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We were alive on that world. We were kings without enemies, children removed from time.”
Source: To Be Taught, If Fortunate
“We were alive. I remember it that way. We were still alive, and we couldn't see how close we were to the end.”
Source: The Walls Around Us
“We were all anti-Reagan, we were all politically-aware, we were all anti-war and things like that. These days a lot of the newer bands don't even really talk about that sort of stuff anymore.”
“We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.”
Source: All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel
“We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.”
“We were all born of flesh, in a flare of pain. We do not remember the red roots whence we rose, but we know that we rose and walked, that after a while we shall lie down again.”
Source: Collected Poems
“We were all born on days when too many people died in terrible ways,
but you still have to call it a birthday.”
Source: Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns
“We were all born robots. We were all born slaves to our sin. We did what the flesh and what the devil told us to do. For those of us that have been freed by Jesus, we don't have to be robots.”
“We were all born to "be somebody," look deep inside your heart to find out who and what you are supposed to be.”
“We were all born to be peaceful citizens of the world. Take care of your global garden and do not allow evil gardeners to try and convince you which flowers are ugly and which should be destroyed. This is God's universe and he is the master gardener of all. If you see ugliness in his creations, then you see ugliness in our Creator. Wake up. If we eliminate all colors in his garden, then what would be a rainbow with only one color? And what would be a garden with only one kind of flower? Why would the Creator create a vast assortment of plants, ethnicities, and animals, if only one beast or seed is to dominate all of existence?”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.”
“We were all born with webbed feet and a golf club in our hand.”
“We were all born with wings. In times of doubt: spread them.”
“We were all born, and we all came to the music business with everything we had. Some of us just don't get a chance. Now there's a lot of other people like myself, indeed, who are getting heard worldwide. That gives other artists a chance.”
“We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything”
Source: Rabbit, run ; Rabbit redux
“We were all changed by the War. Cassian and Azriel came back different; I came back different.”
Source: A Court of Mist and Fury
“We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue to be the most universally cherished aspiration of humankind.”
“We were all crazy about music and almost all the money we had, we spent for equipment.”
“We were all created differently, each with his/her calling and purpose”
“We were all created in His image, and yet we were each created different and unique. No two people are alike. No two hearts beat to the same rhythm. If God had wanted everyone to be the same. He would have made it so. Therefore, disrespecting differences and imposing your thoughts on others is tantamount to disrespecting God’s holy scheme.”
“We were all created to be servants, not slaves.”
“We were all created to inspire.”
Source: The Adventures of L.J. the Great: I'm So Proud of Myself
“We were all delighted, we all realized we were leaving confusion and nonsense behind and performing our one and noble function of the time, move.”
Source: On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“We were all different shapes, sizes, and colors. But, we were all kindergartners and we all were excited.
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Mr. Shipman;s Kindergarten Chronicles: The First Day of School”
Source: Mr. Shipman's Kindergarten Chronicles: December Celebrations: December Holidays
“We were all expecting to finish [Downton Abbey] after Series 1, actually. And then, it got extended to Series 3, and that's when two of our much loved and much missed friends left. And then, it was going to be done with Series 5, but Julian Fellowes said, "I'd like to do one more." So it's been a series of extensions, rather than wondering how much longer we can go on for.”
“We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.”
“We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion.”
Source: Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky
“We were all forged in the crucible.”
Source: Where She Went
“We were all given our opportunities to be ourselves. A little bit of ourselves.”
“We were all going to die. There was no way out. We fluttered like drowning moths.”
Source: The Rider on the Bridge
“We were all going to do. There was no way out. We fluttered like drowning moths.”
Source: The Rider on the Bridge
“We were all grinning and everyone had their eyes open for once. Ian must have been moving - his hand was blurred. It was exactly how I imagined us, right down to Kieran's arm around me and the peace sign he was making above Matty's head. The big carving was behind us, and the other trees leaned into the picture, like giant people.
Then a cloud went over the sun and Ian said he had better get going. I wished we had taken five pictures so that we could all have a copy. When I looked at the image again, the colours had already started to fade, as if it was a moment we could never have back.”
Source: Where the Trees Were
“We were all gun nuts and they were called varmints, crows were, because they ate grain and so did we.”
“We were all happy then. Floating on a rare kind of happiness you get from seeing those you love happy, too.
But that’s just my memory breathing life into those photos, because it would take a miracle for anyone else to see them now.”
Source: Voices of the Future: Stories of Myth & Memory
“We were all hard on our commis because we were always afraid, and cruelty is one of fear's most common by-products. It would take me a very long time to unlearn those methods of surviving under pressure.”
Source: 32 Yolks: From My Mother's Table to Working the Line
“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
“We were all heroes in the end.”
Source: Supernova
“We were all illegal at one point and we were all unwanted at one point. Somebody in our family, if not us, was undesirable, and yet here we are. And this moral equivalence that this president [Barak Obama] makes is part and parcel of his effort to tear down the greatness and the uniqueness of this country. Make no mistake.”
“We were all imitative. We all wandered in after Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay. We were all being dashing and gallant, declaring we weren't virgins, whether we were or not.”
“We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got. He's still the daddy.”
“We were all inspired by him as an actor and his iconography and thought, if we get somebody like Laurence Fishburne, we can tell a much more sophisticated, complicated version of Jack Crawford than we'd seen before as this large and in-charge and in-control guy, who is unflappable.”
“We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views. This may explain the cascading grief that flooded the country in late November. We mourned a man who had become the pride of the nation, but we grieved as well for ourselves because we knew we were sick.”
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.”
Source: Why We Can't Wait
“We were all just trying to save someone. It was a state of loving, despite instead of loving because.”
Source: Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go
“We were all kind of freaked out recording the first album because we didn't know what it would be like.”
“We were all monsters and bastards, and we were all beautiful.”
“We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show.”
“We were all of us alone, kept wrapped up tight by our sins.”
Source: Irregular Verbs and Other Stories
“We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.”
“We were all pawns easily discarded at the whims of monsters, some of whom were younger than me.”