Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You are a steward of every moment, of every talent, of every gift, of every resource that God has given you. Chose wisely what you do today!”
“You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.”
Source: The Miniaturist
“you are a story.
do not become a word.
one word.
because you want to be loved.
love does not ask you to be nothing
for
something.
–– name”
Source: Salt
“You are a strange traveller, you are walking on a strange path, you came from a strange place, you are going to a strange place! What are you, who are you? I recognize you, you are human!”
“You are a stranger in a strange land. As an evolved person living in a relatively unevolved world, you are constantly subjected to a bombardment of seemingly endless negative vibrations emanating from those around you.”
“You are a stranger, I am a stranger, we all remain strangers, and nevertheless we can like or even love each other.”
“You are a strong and beautiful woman. You are not always as strong as other times but it rises & falls like the flow of a mountain stream. I feel I am a reservoir for your strength- without you I would be empty and weak.
[Letter to Arline Feynman]”
“You are a strong woman now, not the insecure, introverted, spoiled brat I married. You know adversity and know how to fight for success. You will do great in this world as you carry on. Be careful. Remember: they all want to fuck you. Few will love you. I do and did.”
Source: Eminent Domain
“You are a success and nothing will stop your shining!”
“You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future”
“You are a survivor, at times you may not yet experience it, but the fact is that the worst and the cruelest part of your life is over.”
Source: When Roses are Crushed
“You are a sweet man." -"God, there it is." He flopped back on the bed, as if shot through the heart. "Repeat that to anyone, and I will have you brought up on charges of slander." "I wouldn't dream of telling a soul.”
Source: One Dance with a Duke
“You are a tedious fool.”
Source: Making Sense of Measure for Measure! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelli
“You are a terror, aren't you? Leave this yard alone. I know just where everything is in it, and I won't be able to find the things I need for my transport spells if you tidy them up.'So there was probably a bundle of souls or a box of chewed hearts somewhere out here, Sophie thought. She felt really thwarted. 'Tidying up is what I'm here for!' she shouted at Howl. 'Then you must think of a new meaning for your life,' Howl said.”
Source: Wizard's Castle
“You are a three-part being - body, mind and spirit - and you never, ever are anything less or anything else. As you move from the metaphysical to the physical and back again, you simply disintegrate and reintegrate these aspects of Who You Are.
To help you understand how such a thing is possible, think of what you call "white light". This is actually a combination of lights of different wave-lenghts in the electromagnetic spectrum. If you send white light through a dispersive prism, you will see its spectral colors, which are its constituent parts.
Now think of physicality as the "prism" of Ultimate Reality. When the soul passes through the prism into physicality, it breaks into its constituent parts: body, mind and spirit. When it passes back through the prism the other way - or as humans put it, when you "pass away" - the soul becomes one element again.
That one element is You.”
Source: Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue: Teaching Children Wisdom; The New Spiritual Politics
“You are a total nerd.”
Not what he’s expecting, the darkness wiped away by a startled laugh. “What?”
“Why else would you possibly know that?” I say it like I’m piecing together a puzzle – and I’m appalled by the picture it’s making. “You’re a nerd. A complete nerd. You nerdified sex. That just happened.”
Source: Crushed
“You are a total stranger and you want to take my library book.”
Source: The Historian
“You are a totally loved moral failure.”
“You are a totally pathetic, historical example of the phallocentric, to put it mildly."
"A pathetic, historical example," Oshima repeats, obviously impressed. By his tone of voice he seems to like the sound of that phrase.
"In other words you're a typical sexist, patriarchic male," the tall one pipes in, unable to conceal her irritation.
"A patriarchic male," Oshima again repeats.
The short one ignores this and goes on. "You're employing the status quo and the cheap phallocentric logic that supports it to reduce the entire female gender to second-class citizens, to limit and deprive women of the rights they're due. You're doing this unconsciously rather than deliberately, but that makes you even guiltier. You protect vested male interests and become inured to the pain of others, and don't even try to see what evil your blindness causes women and society. I realize that problems with restrooms and card catalogs are mere details, but if we don't begin with the small things we'll never be able to throw off the cloak of blindness that covers our society. Those are the principles by which we act."
"That's the way every sensible woman feels," the tall one adds, her face expressionless.
[...]
A frozen silence follows.
"At any rate, what you've been saying is fundamentally wrong," Oshima says, calmly yet emphatically. "I am most definitely not a pathetic, historical example of a patriarchic male."
"Then explain, simply, what's wrong with what we've said," the shorter woman says defiantly.
"Without sidestepping the issue or trying to show off how erudite you are," the tall one adds.
"All right. I'll do just that—explain it simply and honestly, minus any sidestepping or displays of brilliance," Oshima says.
"We're waiting," the tall one says, and the short one gives a compact nod to show she agrees.
"First of all, I'm not a male," Oshima announces.
A dumbfounded silence follows on the part of everybody. I gulp and shoot Oshima a glance.
"I'm a woman," he says.
"I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't joke around," the short woman says, after a pause for breath. Not much confidence, though. It's more like she felt somebody had to say something.
Oshima pulls his wallet out of his chinos, takes out the driver's license, and passes it to the woman. She reads what's written there, frowns, and hands it to her tall companion, who reads it and, after a moment's hesitation, gives it back to Oshima, a sour look on her face.
"Did you want to see it too?" Oshima asks me. When I shake my head, he slips the license back in his wallet and puts the wallet in his pants pocket. He then places both hands on the counter and says, "As you can see, biologically and legally I am undeniably female. Which is why what you've been saying about me is fundamentally wrong. It's simply impossible for me to be, as you put it, a typical sexist, patriarchic male."
"Yes, but—" the tall woman says but then stops. The short one, lips tight, is playing with her collar.
"My body is physically female, but my mind's completely male," Oshima goes on.
"Emotionally I live as a man. So I suppose your notion of being a historical example may be correct. And maybe I am sexist—who knows. But I'm not a lesbian, even though I dress this way. My sexual preference is for men. In other words, I'm a female but I'm gay. I do anal sex, and have never used my vagina for sex. My clitoris is sensitive but my breasts aren't. I don't have a period. So, what am I discriminating against? Could somebody tell me?”
Source: Kafka on the Shore
“You are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments with your name written on them.”
“You are a true leader if you know that things will continue even when you are not there..”
“You are a true representative of the spirituality of our home, India. Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength. I want to say how much I value the meaning of that bond, because it is one of true dedication to the service of God.”
“You are a unique expression of loving energy conceived from the eternal stream of Divine Love. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.”
“You are a unique individual with your own special features that you need to carry on your life mission”
“You are a unique person, just like everybody else!!”
“You are a universe, Kacey. I kept waiting to find the end of your love and beauty, the end of your generous heart. I never did. I never will.”
Source: Full Tilt
“You are a Universe of Universes And your Soul a source of Songs.”
“You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.”
Source: Jean Christophe
“You are a valuable human being and your value was established by the Almighty God before the foundation of the earth. Believe it, embrace it and nourish it as much as possible.”
“You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe. Always be in command of your music. Only you can control and shape its tone. If life throws you a few bad notes or vibrations, don't let them interrupt or alter your song.”
“You are a vampire. That's big news in my world. I don't generally date the living dead. What sort of dead do you usually date?”
Source: One Bite With A Stranger
“You are a very bad substance that I got addicted to. I find your advantages less than your disadvantages. You make me forget the important aspects in my life.
You leave me broke and out every time.”
“You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!”
Source: Hobbit or There and Back Again
“You are a victim of the rules you live by.”
Source: Truisms and essays
“You are a victim only when you have decided to play the part.”
“You are a villain!"
Iago: "You are a senator!”
Source: Othello
“You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. I am obnoxious, suspected and unpopular; you are very much otherwise. And you can write ten times better than I can.”
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“You are a volume in the divine book A mirror to the power that created the universe Whatever you want, ask it of yourself Whatever you’re looking for can only be found Inside of you”
“You are a wanderer. You have spent days and nights in loneliness. And somehow you have got addicted to your loneliness. And one day you meet someone and you feel as if you have known them all your life. It's like you both are just continuing from where you had left a long time ago. And the silences between you, too have meaning!”
“You are a warrior in a dark forest, with no compass and are unable to tell who the actual enemy is, So you never feel safe ..”
“You are a warrior's daughter," his voice echoed through the room. "You are the princess of the khassarat of Aigor. The best warriors of the khassarat will be fighting for your hand.”
Source: Kiran: The Warrior's Daughter
“You are a weird one. Making jokes with a perfectly straight face.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“You are a whispering diamond, turning in the sun, articulating the one thing the sky wants to say, in a million different ways.”
Source: Mirrors Of The Sun: Finding Reflections Of Light In The Shittiness Of Life
“You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is the logic: You have the choice of spending fifteen years married to a woman, a black woman or a white woman. Fifteen years kissing and hugging and sleeping real close on hot nights. With a black, black woman or a white, white woman. The white woman is Kate Smith. And the black woman is Lena Horne. So you're not concerned with black or white anymore, are you? You are concerned with how cute or how pretty. Then let's really get basic and persecute ugly people!”
“You are a whole lot more than people said you weren’t.”
“You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go.”
Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
“you are a wild thing… but you are such a tender thing”
“You are a wind,
And since I am a tree,
How can I calm down?”
“You are a winner if people who stand for you and people for whom you take a stand are the same.”