Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.”
Source: Imperium
“You can always spot a well informed man his views are the same as yours.”
“You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.”
“You can always spot clothes made in a good place.”
Source: Six Plays
“You can always spot the employee playing golf with his boss. He's the fellow who makes a hole in one and says, "oops!"”
“You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.”
“You can always start over the next day.”
“You can always take a U-turn in life.”
“You can always talk to me. I was your age once, my father used to say. The things you feel and think only you have felt, believe me, I've lived and suffered through all of them, and more than once -some I've never gotten over and others I'm as ignorant about as you are today, yet I know almost every bend, every tollbooth, every chamber in the human heart.”
Source: Call Me by Your Name
“You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.”
Source: Playback: A Novel
“You can always tell a great painting, because when you get close there are all these nervous marks.”
“You can always tell a happy marriage. People in love begin to acquire each other's traits, each other's styles- they begin to look and act alike. They want to please. They admire each other and, naturally enough, want to become what they esteem and cherish.”
“You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing on a traffic island in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a windblown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.”
Source: The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America
“You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.”
“You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.”
“You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.”
“you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.”
“You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.”
“You can always tell how a man will treat his wife by the way he treats his mother.”
Source: How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend
“You can always tell if someone is kind because kindness is the sparkle inside their eyes.”
Source: The Girl Who Saved Christmas
“You can always tell somebody's sense of humor by if they like this movie or not.”
“You can always tell something when a woman is overdressed---either she's an outsider, or she's insane.”
Source: Eileen
“You can always tell the Catholic schools by the length of the cheerleaders' skirts.”
“You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.”
“You can always tell the heart of man by what he do, and by what he don't do...”
Source: The Road to Jericho
“You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the boat, and encourages the rowers by telling them anecdotes about the marvellous feats he performed last season.”
Source: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”
“You can always tell what the pussy will be like, when you kiss the lips.”
“You can always tell what you believe by what you are getting.”
“You can always tell when a man is a great ways from God--he is always talking about himself, how good he is. But the moment he sees God by the eye of faith, he is down on his knees, and, like Job, he cries, "Behold I am vile.”
Source: God's Good News
“You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.”
“You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening.”
“You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening. When women find the right person, on the other hand, they just... disappear for six months, then resurface, eyes shiny, and usually about six pounds heavier.”
Source: How to Be a Woman
“You can always tell when an actor has grown a 'rhino skin' to protect themselves. It comes across on screen, and they aren't believable. They're dead in the eyes because they've been told a million times that they're the greatest actor that ever lived. If you don't realise what's happening, and get your feet back on the ground, it can be the worst thing that ever happens to you.”
“You can always tell when Obama's negotiations with the Republicans are winding down, because he's missing his watch and his lunch money.”
“You can always tell when someone's lying to you, because they're male.”
“You can always tell when something is good, because the studio senses it has something good, and you can see them pour more and more resources into it. The promotion gets bigger and bigger.”
“You can always tell when the groove is working or not.”
“You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'”
“You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.”
“You can always tell where Diana Ross has been by the hair that's left behind!”
“You can always tell who a writer subconsciously/consciously dislikes/hates/discriminates against in real life based on who they don't write about more than who they do.”
“You can always tell who went to catholic school, because they're atheists.”
“You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.”
“You can always tell your true values by looking at your behavior -- especially under pressure.”
“You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.”
“You can always trust a dog that likes peanut butter.”
Source: The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection
“You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels.”
Source: Norma Jean, the termite queen
“You can always trust the man who died for you.”
“You can always turn a bad kisser into a good one.”