Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Yes. I was afraid of falling too hard, too fast, of leaping into something that might leave me stranded on the other side — alone.”
“Yes, I was bewildered. When was the last time a white American male was truly bewildered or would admit to such a thing? We had taken the world from covered wagons to space shuttles in seventy-five years. After such accomplishment, how could we ever get lost in the wilderness again? How could we not invent a device to guide our souls through the darkness?”
Source: War Dances
“Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned”
“Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it?”
Source: Brideshead Revisited
“Yes, I was infatuated with you; I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Yes, I was just thinking.’
‘About what?’
‘About how a writer can make the most awful things…’
Brunetti didn’t want to say ‘beautiful’, but that was what he meant. ‘Can make them powerful,’ he chose instead. It wasn’t the same, but it was also true.
She surprised him by saying, ‘I’ve never understood why you studied law.’ She picked up her coffee and took a sip.
‘I’m not sure I do either.’
‘Do you regret it?’
He shook his head. ‘No, the law is beautiful. It’s like building a cathedral.’
‘You’ve lost me,’ Paola said with a smile.”
Source: Unto Us a Son Is Given
“Yes, I was obsessed with sex, but which guy isn’t at seventeen? Blame our media or our conservative society; the subject of sex is treated as if it is something unnatural. By denouncing sex heavily, our society has made people wanting it even more. Media, on the other hand, presents it as if it is something magical but denied to most people. Moral policing too has done nothing good but increased the lure of sex in the minds of the young by making it a taboo. In short, a lot of hullabaloo has been created over the issue of sex, and I too fell victim to the propaganda.”
Source: The Influencer: Speed Must Have a Limit
“Yes, I was standing on nothing but congealed starlight. Yes, I was walking up through a savage storm, the wind threatening to tear me off and throw me into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan far below. Yes, I was using a legendary and enchanted means of travel to transcend the border between one dimension and the next, and on my way to an epic struggle between ancient and elemental forces.
But all i could think to say, between panting breaths, was, "Yeah. Sure. They couldn't possibly have made this an escalator.”
Source: Summer Knight
“Yes, i was the one saying goodbye.
But it's not like you very trying to make me stay.
Aren't i right?”
“Yes, I went through a lot of pain, heartache,breaking. But I'm here berthing and my heart is beating. I'm thriving. I'm not alone. And I'm loved.”
Source: The Redemption of Callie & Kayden
“Yes, I would become upset when you forgot to take out the garbage, but that is not a real argument. That is nothing. It passes like a leaf blown by the window. It is over and done and it is forgotten quickly.”
Source: The Longest Ride
“Yes I would have been able to play for Bill Parcells.”
“Yes I'm a virgin and proud of it.”
“Yes I'm a worker, but I'm working on what I'm passionate about and what I believe in not what someone else is passionate about!”
“Yes I'm grown and sexy, and I'm worth the wait. Girls act like I'm the only dude on earth to date.”
“Yes, if it is meant to be, it will be. In the meantime, create your own fate. Plan big and dream bigger.”
“Yes! If you really love your beautiful garden of dreams, you will never allow any hungry beast to have its way in. Keep dream killers away!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Yes, in case you missed the innuendo there, an F, just like an A, is an earned grade.”
Source: No Diploma Left Behind
“Yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.”
“Yes, in the feverish dance of dust, she thinks, there is surely a speck of Zachariah. Even in his absence, in so many ways, he is so very much here.”
Source: Be My Wolff
“Yes, in the short term, walls and fences can support the development of a security regime that will limit the damaging and deadly impact of terrorism against peace. But, ultimately, security cannot be secured by means of block peoples' movement; it can only be achieved in the long run by changing the consciousness of people and their desire to live in peace.”
Source: In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine
“Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.”
“Yes, indeed" said the vampire, impervious to the
derision. "Your mutated race is capable of regenerating its fingernails, toenails, hair and epidermis, but is unable to accept the fact that other races are more advanced in that respect. That inability is not the result of your primitiveness. Quite the opposite: it’s a result of egotism and a conviction in your own perfection. Anything that is more perfect than you must be a repulsive aberration. And repulsive aberrations are consigned to myths, for
sociological reasons.”
Source: Baptism of Fire
“yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skilfully curled) all worlds”
Source: No Thanks
“Yes is how you get your first job, and your next job, and your spouse, and even your kids. Even if it's a bit edgy, a bit out of your comfort zone, saying yes means you will do something new, meet someone new, and make a difference.”
Source: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--and How to Make the Most of Them Now in Vietnamese
“Yes is like credit, No is like cash.”
“Yes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. [saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!]”
“Yes is the destination, No is how you get there!”
“Yes is too obvious,may be always incubates curiosity”
Source: Just the Way I Feel
“Yes, it can be quite agonizing to walk away from what looks like a great offer. But what you must grasp is that if you proceed you could end up working in a culture that is totally out of whack with your values and that can wreck you mentally and physically. No offer is worth that price.”
Source: Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager
“Yes it did really. It was very exciting to find that my energy could be directed into something more useful and positive. I was starting to get panicked. I was thinking 'what am I going to do with my life?' I wasn't sure what was going to happen. Then I became crazily obsessed with acting. I suddenly had a work ethic and then everything changed completely for the better because I knew what I wanted to do with my life.”
“Yes, it hurts to fall—
ache, tenderness
—but each scar is a sign your system is working.”
Source: Hourglass Museum
“Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.”
Source: The Impossible Knife of Memory
“Yes it is better to keep training even if your muscle is still sore.”
“Yes, it is coherent, but it is not entirely conclusive.”
“Yes, it is difficult to believe that we are not entirely rational in our daily decisions and actions. However, by admitting that we are biased, realizing that we should question our choices, and stepping outside of our comfort zone, we are able to open up our eyes to a whole new horizon.”
Source: The Brand Dependence Model: Identify & Mitigate Your Danger Blocks
“Yes, it is my sole aim to brainwash you people. To make your minds, hearts and spirits pure and acceptable to Christ for Judgement Day.”
Source: The Ultimate Religion
“Yes, it is possible that we do not grow up, that even as we grow old, we remain the children we always were. We remember ourselves as we were then, and we feel ourselves to be the same. We made ourselves into what we are now then, and we remain what we were, in spite of the years. We do not change for ourselves. Time makes us grow old, but we do not change.”
Source: The Invention of Solitude
“Yes,it is remarkable how far a person can travel by sea.”
Source: Stelladaur: Finding Tir Na Nog
“Yes, it is somewhat vexing to thread through the stacks of a library, only to discover an absence rather than the sought-after volume, but once the ire subsides, doesn’t one feel a sense of community? The gaps in a library are like footprints in the sand: They show us where others have gone before; they assure us we are not alone.”
Source: Arm of the Sphinx
“Yes, it is still an issue... People see one woman get a CEO role or voted in as Prime Minister and they think it's job done. It's not.”
Source: Why Men Win at Work: …and How We Can Make Inequality History
“Yes, it is totally acceptable that for any given country to become assured of its safety, it has to get out of its way to make the world safer generally. But getting out of its way does not necessarily have to mean getting into another country’s backyard. Rather, it should mean getting into a more sensible and a more effective coalition with other countries for same purpose in a manner that ensures both mutual safety and mutual dignity –both coming in adequate measures, the achieving of one not necessitating the foregoing of the other.”
Source: How to Terrorize Terrorism: a more effective answer to global terrorism
“Yes, it is true that candle loves the light wind because it dances with it, but every candle that wants to see the true limits of its power must face the stronger winds!”
“Yes it is true that pro-capitalist forces have a lot of power. But so did slave-holding racists. We give ourselves hope when we conceptualize capitalism as a set of practices that can be challenged by fighting the piece of the puzzle we feel most compelled to fight.”
“Yes, it is true women of color have been the targets of a setup of monumental proportions, something that amounts to nothing short of a covert war against us. But it is also true that these attacks are their own proof of just how serious a threat to the status quo all women of color really are. So serious, in fact, that the very concept of the innocent white woman was constructed to keep us firmly in our place.”
Source: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
“Yes it is,' said the Professor. 'Wait—' he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate— 'let it be. It won't be long.' Richard stared in disbelief. 'You say there's a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?' The Professor looked blankly at him.”
Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Yes, it looks like this Charlie fella took the pimpin' playbook and ingeniously rewrote it for a generation of girls pissed off at their folks. As he watches Pussycat sincerely spew this fella's horseshit, Cliff tries to imagine where she came from. If in the fifties, he'd followed through with his intention to give the pimping game a whirl, he never would have gotten close to a pretty, obviously educated gal like this one. But this whole hippie shit put the whole world out of whack. Now she's offering up her snatch for a lift to Chatsworth.
Girls who, before, maybe gave you a hand job at the drive-in will now fuck you and your friend.
Where those French dudes supplied their girls with champagne, lipstick, pantyhose, and Max Factor, this Charlie dude supplies his with acid and free love and a philosophy that ties it all together.”
Source: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
“Yes, it's comforting to know, when you think about it, that only man can be a bastard”
“Yes, it's frustrating to not being able to reach a conclusion. But it's devastating to reach a wrong conclusion. Have patience.”
“Yes, it's important to feel your way through life and to completely embrace these various emotions; including anger. But we cannot dismiss the underlying goal. So what do I mean by this? Well, exerting anger negatively is usually a cover-up for what's really happening deep down inside.”
Source: Esotericism With an Unconventional Soul: Exploring Philosophy, Spirituality, Science, and Mysticism