Y Quotes
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“Yes, and the body has a memory. The physical carriage hauls more than its weight. The body is the threshold across which each objectionable call passes into consciousness—all the unintimidated, unblinking, and unflappable resilience does not erase the moments lived through, even as we are eternally stupid or everlastingly optimistic, so ready to be inside, among, a part of the games.”
Source: Citizen: An American Lyric
“Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect.”
“Yes, and when the love of life disappears, no meaning can console us.”
Source: Carnets: 1942-1951
“Yes, and you should question your government.”
“Yes, anyone can log onto your "anonymous" band's MySpace page and hear the music. So, in theory you have gotten your music in front of 5 billion people. The other thing is that something has to cause them to go to those bands MySpace page, and it's that reliance on taste makers or radio, that is still very much a part of how music is sold and marketed.”
“Yes, as a people we are spoiled. We look for dinners that take two minutes to cook in our microwave instead of five, and we audibly sigh if the directions on the box require us to stir at the halfway point. Aw, I gotta stir? See what else is in the freezer.”
Source: I Think, Therefore, I Have a Headache!: A Laugh-Out-Loud Look at Life
“Yes, as my swift days near their goal, 'tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.”
Source: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
“Yes, as Rhett had prophesied, marriage could be a lot of fun. Not only was it fun but she was learning many things. That was odd in itself, because Scarlett had thought life could teach her no more. Now she felt like a child, every day on the brink of a new discovery.”
Source: Gone with the wind
“Yes, authority, coercion, and dependence rest on the mass, but never freedom or the free unfoldment of the individual, never the birth of a free society. The Socialist demagogues know that as well as I, but they maintain the myth of the virtues of the majority, because their very scheme of life means the perpetuation of power.”
Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“Yes, Bastille. I keep trying to get killed because it's inconvenient for you.”
Source: The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians
“Yes, be different, but not for the vanities of being different.”
Source: Killosophy
“Yes, because a vampire slumber party is the pinnacle of safety conscious behavior.”
Source: Eclipse
“Yes, because it's Len's obsession with practical. I've never really had that experience that I hear people having of being on an empty soundstage painted green talking to a tennis ball on a stick.”
“Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.”
“Yes, being educated is definitely an advantage. But having said that, I've met so many people in life who haven't done very well at school but who are still really bright.”
“Yes, believe me I am black and blue. Plus I just finished a Seth MacFarlane movie called Ted and I can't believe the cast I got to work with there [Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg]. I feel like I am winning some kind of contest to trick people into working with me.”
“Yes, believers and non-believers and skeptics can all live together and get along. But there cannot be an imperialistic imposition of religion by the state or by the church. All people must be equal--believers, skeptics, disbelievers, atheists, and those who chose religion. Unless we are all deemed equal, and unless the morality of disbelief is deemed the equivalent of the morality of belief, we will simply be tolerated, and that is not the American way.”
“Yes, beloved reader, our God reigneth, and if we crown Him Lord of all, Lord of our soul, Lord of our body, Lord of all the circumstance in our lives, we shall find that He is able to subdue all things unto Himself.”
“Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt.”
“Yes, bin Laden the man is dead. But he achieved all he set out to achieve, and a hell of a lot more. He forever changed who we are as a country, and for the worse. Mostly because we let him. That isn't something a special ops team can fix.”
“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.”
“Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.”
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Yes, burn your bridges.”
“Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or its closest moral equivalent. 200 years ago, debtors didn't go bankrupt, they went to prison. 100 years ago - well, business is largely the same as it was a century ago. And that's exactly the problem. Business hasn't changed, but today's array of tectonic global shocks demands a different, radically better kind of business. Yesterday's corporations visibly cannot meet today's economic challenges.”
“Yes, but . . .” She hesitated, her gaze finally coming to me. “I survived because I fell in love.” With you was unspoken.”
“Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners.”
“Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful.”
“Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.”
“Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.”
Source: The Red Queen
“Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.”
“Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method.”
“Yes, but I don't think of the Teen Angel as of an age.”
“Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays.”
“Yes, but I think the big thing for everyone is to wear what they want and what suits them.”
“Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or an orchestra. Frank was a brilliant arranger and could make his music work in any context. He proved that tour after tour and album after album.”
“Yes, but if we hurt the Abadonna in the process, we’re going to find out what it feels like to be turned inside out. Literally. Like most beings, I actually like the fact that my skin is outside my body. (Urian)”
Source: Kiss of the Night
“Yes, but I’ve already made my fortune in other things. (Solin) Such as? (Geary) Viagra. My brother learned to take a personal problem and profit by it. (Arik) It’s true. It pained me to see a man as young as Arik stricken with impotency. Therefore I had to do something to help the poor soul. But alas, there’s nothing to be done for it. He’s as flaccid as a wet noodle. (Solin) How creative of you to project your problem onto me. But then, they say celibacy is enough to make a man lose all reason. Guess you’re living proof, huh? (Arik)”
“Yes, but knee pants are so much more flattering. You can see my legs." You want people to see your legs?" I have very nice legs!" We both paused to admire them for a moment.”
Source: Death's Mistress: A Midnight's Daughter Novel
“Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point MY POINT EXACTLY.”
Source: Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)
“Yes, but personally I was never a big acid head.”
“Yes, but the difference is that when you're dead and somebody yells, 'Everybody up, it's morning,' it's very hard to find your slippers.”
Source: The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose
“Yes, but the thing is my influences are so rooted in afro-American culture especially that it's quite sad to not enjoy the same success because the influences are so strong from there.”
“Yes, but you are still only human.” I laughed, the sound of it drowned out by the crunch of rocks as the mountain continued to shudder as though in the throes of birth pangs. “So was Van Helsing, yet in every movie, he beat the vampire in the end. Never underestimate the power of humanity.”
“Yes, but you need to learn your maths." "I don't need to, really. I already know how to count to a hundred. And I'm sure I'll never need ore than a hundred of anything.”
“Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.”
Source: The essential Boris Johnson: lend me your ears
“Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!”
Source: Urania: a Rhymed Lesson
“Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable. - Foaly”
Source: Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
“Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.”
“Yes, confidence was knowing I could do anything. But, I realized, confidence must always be rooted in work. In sweat. In pain-good pain. And in honesty.”
Source: It's So Easy: And Other Lies
“Yes, Consul. The next time one of our esteemed members turns into a worm and eats another esteemed member, we will inform you immediately.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess