Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.”
“Yes, I'm of the old guard, liberal Republican.”
“Yes, I'm often reminded of her, and in one of my array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt - an immense leap of an attempt - to prove to me that you, and your human existence, are worth it.”
“Yes, I'm proud to be a liberal.”
“Yes, I'm reckless and sometime express no concern for my own well being, and I express a misanthropic view of the world, but to have an opinion, you can't be a nihilist.”
“Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.”
“Yes, I'm shallow, I don't mind admitting it. Perhaps I should admit that there's no end to the depths of my shallowness.”
Source: Chime
“Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!”
“Yes, I'm the real Sammy Sosa, and this is my Pinterest.”
“Yes, I'm too mad to punish you right now. We'll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We're going to Wal-Mart.”
Source: Alphas: Origins
“Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.”
“Yes, I'm very normal, everything is okay, I won't become a psychiatric case.”
“Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of what the culture is ready to recognize as mothering or fathering, but who most certainly is an excellent parent.”
“Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.”
“Yes, I've been trepanned. That's quite an interesting experience, especially for my brain surgeon, who saw my thoughts flying around in my brain.”
“Yes, I've been very preoccupied with the survivor all through my work.”
“Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.”
“Yes, I've just bought a new horse, named Jedi.”
“Yes, I've kissed a lot of guys. I like to kiss, but that's it. I don't go home with anyone. I sleep with my animals, like my baby monkey, Brigitte Bardot.”
“Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating.”
“Yes, I've never inherited a penny!”
“Yes, I've now got this nice little apartment in New York, one of those L-shaped ones. Unfortunately, it's a lower case l.”
“Yes, I've worked hard; and yes, I may have achieved a certain level of success-but I'm very clear about the fact that none of it would be worth it without doing the things that keep me close to God.”
Source: Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance
“Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.”
“Yes, I-- I think I love her. Is that nuts?”
“Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.”
Source: Emile: Or, On Education
“Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. And that's all I want to say.”
Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:
“Yes, if you're looking for infinity, just close your eyes!”
“Yes, Im a New Yorker, born and bred. While Im not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.”
“Yes, Im quirky, loud and crazy.”
“Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.”
“Yes, in baseball when the team stinks, you fire the manager. But you don't fire him because it rains. And you don't let the opposing team choose a new manager for you. And you don't fire him between innings. And replace him with a Viennese weightlifter.”
“Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.”
“Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer.”
“Yes, in my life, since we must call it so, there were three things, the inability to speak, the inability to be silent, and solitude, that’s what I’ve had to make the best of.”
Source: Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
“Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.”
“Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And Joy for weary hours.”
Source: Birds and flowers and other country things [in verse].
“Yes, influences are enriching, and they can be found in every work of art, even the most original.”
“Yes, instruction! Light! Light! Everything comes from light, and to everything it returns.”
Source: Les miserables
“Yes, Isaac Taylor, who has just published 'The World of Mind,' is the Isaac Taylor, author of the 'Natural History of Enthusiasm.' I dare say by this time there is a want of fatty particles in his brain.”
“Yes, ISIS is a threat. It's more than a nuisance. It's also in many respects criminal violence. But it isn't, in my view, a central strategic issue facing humanity.”
“Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.”
“Yes, it benefits the planet, but I don't lead with the green message anymore because I think there's a more evergreen way to look at it, which is efficiency.”
“Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.”
Source: Elegy for Eddie
“Yes, it feels great to plan your life when you believe everything can turn out fine. But what about when you're shown, again and again, how little control you have over anything? No matter what I do to try to fix my future, it doesn't work.”
Source: The Future of Us
“Yes, it gets better, but I also understand that saying to a 15-year-old that, 'Oh, don't worry, just wait a year', is like saying 'Wait a lifetime', but every single person has the right to go to school and not be afraid.”
“Yes, it has made me happier. Finishing them has made me happier. Before I wrote the Potter books, I'd never finished a novel. I came close to finishing two.”
“Yes, it is better to look from the window than not to look at all, but to look through the window cannot be compared to the windowless sky.”
“Yes, it is difficult for man to cross beyond the idea of duty.”
“Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. Ghosts are transparent.”