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“You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret.”
“You know what the problem is with world hunger? We've been sending them food.”
“You know what the problem is? You can't put a woman into a man's role. A women's journey in life, I'm not speaking disrespectfully of women and their roles in life, but a woman's journey in life is very different from a man's. That doesn't mean a woman can't do a man's job, but it doesn't mean that a woman should do a man's job the way a man handles it. The things that men question themselves about in life are quite different from the things women question themselves about.”
“You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.'”
“You know what the problem with the real world is? It's lonely. Because everyone goes online the second they get the chance! The real world is awesome if you want to be by yourself, though. Maybe that's your thing now.”
Source: Version Control
“You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty.”
“You know what the really scary thing about bad dreams? It's that something's going on in your head, and you can't control it. I mean, It's like there's these bad worlds inside you. But it's just you... it's like you're betraying yourself.”
“You know what the reward is to capture Saddam. You don't even need to capture Saddam, just say where he is. It's $25 million. This is what I love about our priorities. We spend $25 million trying to get rid of Saddam Hussein. The Republicans spend $50 million trying to get rid of Gray Davis. It doesn't seem quite right.”
“You know what the Russians are saying is that they have an historic relationship with - with Crimea, and they're saying the Crimean legislature has voted now to have a referendum, and they're saying what the government in Kiev did was illegal.”
“You know what? the secret about all of these is the hard journey of life have graudute of growth beyond. The thing is, it help to allow it and it make things easier by preventing delay of process the faster you learn is quicker to be promoted yes no one knows how to prosper in it as we didnt knew how we cought in it the wise thing is to use that statement, ride the car of believe. What if I tell you that the one who started the work will finished it?that what bible says, remember God is Alfa and Omega (Beginning and End) his whom I'm telling you about, hope I'm not confusing you about this.”
“You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Complete Collection
“You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.”
“You know what the true definition of hell is? It's when you die, you get to meet the person you could have been.”
“You know what the word VOTE means? It means Vanguard Of Transformational Earth.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“You know what the world needs – the world needs thunder-nerves that strike at the sight of injustice and volcanic veins that erupt at the sight of discrimination.”
Source: Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine
“You know what the worst part about my drinking is? When I'm drunk I slur. You know, like I say racial slurs. Wow, nobody likes that at a barbeque.”
“You know what the worst thing I can imagine is? Simon had said. Not trusting someone I love.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels
“You know what these “God Bless America” people oughta do? They oughta check with that Jesus fellow they’re so crazy about. They’re always talking about “What would Jesus do?” They don’t wanna know so they can do it – they just wanna know so they can tell other people to do it!”
“You know what they call a good looking girl in Philadelphia... a tourist.”
“You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? - Medicine.”
“You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff they’ll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring’s got a little thing where you cut your finger. Really. It’s that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder.”
“You know what they're like."
Mma Ramotswe nodded. She did. They were not all bad, of course. But many of them were awful, which somehow eclipsed the better qualities of some of the nice ones. It was very sad.”
“You know what they say - love is blind.”
“You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can afford it.”
Source: Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction
“You know what they say about air and water when it comes to fire, don’t you?” she asks.
Now, I’m curious. She hasn’t spoken for the last ten minutes of the drive. “What?”
“Too much air blows out the fire. Too much water destroys it.”
I nod trying to determine what she’s really comparing us to. “The idea would be to keep the flame going, right. For years?” She nods. “Like a relationship. Like a marriage.” She cringes at the word marriage. Noted. “So you need the air—to stay constant—to fan the flames of the fire, and you know, grasshopper,” I smile at her and catch sight of the corners of her mouth turning slightly upward in response to the endearment, “a hot enough fire will burn water, so you have to be careful with the water too.”
“That I do know,” she says softly. “So that’s the truth about air and water.” She sighs deep.
“Which is?”
“It’s hard to maintain the balance to keep the fire going. You have to fan the flames without putting it out with too much water. But too little water will burn the fire right up. Too much fire. Too much destruction. We’re out of control.”
“You’re talking in circles,” I say.
“No. That’s us,” she says with certainty.”
Source: The Truth About Air & Water
“You know what they say about angels?" she asked.
"That they have wings and a halo?"
"No, that they are just wild women who've had the hell screwed out of them," she said with another giggle.”
Source: Hot Cowboy Nights
“You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down”
“You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them.”
“You know what they say about bold spacemen never becoming old spacemen.”
“You know what they say about boys next door...”
Source: Obsidian
“You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.”
“You know what they say about guys with big hands.”
“You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!”
“You know what they say about mistakes though,' she said, all breathy and half-lipsy. 'It's the only way you ever learn anything.' And she leant forward and kissed him. Right there, in the middle of the bar. Right there, in the middle of his lips.”
Source: Beatle Meets Destiny
“You know what they say about snowfall?” he remarked thoughtfully.
She turned towards him, her eyebrows slightly raised.
“It represents a new beginning," he went on... "And since it signifies a new beginning, should we introduce ourselves again?”
Source: Seasons: The Mysterious Woman
“You know what they say about why girls love horses?"
Iris knew exactly where he was headed; she had always hated this joke.
Jonathan looked wearily at him. "Careful, Bill, this is my daughter we're talking about."
She hated this rejoinder too. It was a scummy way to talk about any young girl, the ones with fathers and without.
"All right, Allegra excluded. But Iris know what I'm talking about. The friction...?"
The heat radiating off Iris's blotchy chest sent a waft of the perfume up to her flaring nostrils. "People who think riding horses gives women orgasms don't know how to do either thing right.”
Source: Full Bloom
“You know what they say. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
“If my heart grows any fonder, it’s going to hop out of my chest and into yours.”
Source: Backstage Pass
“You know what they say," Amanda said. "Hatred isn't the opposite of love, it's just another variation of it. They both mean you have passionate feelings for someone.”
Source: Fat Cat
“You know what they say at [Alcoholics Anonymous] meetings. Coincidence is your Higher Power acting with anonymity.'
'I didn't know you were in the program.'
'I'm not. I go for the dialogue. It's great material.”
Source: Robicheaux
“You know what they say," Dad said. "If you love something set it free."
"What if he doesn't come back?"
"Something do, somethings don't," he said, reaching to tweak her nose. "I'll always come back to you anyway."
"You don't light up," Hadley said, but Dad only smiled.
"I do when I'm with you.”
Source: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
“You know what they say. If at first you don't succeed, try the same thing again. Sometimes the effort is called persistence and is the mark of a strong will. Sometimes it's called perseveration and is a sign of immaturity. For an individual, one of the definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again in the same way and expecting different results. For a government, such behavior is called... policy.”
Source: The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
“You know what they say, if you love something, set it free.”
Source: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
“You know what they say in Arkansas...manure happens.”
“You know what they say?” Nonna paused, “The character of the Venetian people is like the tide.”
Source: Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta
“You know what they say: the FBI doesn’t share. It eats like an elephant and shits like a mouse.”
Source: Michael Connelly Lincoln Lawyer 4 Book Set
“You know what they say the modern version of Pascal's Wager is? Sucking up to as many Transhumanists as possible, just in case one of them turns into God.”
Source: Crystal Nights and Other Stories
“You know what they say. They?”
“You know what they say, Two pairs a company, cheese a croud”
“You know what they say when a supermodel gets pregnant? Now she's eating for one.”
“You know what they say, you can take the cop out of the city..."
"But you can't take the donut away from the cop?"
"Hey," I said. "This is a burger."
"Punch a hole in it and it's basically a meat donut.”
Source: Vanilla Sprinkle Murder