Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You know you made it, when your friends tell their friends that you are their friend.”
“You know you must be doing something right if old people like you.”
“You know you never wanted us to be happy, Sam. Happiness is a brittle,
fleeting thing.
You wanted us to feel loved, and we did”
Source: I Fell in Love With Hope
“You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.”
Source: I Ain't Scared of You
“You know you're a clumsy person when you cause other people to fall down.
-Rimmel”
Source: #Nerd
“You know, you're a lot like him," I'd definitely lost my mind considering I was now talking to an unopened bouquet of flowers. "So pretty and smelling good. But give in and pick one up, and I'll get pricked by a thorn.”
Source: The Naked Truth
“You know you're a writer when the words don't stop!”
“You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.”
Source: Kissed by Cat
“You know you're down and out when Okies laugh at you,' she said. With our garbage bag taped window, our tied down hood, and art supplies strapped to the roof, we'd out-Okied the Okies.”
Source: The Glass Castle
“You know you're from Seattle when even amid perhaps the worst crisis you've ever faced, you can still appreciate a sunny day.”
Source: The Safeguarded Heart
“You know you're in a good place when you no longer are interested in looking back. You prefer to enjoy the journey.”
“You know you’re in a toxic environment when... People use the word ‘fairness,’ when in reality, managing the appearance of fairness becomes the job.”
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“You know you're in love when you cant even put into words, how you feel for a person.”
“You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“You know you’re in love with someone when the idea of them being in love with someone else doesn’t just wreck you, it invades every part of your being. Yet, how could I be upset that Gabe loved her? When his love for her was one of the very reasons I loved him? —Saylor”
Source: Toxic
“You know you're like, my hero, right?”
Source: Theories About Continental Drift
“You know you're my best friend, right?' he said.
I shrugged. I guessed it was true. Now that I wasn't going to be at the parade, they would all hate me. Everything had been carefully choreographed, and me not being there would throw them all off. I realized that kids like Theo and me weren't supposed to have real friends. We were supposed to be all alone and confused. By being each other's friend, we were defying our laws of gravity.”
Source: Lullabies for Little Criminals
“You know you’re not perfect and that’s good. Perfect is boring. You have a lot to offer. A lot more to experience and so many things to learn. There are more pages to fill up so act your age.”
“You know, you're not very friendly!" he calls after me. "Are all the neighbors around here like that?”
Source: My Dilemma
“You know you're nuts, right?"
His brother should know him better than to be surprised that when he did something, he went all in.
"No, I'm just that good."
Although when riding a bucking animal that out-weighed a man by ten times, being a little crazy didn't hurt.”
Source: Midnight Ride
“You know you're old when you're watching Karate Kid and you realize you're more attracted to Mr. Miagi than Ralph Macchio.”
“You know you’re on the right course when the road behind no longer matters.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“You know you're on the right track when you become uninterested in looking back.”
“You know you're prepared for what's next in life when the possibility of misfortune is at your door and it doesn't matter whether or not it knocks. You see, I don't see things as others see them. I don't see things as I am. I see things as they can be as I grow intentionally.”
“You know... You're still my boss... Which means... This is sexual harassment...
Oh really? I guess I’ll have to fire you then.”
“You know, you're too pretty for me to leave you on the couch like that," he said, pulling me toward him. I didn't know that, but I did understand then that there was no such thing as safe, only safer; that this, if it didn't happen now, would happen later but not better.”
Source: Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
“You know you're winning when You are not whining. You're simply shining!”
Source: A-Z of Happiness: Tips for Living and Breaking Through the Chain that Separates You from Getting That Dream Job
“You know you're writing a good thriller when you make yourself paranoid.”
Source: Deadly Compulsion
“You know you really have to beware of gypsies in these parts," he said teasingly, dismounting from his horse...Keirah gave him a small smile that she didn't quite feel. "Good thing I have the Gwarda here to protect me," she teased back.”
Source: Magnificence
“You know, you scare the hell out of me [...] I don't know, it's like, I look at you and suddenly the sonnets make sense.”
“You know, you shouldn't be afraid of it. This is called "the laugh." When we see it, we have to laugh at him, you can point at him... You have to laugh at the things that scare you, you'll see, it works with everything!”
Source: Pretending Is Lying
“You know, you spend your childhood watching TV, assuming that at some point in the future everything you see there will one day happen to you: that you too will win a Formula One race, hop a train, foil a group of terrorists, tell someone 'Give me the gun', etc. Then you start secondary school, and suddenly everyone's asking you about your career plans and your long-term goals, and by goals they don't mean the kind you are planning to score in the FA Cup. Gradually the awful truth dawns on you: that Santa Claus was just the tip of the iceberg — that your future will not be the rollercoaster ride you'd imagined, that the world occupied by your parents, the world of washing the dishes, going to the dentist, weekend trips to the DIY superstore to buy floor-tiles, is actually largely what people mean when they speak of 'life'. Now, with every day that passes, another door seems to close, the one marked PROFESSIONAL STUNTMAN, or FIGHT EVIL ROBOT, until as the weeks go by and the doors — GET BITTEN BY SNAKE, SAVE WORLD FROM ASTEROID, DISMANTLE BOMB WITH SECONDS TO SPARE — keep closing, you begin to hear the sound as a good thing, and start closing some yourself, even ones that didn't necessarily need to be closed.”
Source: Skippy Dies
“You know you truly love somebody...
When they hurt you
And you still forgive them
And they let you down
But you don't leave them
And they leave you
But you can't help thinking about them”
“You know you’ve come a long way when the thought of quitting scares you. You’ve made some… well, call them 'remarkable achievements', and you’ve managed to draw some attention to yourself.
But SUCCESS is really not how far you’ve gone. It’s not even how well. It is how much farther you are ready to go and how much more sacrifices you are willing to make. Not until you get to the point where you are willing to give up your life for a purpose… not until you get to that point will you be celebrated.”
“You know you've had a rough night when the bugs in your kitchen look up at you and go, "WTF”
“You know you've leveled up in self-respect when you choose to walk away. It's like hitting the next stage in a game—suddenly, you're stronger, wiser, and no longer willing to put up with nonsense. Walking away isn’t about giving up; it’s about knowing your worth and refusing to settle for less. So, take that stride with confidence because every step away from what doesn’t serve you is a step toward something better. Congrats, you've unlocked a new level of self-respect!”
“You know you’ve lost your simplicity when you’ve found your busy-ness.”
Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality
“You know you’ve moved on when you find other people beautiful.
when you don’t avert your eyes but keep them steady
or when you stay the night, the last one at the party,
and you don’t feel sorry. or empty. or guilty
because whatever, where are you going anyway?”
Source: He loved me some days. I'm sure he did: 99 essays on growth through loss
“You know you’ve moved on when you find other people beautiful.
when you don’t avert your eyes but keep them steady
or when you stay the night, the last one at the party,
and you don’t feel sorry. or empty. or guilty
because whatever, where are you going anyway?
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i used to sit here, in this same pub in this same city
7 years ago, writing another book,
like i am now
again
and i wrote myself out of heartbreak with that book
like i am now
i guess.
in some ways maybe i’ve written myself into heartbreak this time but i’m coming out of it.
at least i find other people beautiful again. they make me smile. maybe more than i have before and i have a good feeling about things.
You know you’ve moved on when you find other people beautiful.”
Source: He loved me some days. I'm sure he did: 99 essays on growth through loss
“You know, you've never really cared about anyone," he said. "But someday you will, and it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt a lot.”
Source: Secret Vampire
“You know you’ve officially hit a midlife crisis when you finally start feeling like you have your life together and your body starts falling apart!”
“You know you've reached a very sad place when the only person who can make you laugh is yourself.”
Source: The Last Star
“You know you’ve reached the end of a relationship: when your lover now demands that your jokes be funny before they laugh.”
“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”
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“You know, you’ve set a really bad precedent for first dates,” I said. “How is anyone ever going to top this?”
I turned to him for the first time. He was watching me, not the scenery. “I brought you here because I wanted to see the look on your face when you saw this place.” He smiled, and my heart flipped over. “It was worth the trip.”
Source: My Double Life
“You know you wanna do your career, but at the same time, it could end any day and there are so many things in this industry that are stupid and vain, like photo shoots every day. I have always a struggle with that.”
“You know you were with the lessers, true?" Butch lifted one of his busted-up hands. "And here I thought I'd been to Elizabeth Arden.”
Source: Lover Revealed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood
“You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.”
“You know you're a hot mess when the only person buying you drinks all night is yourself.”
Source: Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea