Y Quotes
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“You know you've been around when they start to remake your own movies when you're still alive.”
“You know you've been in flow when time seems to have disappeared.”
“You know you've checked into Heartbreak Hotel for real when you feel less desirable than uncooked fish.”
Source: Bergdorf Blondes: A Novel
“You know you've completely descended into madness when the matter of shampoo has ascended to philosophical heights.”
Source: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America
“You know you've got it, if it makes you feel good.”
“You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of is your dad. And how he thinks you're not pretty.”
“You know you've got to exercise your brain just like your muscles.”
“You know you've had too much to eat for Christmas dinner when you slump down onto a beanbag and realize... there is no beanbag.”
“You know you've made it when you can dye your hair blue.”
“You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.”
“You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.”
Source: Assassination Vacation
“You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution”
“You know you've reached middle age when you're cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.”
“You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.”
“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”
“You know your flaws, don't hide them. Embrace them.”
“You know your full story so you are the best judge for yourself.”
Source: Seeds Before Sunshine: A Book to Live
“You know your getting older when you lay in bed til 10am and think to yourself god I just wasted half the day.”
“You know your girlfriend is too young when she'll do everything in bed but go upside down because it's too scary.”
“You know your girls up to no good when her and her friends make a pact to post nothing on Instagram.”
“You know your goals and what you need to do to get better-just eliminate the bad plays.”
“You know, your grandmother once told me something that the Native Americans say about dogs with different-colored eyes: they are extraordinary, for they have the ability to look upon both heaven and hell.”
Source: TITLE 13: A Novel
“You know your gut instincts are spot on about a person when you can also detect a water source in the soil beneath them.”
“You know your husband truly loves you when he calls you, "Money, I'm home!”
Source: Better to be able to love than to be loveable
“You know your inside, and you know the others' outside: that creates jealousy. They know your outside, and they know their inside: that creates jealousy. Nobody else knows your inside. There you know you are nothing, worthless. And the others on the outside look so smiling. Their smiles may be phony, but how can you know that they are phony? Maybe their hearts are also smiling. You know your smile is phony, because your heart is not smiling at all, it may be crying and weeping.”
“You know your Lamborghini is on fire, right?”
Source: Airhead Book 3: Runaway
“You know your life is over when you own a lawnmower.”
“You know your marriage is in trouble when your wife would rather listen to a cackling drug lord than accept your apology.”
Source: Troll Or Derby
“You know your mind is renewed when the impossible looks logical.”
Source: Face to Face with God
“You know your path, child, now follow it.”
“You know your poop is heading in the right direction when you are clean wiping!”
“You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves.”
Source: Paper Towns
“You know your real nature [to be divine]. You are the king and play you are a beggar. . . . It is all fun. Know it and play. That is all there is to it. Then practice it. The whole universe is a vast play.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“You know your talent. You know if you work hard, your hard work is going to pay off one day.”
“You know your the best when people you don't know hate you.”
“You know your treatment is heading in the right direction when health conditions you have had for years miraculously disappear.”
Source: Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue
“You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.' For the man who has once stooped to consider such questions, and to reckon up the value of external things, is not far from forgetting what manner of man he is.”
Source: The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
“You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.'”
“You know you’re permanent, right?”
Source: Reckless
“You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.”
“You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.”
“You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. "'My God, my God — ' I said to myself, 'It's the Children's Crusade.”
“You know" - Hale's breath was warm against Kat's ear in the chilly ballroom- "I don't know that both of us really have to be here...." The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with baited breath, the boy beside Kat whispered, "I could go make some calls... check on some things..." "Play some blackjack?" "Well, when in Rome..." "Rome is tomorrow, babe," Kat reminded him. He nodded. "Right.”
“You know, "Moonlight" deserves best picture [on Oscar]. What I mean by tarnished is the moment - being able to be in front of all your peers and being able to thank everyone involved and particularly when it's a movie that has some pivotal social relevance, like "Moonlight," particularly in a time where, with this new transitional government, LGBT rights are just being stripped. This win means something.”
“You know, 'Peepshow,' in retrospect that seems like a good fit for me, but in the beginning, I'm sure you remember, nobody was sure if the show was going to last. Everybody was like, 'What are you doing? You can't sing, and you can't dance. What are you doing in this show?”
“You know, 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely'? It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the atom was split, except the way we think. We have to think anew.”
“You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons.”
“You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old.”
“You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.”
“You know, 10 years ago I never thought I'd be in this position. It's a dream and I don't even know if I dreamed this big.”