Z Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Z. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Zonder ‘wij’ geen phrasen en geen sonnetten. Zonder ‘wij’ geen oorlogen en geen apostelen. Bij ‘wij’ bestaat de wereld en door ‘wij’ wil zij voortdurend vergaan.”
Source: Het Carnaval Der Burgers
“Zonlicht was voor hem geen directe levensbehoefte. Hij was als mos: hij had slechts een paar lichtstraaltjes nodig en een plek om zich aan vast te klampen.”
Source: Maanscherf
“Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.”
“Zoo is a real hell created by the devilish human mind and ignorantly supported by the zoo visitors!”
“Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.”
“Zoo-Wee Mama!”
“Zoo zijn wij. Als wij er één liefhebben of haten, omdat ze ons teleurstelde, wat hetzelfde is, dan denken we dat die ééne vrouw de vrouw, en de wereld is. Het heelal.”
Source: De oceaanvlucht: modern spel van lucht en oceanen in vier bedrijven
“Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.”
“Zoocentrism is the primary fallacy of human sociobiology, for this view of human behavior rests on the argument that if the actions of "lower" animals with simple nervous systems arise as genetic products of natural selection, then human behavior should have a similar basis.”
“Zoodra een verliefd mensch naar een maan kijkt wordt die rooder en grooter en mooier, dat is een algemeen bekend natuurverschijnsel.”
Source: De oceaanvlucht: modern spel van lucht en oceanen in vier bedrijven
“Zooey said... It would be very nice to come home and be in the wrong house. To eat dinner with the wrong people by mistake, sleep in the wrong bed by mistake, and kiss everybody good-bye in the morning thinking they were your own family.”
“Zoolander was more of my own sensibility.”
“Zoological taxonomists in general are inclined to be practical workers rather than philosophers, if only because they face such an unending task that they are not encouraged to sit back and philosophize.”
“Zoologists have reckoned there are up to at least 750 species of animal that have been observed exhibiting same-sex behaviour, or gender role transformation (which is very common in a wide range of fauna). There is only one species on earth, however, which has exhibited homophobia or transphobia. And that is the species homo sapiens sapiens. Us. So let's not allow the foolish, ignorant or bigoted ever to use words like "natural."”
“Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure, impersonal, delicately poised feline who minds his business and never slobbers.”
Source: Selected Letters 1934-1937
“Zoology becomes a potent science when it promotes conservation that upholds each species' right to exist.”
“Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating.”
“Zoology, eh? That's a big word, isn't it." "No, actually it isn't," said Tiffany. "Patronizing is a big word. Zoology is really quite short.”
Source: The Wee Free Men: (Discworld Novel 30)
“ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us.”
Source: Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, and Memoirs
“Zooming in, zooming out. I was shocked. I said, "Let's erase this right now, put the camera behind the stage and I'll do the performance just for the camera." He set up everything and I told him to go outside and smoke a cigarette. Come back when I finish. Don't touch the camera. This was the way how I've done most everything after that.”
“Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment.”
“Zoonotics seem to be in the hews for one or another reason of late.
From coronavirus (covid-19), bird flu (H5N1) and now monkeypox.
Scientists say that there are no connections between them, yet bird flu turned up in coronavirus hotspots around the globe.
Monkeypox attacks the same areas as covid.
Coincidence?
I don't think so.
It's time that we looked more closely at how these zoonotics work and why they share a penchant for the same human body areas.
There may be no connection, but what if there is.
It's like yesterday and tomorrow. They are both separate, but they are connected by a thing called, today.
We should look at what is their food source. That is, the proteins in our bodies that they feed off. We should also map out the areas to see where they overlap.
With monkeypox we should also look at what vaccines were administered just in case there is a connection there as well.
I know that there is a connection there somewhere. All we have to do is look at what may be possible.”
“Zoonotics seem to be in the news for one reason or another of late.
From coronavirus (covid-19), bird flu (H5N1) and now monkeypox.
So called scientists say there is no connection.
Yet, the bird flu followed covid 19 hotspots.
Monkpox shows snd attacks some of the same human areas as covid-19 does.
Coincidence?
I don't think so.
It's time that we looked more closely at how these zoonotics may interact and why yet share a passion for the same areas of human sickness.
Sure. there may be no connection, but what if there is?
Yesterday and tomorrow have a connection to today. It's the same thing.
We need to look at the areas that these zoonotics attack. What they protein source (food) is. Where they have been predominately found and how would the map overlay plot their outbreaks.
The connection is there.
We just need to look.”
“Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.”
“Zoos are one of the worst crimes of the humanity!”
“Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.”
“Zor açılan bir kilit ve kırılacak kadar narin bir anahtar! Anahtarı kırarsan kapının açılması iyice zora girer! Bazı sorunlar incelik ister, zaman ister, beceri ister ve böyle sorunlarla karşılaştığında kabalıktan, acelecilikten ve beceriksizlikten uzak dur, evet, bazı sorunlar kesinlikle onlarla başa çıkmak için sanat gerektirir!”
“Zor bir hayat yalnızca daha zorlu biri tarafından yenilgiye uğratılabilir!”
“Zor bir hayata sahip olduklarını düşünüp yaşamlarından sürekli şikâyet edenler, gerçekten çok zor hayatı olanları görünce ne düşünmeliler? Bence sadece utanmalılar!”
“Zor bir yolculuk için güçlü bir ışığa mı ihtiyacın var? Güneş gibi bir ışığa? O halde bilgece bir düşünüşe ihtiyacın var!”
“Zor bir yoldan vazgeçmek, bu zorlukların üstesinden gelinerek kazanılacak şan ve şereften vazgeçmek demektir!”
“Zor durumda olan insanlara yardım eden insanların bazıları, bunu iyi bir insan oldukları için değil, kendi mutsuzluklarını başkalarının mutsuzluğunda unutmak için yaparlar!”
“Zor günler geçirirken merhameti keşfetmiş ve hayatının geri kalanını başkalarına merhamet dağıtarak yaşamaya adamış insanları böyle tanımlıyordu. Gerçek insanlar. Başkalarının da gerçek olacağı ümidini taşıyan insanlar.”
“Zor olanı yap; böylece gerçekten gurur duyabileceğin bir şeyin olur!”
“Zor yollar çelikten irade gerektirir!”
“Zor yollarda seyahat ettiğini iddia eden ispat için ayakkabılarını göstersin!”
“Zor zamanda sıradan bi' insan merak eder, ailemi nasıl kurtaracağım; siyasi bir hayvan merak eder, kendimi nasıl kurtaracağım; ama inatçı bir insancıl beyan eder, pes etmek yok, dünyayı kurtarmalı!”
Source: Yabancı Yarim: Sessizliği Dinle, Kâinati Duyacaksın
“Zor zamanlarda kahraman denilen kişilere barış zamanında sadece çok insan öldüren katiller gözüyle bakılır.”
Source: Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 16
“Zor zamanlarda çok değerli bir şey öğreniriz: Evrenin yumruğu bize her yerde her zaman vurabilir; evren sana saldırmadan önce hazırlıklarını yap! Bu evrende, evrenin düşüncelerini ve aksiyonlarını önceden tahmin edenler sağ kalır!”
“Zora,” George Thomas informed me, “you come to de right place if lies is what you want. Ah’m gointer lie up a nation.”
Charlie Jones said, “Yeah, man. Me and my sworn buddy Gene Brazzle is here. Big Moose done come down from de mountain.”
“Now, you gointer hear lies above suspicion,” Gene added.”
Source: Mules and Men
“Zora Neale Hurston said fear is the greatest emotion and I said, 'No my dear sister.' Fear will make us move to save our own skins. Love also makes us save ourselves, but it will make us move to save others as well.”
“Zora, why do you think dese li'l slim women was put on earth?"
"Couldn't tell you to save my life."
"Well, dese slim ones was put here to beautify de world."
"De big ones, musta been put here for de same reason."
"Ah, naw, Zora. Ah don't agree wid you there."
"Well then, what was they put here for?"
"To show dese slim girls how far they kin stretch without bustin'.”
Source: Mules and Men
“Zorba is beautiful, but something is missing. The earth is his, but the heaven is missing. He is earthly, rooted, like a giant cedar, but he has no wings. He cannot fly into the sky. He has roots but no wings.”
“Zorg voor mooi webdesign in combinatie met een goed functioneel ontwerp.”
Source: Webdesign van concept tot realisatie
“Zorlu bir hedefin varsa şanslısın çünkü bu durum zihnini canlı tutacaktır ve zihnin canlı olduğunda bedenin de canlı olacaktır!”
“Zorluk, kolaylıktan daha çok şey öğretir; karanlık bir yol, aydınlık bir yoldan daha fazla şey öğretir! Ve bize hiçbir şey öğretmeyen yol yoktur, sadece hiçbir şey öğrenemeyen insanlar vardır!”
“Zorluktan asla kaçma, ama zorluk sınırlarının da ötesindeki zorluklara da kendini zorlama!”
“Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.”
“Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can enlist on the side of good by prospering, making money and using our wealth to help others.”
“Zoroastrianism? Oh, there’s never been but a few hundred thousand of them at any one time, mostly located in Ira n and India, butthat’s it. The one true faith. If you’re not a Zoroastrian, I’m afraid you are bound for Hell.”
The man looked stunned and shocked. “It’s not fair.”
The demon gave a mirthful laugh. “Well, it was fair when you were sending all the Chinese to Hell who had never heard of Jesus. Wasn’t it? And what a cruel and vicious Hell it was. And your Hell was not our short little correct-you-a-little Hell. This was eternal damnation. At least in the true Zoroastrianism system you eventually get out of Hell. Do you have any idea how long eternity is? My heavens, what an imagination you humans have. What kind of God would leave you burning forever? Most of you wouldn’t do that to a neighbor’s dog, even if it barked incessantly at two a.m. every morning. After about ten minutes watching a dog suffer in the kind of Hell you imagined God was going send his wicked children to, you would be pleading for the damned beast’s mercy. It’s crazy. Create a few beings; those that don’t obey you roast forever? Give me a break.”
Source: A Short Stay in Hell