Turns Quotes · Page 153

I've learned what it truly means to be Canadian and in turn I've been inspired to make a difference in the world,…

— Clara Hughes

I call 'crystallization' that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.

— Stendhal

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature…

— C. S. Lewis

And to turn it into rap wasn't too difficult besides just rhymin' the last words of each line.

— Slick Rick

Come, my pretender, my fritter, my bubbler, my chicken biddy! Oh succulent one, it is but one turn in the road and…

— Anne Sexton

A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something brussel sprouts…

— P. J. O'Rourke

We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.

— Marya Hornbacher

I keep it real even when someone turns there back on me cause there ain't no fakeness in my blood ..

— Raul Vasquez

We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We,…

— Richard Dawkins

I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other is communism, and…

— Marina Abramovic

Now, God be thanked Who has matched us with His hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping, With hand…

— Rupert Brooke

If you didn't know what you were trying to do, [Robert von Neumann] wouldn't say a word. He would just turn and…

— Warren MacKenzie

Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the…

— Shoshin Nagamine

[Donald] Trump's campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1,409 staffers in 16 states. So, nearly for the one,…

— Chris Hayes

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and…

— Alan King

The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion in the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to…

— Michelle Alexander

When liberal celebs stammer out a litany of shopworn bleats about the administration's attempt to turn America into a theocratic prison state,…

— James Lileks

I think we've got to look at corporate law. Back in the day when I studied it, there were different constituencies that…

— Hillary Clinton

Nietzsche's vision of the superman is of someone who's able to control and tame his passions and turn them into something richer…

— Pankaj Mishra

I wonder how it turns out that we all lead such different lives. Take you and your sister, for example. You're born…

— Haruki Murakami

I'm not the kind of person that's so self-confident that I would ever think I had recorded anything great. I know that…

— Jim James

For readers worldwide, the attraction of romance novels seems to be that they provide hope, strength, and the assurance that happy endings…

— Leigh Michaels

I would love to have a more earnest prayer life! In my life, prayer is the single most difficult discipline. I love…

— Max Lucado

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or…

— Peter Billingsley

Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things I won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a…

— LeBron James

Turn your 'problems' into 'challenges' and you will suddenly see results in a more positive light.

— Marshall Sylver

I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a…

— Cary Grant

Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives.

— Eric Maisel

It turns out that unexplained positivity lasts longer than positivity we analyze until we fully understand it.

— Barbara Fredrickson

And suddenly it didn't seem to matter any more, nothing would matter if she could turn over, turn over and see the…

— Stephen King

Literary people are forever judging the quality of the mind by the turn of expression.

— Frank Moore Colby

I still have my quickness, but I turn it on and off. I don't want to fail in anything I do and…

— Kenny Anderson

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.

— Sara Shepard

The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.

— Abraham Verghese

I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life.

— Amy Poehler

It is easy to turn a scooter, but not a train with 40 bogeys. This is such a big country, changes are…

— Narendra Modi

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

— Anonymous

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common…

— Haile Selassie

Most rappers taste level ain't at my waist level. Turn up the bass 'til it's up in your face level.

— Kanye West