Thing Quotes

36662 Thing quotes by 13492 unique authors

The subtle generational cues that make one thing cool and another uncool aren't always obvious to a parent. My children are my dinner-table sounding board.… — Nolan Bushnell
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation. — Samuel Butler
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God. — Samuel Butler
A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how… — Samuel Butler
When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. — Samuel Butler
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come. — Samuel Butler
To drive an F1 car you have to be a little mad. On the morning of a race there's a mix of excitement and fear.… — Jenson Button
I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from Venus and a hermaphrodite. — A. S. Byatt
One's family is the most important thing in life. I look at it this way: One of these days I'll be over in a hospital… — Robert Byrd
That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. — David Byrne
I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such… — David Byrne
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. — David Byrne
I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that… — David Byrne
Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does… — Buzz Aldrin
There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave… — Lord Byron
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. — Lord Byron
What a strange thing man is; and what a stranger thing woman. — Lord Byron
It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging.… — James Caan
I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest. — James Caan
The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever. — Herb Caen
A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it… — Herb Caen
In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed. — Sid Caesar
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try… — John Cage

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