Turns Quotes
7697 Turns quotes by 4468 unique authors
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When the idea came up, (Newman's Own) I said, "Are you crazy? Stick my face on the label of salad dressing?" And then, of course,…
— Paul Newman
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He spoke wistfully of a sudden leaving, a breaking of old ties, a flight into a strange world, ending in this dreary valley, and Ettie…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they…
— Randall Munroe
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Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance…
— George Santayana
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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes…
— Anna Quindlen
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Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich…
— P T Barnum
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I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the most appropriate to…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his is the job…
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to…
— Tony Bennett
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I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't…
— Charlton Heston
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Very well, then, where do we arrive? Where do we arrive with our respect, our homage, our filial affection? At Adam! At Adam, every time.…
— Mark Twain
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Sometimes you have tons of money, and still you are miserable, you are not satisfied. The bow of gratitude and arrow of mercy will give…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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Any object of desire is bound to bring frustration. Any expectation is bound to turn into frustration. Expectation is the beginning of frustration, the very…
— Rajneesh
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Desire means you are dragged out of the moment; that creates a tension, that creates anxiety, that creates hope. And then finally hope turns sour,…
— Rajneesh
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Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The abundance of a grateful heart gives honor to God even if it does not turn to Him in words. An unbeliever who is filled…
— Paul Tillich
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Never do anything for another with the expectation of gratitude. The expectation itself turns the gift into an exchange and suggests a debt is owed…
— Michael Josephson
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One problem with gratitude is that it competes with the sense of pride, self-reliance and accomplishment we have. We want to think what we have…
— Michael Josephson
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Turn your love into promises, that when you doubt your love, you may simply ask, "Am I keeping my promises?"
— Robert Breault
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One day you will disappear on a funeral pyre - just into nothingness, as smoke. Don't get attached to anything. This attachment takes you away…
— Rajneesh
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True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction…
— Julia Hill
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So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.
— George Carlin
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All the great artists of the world slowly slowly start growing a quality of feminineness, grace, elegance, exquisiteness. A certain flavor of softness, relaxedness, calmness…
— Rajneesh
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Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because…
— Olive Schreiner
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Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.
— Logan Pearsall Smith
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