Turns Quotes

7697 Turns quotes by 4468 unique authors

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise. — Samuel Johnson
Free is not an alternative. My company did not turn a profit last year. — Howard Stringer
Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To… — Paulo Freire
Still...you turn me on — Greg Lake
Through small apertures we glimpse abysses whose somber depths turn us faint .... Yet over the whole there hovers an extraordinary tenderness. — Gustave Flaubert
Often nothing keeps the pupil on the move but his faith in his teacher, whose mastery is now beginning to dawn on him .... How… — Eugen Herrigel
I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn… — Philip Roth
If you succeed not, cast not away the quills yet, nor scratch the wainscot, beat not the poor desk, but bring all to the forge… — Ben Jonson
...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a… — Anne Lamott
I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're… — William Stafford
They believe that if they do get published, a wonderful new life is in store. It will turn out that deep down they are really… — Anne Lamott
If you feel yourself to be a full member in the world, you probably won't turn to writing, because other methods of communication, more direct… — Margot Livesey
You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.… — Anne Lamott
The only thing I can say that is not bullshit is that you do have to learn to write in a way that you would… — Unknown Author
The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of… — Angelo Patri
The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century. — Unknown Author
Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you… — Neale Donald Walsch
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going… — Ulysses S. Grant
All the time. A few months ago I came really close to losing it, I was getting really paranoid. And then I started a new… — Robert Pattinson
I'm curious to see what happens in England because in all this madness I think I can always go home to England and it'll all… — Robert Pattinson
Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn." — Nancy Reagan
When I wake up in the morning and I turn that film on, it's like reading a book and it's exciting. I don't read books,… — Les Miles
The man who can face vilification and disgrace, who can stand up against the popular current, even against his friends and his country when he… — Alexander Berkman
In a nutshell, this United Nations non-profit organization [World Food Programme] feeds millions of starving children at schools in third world countries as an incentive… — Sheryl Crow
We remember the surge and we remember the Awakening -- when the abyss of chaos turned toward the promise of reconciliation. By battling and building… — Barack Obama

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