Turns Quotes

7697 Turns quotes by 4468 unique authors

Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once it… — Christopher Hitchens
I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and somehow turns into… — Janet Evanovich
It's as simple as finding something on the street and then writing a jingle. If I'm driving and I have my turn signal on and… — Nate Ruess
For me songwriting is very...it's almost like an accident. 'Oh I accidentally wrote about that.' I sit down with the urge to write a song… — Unknown Author
We suffered for our music. Now, it's your turn. — Sam Bush
I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single… — David Massengill
I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I… — James Taylor
You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that. — Peter Shilton
What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform. — John Eliot
Hence, viper thoughts, that coil around my mind,Reality's dark dream!I turn from you, and listen to the wind,Which long has raved unnoticed. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Let us never stop being vigilant about the Oys which face us. But let us never turn them into our raison d'etre. Let us also… — Deborah Lipstadt
I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn… — Rodney Atkins
One of the most obvious results of having a baby around the house is to turn two good people into complete idiots who probably wouldn't… — Georges Courteline
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life… — Samuel Johnson
It is impossible not to envy the man who can dismiss reason, although we know how it must turn out at last. — Charles Sanders Peirce
More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to the margins of… — Michelle Alexander
About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300 miles per hour.… — Deke Slayton
The Equal Rights Amendment would "turn holy wedlock into holy deadlock." — William Rehnquist
Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease… — R. Buckminster Fuller
The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of… — Lewis Mumford
Here in the deep powder snow you don't hear yourself ski. You don't hear your long turns or your short turns. You just float. The… — Unknown Author
If you invent two or three people and turn them loose in your manuscript, something is bound to happen to them -- you can't help… — Mark Twain
Turn off your cell phone. Honestly, if you want to get work done, you’ve got to learn to unplug. No texting, no email, no Facebook,… — Nathan Englander
Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that… — Yasmina Khadra
Having a financial adviser enables the investor to carry a psychological call option. If the investment decision turns out well, the investor takes the credit,… — Unknown Author

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