Turns Quotes

7697 Turns quotes by 4468 unique authors

Like running the hurdles. Work so hard, jump over every one, fast, high enough but no higher, because you can't afford to hang in the… — Orson Scott Card
The crossing of space ... may do much to turn men's minds outwards and away from their present tribal squabbles. In this sense, the rocket,… — Arthur C. Clarke
That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things,… — Frederick Jackson Turner
A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking. — Wayne Gretzky
I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light. — Woody Allen
The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them… — Ray LaMontagne
The longer I live here, the better satisfied I am in having pitched my earthly camp-fire, gypsylike, on the edge of a town, keeping it… — James Lane Allen
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. — Ida B. Wells
The wheel turns and turns and turns: it never stops and stands still. — Anita Desai
It will seem as if you were making the visions banal — but then you need to do that — then you are freed from… — Carl Jung
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn… — Carl Rogers
We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot… — Viktor E. Frankl
What people think, believe, and feel affects how they behave. The natural and extrinsic effects of their actions, in turn, partly determine their thought patterns… — Albert Bandura
Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing… — William James
Failure, then, failure! so the world stamps us at every turn. We strew it with our blunders, our misdeeds, our lost opportunities, with all the… — William James
As for slavery, there is no need for me to speak of its bad aspects. The only thing requiring explanation is the good side of… — Karl Marx
We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror. — Karl Marx
Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday Jew. ... What is the worldly religion… — Karl Marx
The human condition comprehends more than the condition under which life has been given to man. Men are conditioned beings because everything they come in… — Hannah Arendt
It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred. — Euripides
Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman's bottom? That's right, we all thought it was hilarious. But, it… — Homer
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. — Unknown Author
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour.… — Hannibal
When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music. — George H. W. Bush
If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them. — Mohammad Khatami

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