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How Quotes

The questions behind every choice.

This set of how quotes covers a range of specific curiosities, from wondering how an R rating limits a film's audience to asking how a franchise could work without its signature character. Several reflect on the practical 'how' behind creative decisions rather than abstract philosophy. Related reflections continue in our About quotes.

I learned a lot about self-reinvention. How you can be born Milton Sternberg in the Bronx and then become Monroe Stahr in Hollywood.

Quotes by Matt Bomer

What we read, how we read, and why we read change how we think.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

We are not only what we read. We are how we read.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

We need to discern what it is that requires reflection in our lives and in what we read and how we read it.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

I've never even posed for FHM, so that tells you how bad it is.

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft

How can you be organized when you're in Times Square?

Quotes by Mary-Kate Olsen

In college, you learn how to learn. Four years is not too much time to spend at that.

Quotes by Mary Oliver

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray.

Quotes by Mary Oliver

I love to read, and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have.

Quotes by Mary Mouser

I love to read and I love to write. I love to read. You have no idea how many books I have. I love to sing.

Quotes by Mary Mouser

I never stopped dreaming of how to create a wearable to communicate with our thoughts, how to do this at consumer electronics pricing.

Quotes by Mary Lou Jepsen

I figured out how to put basically the functionality of an M.R.I. machine - a multimillion-dollar M.R.I. machine - into a wearable in the form of a ski hat.

Quotes by Mary Lou Jepsen

People would be surprised to know how much I learned about prayer from playing poker.

Quotes by Mary Hunter Austin

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

Quotes by Mary J. Blige

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.

Quotes by Mary Garden

My grandmother made her home at Fox How under the shelter of the fells, with her four daughters, the youngest of whom was only eight when their father died.

Quotes by Mary Augusta Ward

How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century!

Quotes by Mary Augusta Ward

I never think that any writer can teach someone how to write.

Quotes by Mary Balogh

Lyft is focused on the customer - the driver - as GM is. I've talked many times about our goal being, 'How we can put the customer at the center of what we do so we earn customers for life?'...

Quotes by Mary Barra

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "How" quotes explore?
These quotes use "how" to ask real questions — how a rating can limit who sees a film, how fame changes your privacy, and how certain characters feel inseparable from their franchise. For more everyday reflections, see the Always quotes page.
Is there a quote about film ratings?
Yes, one quote reflects on not realizing "how limiting an R rating is," describing a film made as a cautionary tale for young teenagers who ended up not being allowed to see it. For more film-related reflections, see the About quotes page.
Is there a quote about fame and privacy?
Yes — one quote asks directly, "How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy?" It's a candid look at what fame actually costs. For related thoughts, see the Just quotes page.
Is there a quote about movies and their iconic characters?
Yes, one quote asks, "How can you have 'Scream' without Ghostface?" and adds, "It's like 'Friday the 13th' without Jason." It's a fun observation about how tied certain characters are to their films.
Is there a quote about disliking a classic author?
Yes, one quote recalls reading Jane Austen in college and telling "everyone how much I disliked it," including a rough experience with 'Northanger Abbey.' For more on personal opinions like this, see the Know quotes page.

Others ask how someone adjusts to losing their privacy after becoming known, tying the question of 'how' to real personal change. See also Just quotes and Know quotes.