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Mine Quotes

Most Famous Mine Quotes of All Time!

Ownership runs through these mine quotes in very different contexts, one voice firmly denies taking money that wasn't rightfully theirs, while another claims full credit for a story and its characters. Read more Friend quotes on trust and honesty.

Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.

Quotes by Lela Loren

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

Quotes by Lee DeWyze

Naturally, I mine my girlfriends' lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.

Quotes by Lauren Weisberger

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

Quotes by Laurence Fishburne

Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.

Quotes by Laura Harrier

I have opinions, sure, but they're mine, not something I'm going to insist everyone else take as any kind of gospel.

Quotes by Laura Anne Gilman

I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.

Quotes by Laura Dekker

I hoped that I would be a lead in my career; of course that was a hope of mine. But I never thought I would be so lucky to be the lead of a romcom. Simply because I don't get...

Quotes by Lana Condor

It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.

Quotes by Laila Robins

Each of us has our own destiny. Mine is to be an actor.

Quotes by Kumar Pallana

You have your ideology and I have mine.

Khalil Gibran

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

Quotes by Kenzaburo Oe

Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine.

Quotes by Kenneth More

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

Quotes by Kenneth G. Wilson

Mine wasn't a lakes-and-boats kind of childhood. I grew up on a Glasgow council estate with a single mother. For our holidays, we went to Grandma and Grandad's caravan near Aberfoyle.

Quotes by Kelly Macdonald

I'm slow by everybody's standards. But not by mine.

Quotes by Katherine Dunn

I've learned over and over that life happens on its own terms, not mine.

Quotes by Kate Walsh

If something is mine, then I want to keep it.

Quotes by Katarina Johnson-Thompson

If I hung one of my paintings next to someone else's, I knew mine would kind of pop off the wall.

Quotes by Julian Schnabel

My characters are all made up of pieces of people I have known, their backstories pieces of mine.

Quotes by Julia London

Frequently Asked Questions

What different senses of "mine" appear in this collection?
It covers ownership of money, creative ownership of a story, and personal pride in one's own children, showing how the same small word can mark very different kinds of claims.
Is there a quote defending someone against an accusation?
Yes -- one speaker flatly denies taking government money that wasn't theirs, using "mine" to draw a clear line around what they're responsible for.
What does the quote about "Girl Online" claim?
It asserts creative authorship, with the speaker stating plainly that the story and its characters are their own work.
Is there a quote about family pride?
Yes -- one speaker jokes about needing to make the most of their features because their kids are cute enough to outshine them, a warm, self-deprecating kind of pride.
How could these quotes be used day to day?
They fit moments of asserting ownership over your own work or story, whether that's chasing a Dream you've Always claimed as yours, or bragging a little to a Friend about something -- or someone -- that's truly yours.

Others speak proudly of a first solo project made without a usual demo stage, and of featuring their own children in creative work. See Dream and Been quotes too.