Logo - Feel The Words

Stop Quotes

On silence, schedules, and knowing when to stop.

This theme covers stopping in several senses - going quiet mid-conversation, and the fixed start and stop dates that bookend a film production. For more on quiet reflection, see Being.

It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.

Quotes by Victoria Jackson

We've got to stop pandering and start leading.

Quotes by Victor Mitchell

I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weakness.

Quotes by Victor Mitchell

We must put together countries that produce drugs, countries that traffic, and countries that consume, and through this multilateral effort really stop the growing of crime.

Quotes by Vicente Fox

The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.

Quotes by Vera Farmiga

I knew that we were clicking when mimics started kidding my voice, I'll know that I'm on the way out when they stop doing their imitations.

Quotes by Vaughn Monroe

I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.

Quotes by Vanessa Carlton

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

Quotes by Vanessa Kerry

If someone gets into the Super Bowl, should they stop trying to get back into the Super Bowl? You gotta be kidding me.

Quotes by Urijah Faber

I want to stop transforming and just start being.

Quotes by Ursula Burns

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

I was a second-division B player, and I've had to work very hard. I tell the players, 'The moment we stop working hard on this, as soon as we stop dedicating hours to this, we'll fall.'

Quotes by Unai Emery

In my career, I do not stop for news when it's not true.

Quotes by Unai Emery

When I am full, I stop eating.

Quotes by Tyra Banks

We must stop arming terrorists.

Quotes by Tulsi Gabbard

The world's industry must gain incentives to stop polluting and to invest in clean technologies.

Quotes by Tulsi Tanti

Thanksgiving is really a holiday that allows us all, if only for a day, to stop what we're doing and consider the wonderful people in our lives and the opportunities we have, and have had.

Quotes by Trish Regan

I know I can get to the stage where I'm drinking a lot. I tend to be rotten and groggy all day and hanging out for the next drink and five o'clock, ping! I have to just stop.

Quotes by Trisha Goddard

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.

Quotes by Trick Daddy

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had...

Quotes by Trevor Nunn

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "stop" show up in these quotes?
These quotes use "stop" in several ways — stopping a conversation, marking a stop date for a job, stopping people from leaving, and stopping a threat.
Is there a quote about the power of staying silent?
Yes — one quote states, "Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion," suggesting that silence can leave you left out of a conversation.
Is there a quote about jobs having a defined start and stop point?
There is. One line simply notes that in the movie business, "you have a start date and a stop date."
Is there a quote about stopping people from leaving a place?
Yes — one quote references "a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada," describing a debate over people leaving. For related lines, see our Doing quotes.
Is there a quote about stopping a threat?
Yes. One quote states its position plainly: "To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun." It's presented here as that speaker's own view. You can browse more on our Being, Like, or Me quotes pages.

A few quotes here also gesture at bigger real-world debates people wish would simply stop, without settling any of them. Related reading: Doing and Like.