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Together Quotes

What holds people together, and what doesn't.

This collection uses "together" for both diplomacy and craft — a call for Europe and America to act in unity, and a filmmaker's honest surprise at how a production ever comes together at all. For enduring bonds, see Bond quotes.

That's really what my work is all about - bringing kids together.

Quotes by Ruby Bridges

Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter...

Quotes by Ruby Dee

I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction. I always feel if you're having a good time in the studio it actually comes across...

Quotes by Roy Wood

My parents were very, very close; they pretty much grew up together. They were born in 1912. They were each other's only boyfriend and girlfriend. They were - to use a contemporary term I hate - co-dependent, and they had...

Quotes by Roz Chast

The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.

Quotes by Roy Jenkins

There's a difference between business acquaintances and friends. I consider a friend any time we eat together at the same restaurant, or he's eaten at my house, or I've eaten at his house.

Quotes by Roy Nelson

I got my group together when I was about thirteen. We had a local radio show, and then we started touring for the principal of the high school - he was in the Lions Club, and so we were the...

Quotes by Roy Orbison

In tech-land, no one cares what kind of car you drive, and frankly, they're not going to find out anyway. You're not going to go to lunch together, because you're going to be sitting in your cube with a brown...

Quotes by Roy Price

Whether you're managing the finances for a household of one, a business of a thousand, or a government of several hundred million, there's no more important statement of fiscal intent you can make than putting together a responsible budget -...

Quotes by Roy Blunt

Putting together a sustainable budget requires that we all work together, that we focus our scarce resources on key priorities, and that we strengthen our capacity to deliver the best product we can for the American people. And that takes...

Quotes by Roy Blunt

I'd just like to prove to myself that I'm all here and all together and can get the best out of myself. I'd also like to prove that to a couple of other people.

Quotes by Roy Harper

If humanity was still in the feral state, we wouldn't have any need for these huge conurbations that we have now, that have turned us into a different bunch all together. In the feral state we would be much more...

Quotes by Roy Harper

In cities, people go to work and all walk there together, like some arterial flow. And there's a certain desolation about it, an alienation that we all experience.

Quotes by Roy Harper

By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our whole state.

Quotes by Roy Barnes

The real estate business was something Dad and I could do together.

Quotes by Ross Perot, Jr.

I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.

Quotes by Ross Mathews

You've probably been asked to care about things like HIV/AIDS or T.B. or measles, but diarrhea kills more children than all those three things put together. It's a very potent weapon of mass destruction.

Quotes by Rose George

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

Quotes by Rose McGowan

So we must stand together to resist, for we will get what we can take - just that and no more.

Quotes by Rose Schneiderman

Many politicians, celebrities, businessmen and women, and community leaders now are open about their struggles with mental illnesses, something almost unheard of when I began. Together, we are spreading the word that mental health affects all of us and deserves...

Quotes by Rosalynn Carter

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "together" mean across these quotes?
A range of things - international unity between Europe and America, the practical challenge of putting a movie together, storytelling's need for conflict rather than everyone being perfectly "pulled together," and a historical reflection on Germany's youth after World War I.
Is there a quote about international unity?
Yes, one quote calls for Europe and America to "act together in the face of evil," urging Americans and Europeans to restore unity and take actions collectively together. For more on lasting connections, see the Bond page.
Is there a quote about filmmaking challenges?
Yes, one quote reflects on how important the script is, admitting the speaker didn't realize how important until dealing firsthand with the issues of putting a movie together.
Is there a quote about storytelling and conflict?
Yes, one quote argues that a story needs conflict to be memorable, and that the notion of everyone being perfectly "pulled together" isn't what sticks with an audience - it's more often loneliness and feeling trapped. For more on connection despite hardship, see the Friendship page.
Is there a historical quote about Germany after World War I?
Yes, one quote describes how the end of the First World War threw Germany's youth into great turmoil, as power fell from the hands of a disillusioned older generation and the younger generation drew together in response. For more on lasting bonds, check out the Love and Forever pages.

One entry looks at history directly, describing the disillusionment and turmoil that drew Germany's younger generation together in the years after a devastating global war. Continue with Friendship quotes or Forever quotes.