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Way Quotes

Quotes on finding your own way.

These quotes describe the 'way' things really work - a blunt take on how managers actually get ahead in their careers, and a tongue-in-cheek trick for looking fit without the work. Related reading includes Best Quotes.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words, or in...

Quotes by George Sand

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

Quotes by George Saunders

When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.

Quotes by George Saunders

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

Quotes by George Savile

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

George Orwell

War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.

George Orwell

Even while writing about foreign places, I have been in a way writing about America, because that's the subject that interests me the most. I'm attached to it, critical, but it's definitely my country, and maybe even more so when...

Quotes by George Packer

Partly what I'm writing about is the way taboos get toppled.

Quotes by George Packer

Oprah is just this goddess presiding over so much of American life, and her story is really interesting - the way she made herself, and the ruthlessness it took, and also the fantasizing that it took.

Quotes by George Packer

No-one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held America together in its secure and sometime shifting grip first gave way.

Quotes by George Packer

'The Turnaround' isn't even really a crime novel. But you need conflict to make a novel, any kind of novel, and I don't know any other way to do it than crime.

Quotes by George Pelecanos

Everything was going my way. I was happily marching into the history books. Then it all just fell apart.

Quotes by George Michael

The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.

Quotes by George Muller

A sequence works in a way a collection never can.

Quotes by George Murray

With a movie, the die is cast. It is what it is. With TV, it's a living organism in a way. Fans can have input, with the whole social media thing, and they can track what fans are liking and...

Quotes by George Newbern

When I first came to L.A., I was plotting out my career choices as if I actually had a choice. Unless you're Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, impossibly good-looking, or look like a freak, you have to be malleable and open...

Quotes by George Newbern

I didn't want to be nobody, and that was the only way I could be somebody was to do stand-up.

Quotes by George Lopez

The way I define 'intelligent design' is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked.

Quotes by George Lucas

What I really wanted was for everybody to have their genome and, ideally, everybody to share their genome, and for that, we needed to bring the price way down.

Quotes by George M. Church

The best way to predict the future is to change it.

Quotes by George M. Church

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "Way" page?
Witty, practical observations about "the way" things really work — a cynical take on how managers make money, a tongue-in-cheek trick for looking fit in spring training, and a candid note about illegible handwriting getting in the way of remembering good ideas.
Are these quotes humorous?
Yes, several have a dry, knowing humor — especially the lines about managers job-hopping for money and getting a tan to fool coaches. If you enjoy that tone, Like quotes has a similarly conversational feel.
Is there a quote about business here?
Yes — one touches on how rare it is for a small indie-film enterprise to be able to hire beyond just the owner, a wry observation about the realities of small business.
What if I want something more inspiring than cynical?
Try Best quotes or Always quotes for a more consistently positive tone — the "Way" page leans more toward witty realism.
How should I use these quotes?
They're great when you want a knowing, slightly sarcastic caption about how things "really" work, rather than a purely motivational one. For something broader, Life quotes is worth a look too.

Others get more candid, noting how rare it is for an independent film to turn any real profit at all. See Always Quotes and Like Quotes for related perspectives.