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Your Quotes

On staying in control of what's truly your own.

These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.

It's the Masters. If that doesn't get you nervous and your juices flowing, I don't know what does.

Quotes by Peter Uihlein

I prefer more spicy food to your Italian to be fair.

Quotes by Peter Shilton

Nothing's hipper than leaving the set of 'Girls' in Brooklyn and having a teamster drop you off at your Broadway show.

Quotes by Peter Scolari

Divide your movements into easy-to-do sections. If you fail, divide again.

Quotes by Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq's future and not a part of Iraq's past.

Quotes by Peter Pace

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.

Quotes by Peter Pace

I think so much of adolescence is about finding your tribe, and what kids today have that we did not have is access to the whole world.

Quotes by Peter Paige

If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.

Quotes by Peter Maxwell Davies

If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you're going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer.

Quotes by Peter Maxwell Davies

You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.

Quotes by Peter Maxwell Davies

But you can't really know your audiences so well.

Quotes by Peter Maxwell Davies

You have to just go with your imagination, where your instinct takes you.

Quotes by Peter Mullan

A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

Quotes by Peter Mullan

All bronzes are made to be touched. Bronze is a sensual 'living' material. The sweat and oil of your palms adds to the patination.

Quotes by Peter Marino

Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target.

Quotes by Peter Maurer

If you back out of a convention... you can't dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable.

Quotes by Peter Maurer

Many times I asked myself, 'Who is a painter in your own eyes?'

Quotes by Peter Malkin

Business is about making money but it is also about having fun, so get your character across.

Quotes by Peter Jones

What I learned is that there are indeed some stories that are too true to tell, too revealing for the general population to metabolize. And too challenging to your reporter colleagues, whose turf or toes you might have tread upon.

Quotes by Peter Landesman

I was an embarrassment to the department when they did research assessment exercises. A message would go round the department: 'Please give a list of your recent publications.' And I would send back a statement: 'None.'

Quotes by Peter Higgs

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up across these "Your" quotes?
The quotes touch on trusting others with your personal information, translating your own plans into words, feelings tied to a specific record, and a sharp, personal comparison involving self-esteem.
Is there a quote about privacy or trust?
Yes, one reflects on cryptography and not needing to trust others because encrypting your files gives you control over "whether you would surrender" that trust.
Is there a quote here referencing a real public figure?
Yes: "Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem" makes a pointed comparison using Milosevic's name.
Does this page talk about turning plans into action?
Yes, one quote explains a dislike of outlines and treatments, noting that writing your plan down on paper can make it "very hard to get those ideas out of your head and do something better" with them. For more on persistence and ambition, see Know or Always.
Is there anything here about music or personal records?
Yes, one quote describes a record as feeling "innocent," tied to being young enough not to fully grasp the weight of your own decisions. For more reflective, first-person lines, see Life or Like.

Related themes continue in our Always quotes and Life quotes, both about staying grounded in your own choices.