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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.

Being outside on your own in all weathers is exciting; it clears you out.

Quotes by Paul Simonon

Vitamin D from mushrooms is not only vegan and vegetarian friendly, but you can prepare your own by exposing mushrooms to the summer sun.

Quotes by Paul Stamets

Lion's mane mushrooms are not your classic-looking cap-and-stem variety. These globular-shaped mushrooms sport cascading teeth-like spines rather than the more common gills.

Quotes by Paul Stamets

You can't enter the Olympics unless you do your routine to get in shape for it. The idea of going out on stage on a tour without having prepped for it would be suicide, literally.

Quotes by Paul Stanley

Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.

Quotes by Paul Sweeney

I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.

Quotes by Paul Theroux

And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on.

Quotes by Paul Reiser

I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit.

Quotes by Paul Rust

It's a debilitating process, working with the studios. With the length of time it takes for drafts and development deals, your enthusiasm is gone before you're ready to make the film.

Quotes by Paul Morrissey

Your average pop song or film is a very sophisticated item, with very sophisticated ways of listening and viewing that we have not really consciously developed over the years - because we were having such a good time.

Quotes by Paul Muldoon

If you're a representative, you listen to your constituents, and then you go vote their conscience. You don't go vote your special interest buddies' interest and then come back and justify it.

Quotes by Paul Nehlen

You have to realize in this life and in your life that timing is everything.

Quotes by Paul Orndorff

You do not want to get your debt ratio out of whack.

Quotes by Paul Martin

It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.

Quotes by Paul McCartney

If you're in the so-called public eye you have to watch your P's and Q's.

Quotes by Paul McGann

College isn't the only answer. Reading is a college that you can and should attend all your life.

Quotes by Paul Mellon

You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet.

Quotes by Paul Kagame

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

Quotes by Paul J. Meyer

I'm sure our brains are working unconsciously. When you have a creative thought, it's parts of the brain talking to each other without your awareness.

Quotes by Paul Greengard

To make a film is eighteen months of your life. It's seven days a week. It's twenty hours a day.

Quotes by Paul Greengrass

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.