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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.

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

Quotes by Mason Cooley

No one can ever prepare a parent for two things: the immeasurable love that comes with having a child; and the sorrow and confusion that comes when your child appears to learn in a different way from other children.

Quotes by Maryanne Wolf

The mom guilt is really something that not many moms talk about. You leave your house for an hour and you feel guilty about it. That's something I wasn't aware of before I was pregnant.

Quotes by Maryse Mizanin

Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

Quotes by Masaharu Morimoto

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

Listen, when you're starting out you're trying to be as creative as possible about how you can use your skills as an actor to make money.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

You can only whine for so long. Then you need to get your life back.

Quotes by Marya Hornbacher

I spend a lot of my time on the phone, pestering people. 'What's new in your lab? Can I come visit your lab? When can I come visit your lab?' I'm basically a professional pesterer.

Quotes by Mary Roach

Fletcherizing is gross. I tried it once. I tried to go until it's all liquid, and it just creeps you out to be focusing so much on your chewing.

Quotes by Mary Roach

It's usually, my people speak to your people and then they speak around each other and trade calls for weeks.

Quotes by Mary Steenburgen

I can say 'reduce your stress level' until I'm blue in the face.

Quotes by Mary Stewart

I learned from Francis Ford Coppola to treat the company like your family.

Quotes by Mary Stuart Masterson

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

Quotes by Mary Webb

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Quotes by Mary Oliver

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'

Quotes by Mary Lou Williams

When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.

Quotes by Mary Lyon

There's a universal inside of me. So if I tell my story, you're going to see parts of your story in it. I don't know which parts, but we all overlap. We're all very much alike.

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting.

Quotes by Mary H.K. Choi

Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook.

Quotes by Mary H.K. Choi

Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.

Quotes by Mary Harris Jones

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.