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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.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Marilyn Monroe

After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.

Quotes by Marilyn Nelson

Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

You can't choreograph death, but you can choreograph your funeral.

Quotes by Marina Abramovic

You have to be your biggest believer.

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.

Quotes by Marina and the Diamonds

You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away.

Quotes by Marie Osmond

In person, George Clooney lives up to all your expectations.

Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.

Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

It's perfectly possible to love your toddler but struggle to like them when times are hard.

Quotes by Mariella Frostrup

Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.

Quotes by Marilyn Ferguson

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

Quotes by Mariano Rivera

In a month's time, I shall be able to give your Majesty news of the Comtesse de Provence, for the marriage is fixed for May 14th; they had prepared many fetes for this marriage, but now they are economising in...

Quotes by Marie Antoinette

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

Quotes by Marie Kondo

If you fold your clothes in the formal spark of joy, you can actually make the joy last longer.

Quotes by Marie Kondo

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.