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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.

One very early influence was reading about John Cage's experience in an anechoic room where the only sound you are left with is the high-pitched drone of your nervous system.

Quotes by Johann Johannsson

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Quotes by Johann Kaspar Lavater

It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

Quotes by Joey Santiago

To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent.

Quotes by Johan Cruyff

Everybody could use the money, but you don't play for it - you play with your heart - and that's a big difference you see in Barcelona. Everybody wants to play there; everybody wants to enjoy themselves. It's maybe a...

Quotes by Johan Cruyff

They say don't meet your heroes, but when it comes to Bowie, he truly is the most brilliant person I've ever met.

Quotes by Johan Renck

A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

Quotes by Joey Adams

If you break 100, watch your golf. If you break 80, watch your business.

Quotes by Joey Adams

Do all you can to make your dreams come true.

Quotes by Joel Osteen

As a chef, you need to respect your guests and their needs. If they decide that they want to eat certain things and not eat others, if for religious reasons or just decide they don't want to eat certain ingredients,...

Quotes by Joel Robuchon

Get in your kitchens, buy unprocessed foods, turn off the TV, and prepare your own foods. This is liberating.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

It's very common to implement mob grazing and double your production for a per-acre capitalisation investment... because it doesn't take any more corraling, no more electricity, rent, machinery or labour to double your production on an existing place.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

Choose to patronise your local farmers; as eaters, you need to demand a different type of food. Appreciate the pigginess of the pig.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

Follow your passion.

Quotes by Joel Siegel

When you are shy, you live a lot in your own head.

Quotes by Joelle Carter

You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry.

Quotes by Joely Fisher

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character....

Quotes by Joel Coen

When you eat healthfully, your body gravitates relatively rapidly toward a better weight.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even if your blood pressure is normal now, if you continue to eat the typical American...

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

Instead of trying to increase your metabolism with the goal of losing weight, try to slow your metabolism with a low-calorie, high-nutrient diet for a longer, healthier life.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

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.