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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.

By keeping your eye on the ultimate goal, you lean into the mess and try to make the outcome a little better.

Quotes by Jeff Fortenberry

I, uh, don't think I'm, y'know, so different than your average, y'know, average.

Quotes by Jeff Goldblum

It's so rare when marketing and press doesn't ruin your movie.

Quotes by Jeff Baena

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

Quotes by Jeff Bezos

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

Quotes by Jeff Cooper

I reject the notion that a high turnout helps Senator Kerry. I think in Florida at least, it's going to help President Bush because we have gotten more registered voters than the Democrats, and our base is just fired up...

Quotes by Jeb Bush

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

Quotes by Jeb Bush

The fate of your paycheck, the fate of your small business should not rest on what side of the bed a Washington bureaucrat wakes up on.

Quotes by Jeb Hensarling

You cannot borrow and spend your way into prosperity. It does not work.

Quotes by Jeb Hensarling

When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

Quotes by Jed S. Rakoff

I graduated college valedictorian, got an M.A. from Columbia University in Spanish literature at the age of twenty-two, and still couldn't answer the question 'What do you want to do with your life?'

Quotes by Jedediah Bila

Life may have plans that will completely overthrow your pettiness.

Quotes by Jeetendra

Tabu, you may have many fans but I am your biggest fan.

Quotes by Jeetendra

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

Quotes by Jef Raskin

Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.

Quotes by Jeanne Calment

When I signed up for Y&R, my actor friends said, 'A daytime soap? It'll kill your career!' Now they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.

Quotes by Jeanne Cooper

Working in a gun store is hard on your feet and your back.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

In Arizona, anyone over 18 can buy an assault rifle, at 21 you can get a pistol, and you can carry your gun, loaded or unloaded, concealed or openly, just about anywhere.

Quotes by Jeanne Marie Laskas

Five or six hundred heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness.

Quotes by Jean-Paul Marat

Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.

Quotes by Jean-Paul Sartre

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.