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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.

The score, which comes often quite later in a film, can help reinvigorate your emotional engagement with it.

Quotes by James Marsh

It's like everyone wants to categorize you as this and that until you've made your own mark.

Quotes by James Marshall

Speed Racer is good to cut your teeth on, but if anyone has not seen Akira, go get it.

Quotes by James Marsters

I don't have a computer - I don't like to get into it that much 'cause it can screw with your head a little.

Quotes by James Marsters

If you don't have humor, you're not going to make it. You're going to be one of those people who walks around with your head about to explode.

Quotes by James McBride

You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.

Quotes by James McBride

The process of being filmed was, I found, peculiar but not discomfiting. At 13, you are malleable, adaptable, better able to take the unusual in your stride.

Quotes by James Lovegrove

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Quotes by James M. Barrie

I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

Quotes by James L. Brooks

Getting somebody like Phil Jackson to come in and build the team is sort of like getting Einstein to help you with your math homework.

Quotes by James L. Dolan

Fairy tales cross generational lines, and how you respond to them depends on when in your life you're seeing them.

Quotes by James Lapine

You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation, by your victory.

Quotes by James Larkin

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.

Quotes by James Lee Burke

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

James Joyce

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

Quotes by James Hillman

In gambling, you usually start to go wrong when you deviate from your pregame strategy.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

There are times when you'll only have one or two seconds to decide if you're going to bet on something and you need to be decisive. You need to do math quickly in your head.

Quotes by James Holzhauer

You can't turn on your television without seeing these advertisements about clean coal, clean tar sands and the claim that there's more jobs associated with fossil fuels than other industries. That's of course not true. But they're hammering that into...

Quotes by James Hansen

If your child gets asthma, the fossil fuel industry doesn't pay. Or if there's a natural disaster, the bill is paid by the taxpayer, not the fossil fuel company.

Quotes by James Hansen

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

Quotes by James Galway

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.