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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.

I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it.

Quotes by Imelda May

I couldn't think of anything worse than hating your own music and having to play it every night. It would be a nightmare.

Quotes by Imelda May

If you're at an award ceremony, you're against your mates.

Quotes by Imelda Staunton

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

Quotes by Immanuel Kant

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

Quotes by Immanuel Kant

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

Quotes by Immanuel Kant

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

Quotes by Immanuel Kant

Get it out of your historic head.

Quotes by Imogen Cunningham

Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.

Quotes by Ildar Abdrazakov

As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.

Quotes by Ice T

The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.

Quotes by Ice T

We have to connect to our fans through the media, and when you talk about that, it's got to come from your heart. And when it comes from your heart, it has to be absolutely consistent. There's a big risk...

Quotes by Ichiro Suzuki

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.

Quotes by Ida Lupino

As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.

Quotes by Idris Elba

If you've got Mystique as your girlfriend the fun you could have in bed - I've just imagined X-Men 3 might open with me in bed with Patrick Stewart.

Quotes by Ian Mckellen

You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?

Quotes by Ian McShane

You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.

Quotes by Ian Somerhalder

This is fun; consuming our music shouldn't be a responsibility like eating your spinach or something.

Quotes by Ian Williams

I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your...

Quotes by Ian Hamilton Finlay

It's good to be a martyr for your art, but it's just such a waste of time.

Quotes by Ian Harding

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.