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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.

Freddie Prinze was my idol, and he died, and there is not much of his stuff to look at. But now, your comedy can live on forever.

Quotes by George Lopez

You can't just hoard your ideas inside the ivory tower. You have to get them out into the world.

Quotes by George M. Church

It's a terribly hard job to spend a billion dollars and get your money's worth.

Quotes by George M. Humphrey

Have the courage of your desire.

Quotes by George Gissing

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

Quotes by George Gurdjieff

It's my personal opinion, and I'm not espousing it to anybody else, I think your immune system and how healthy you are determines how you react to any excess of any kind.

Quotes by George Hamilton

They'll take everything, even your tears.

Quotes by George Foreman

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

Quotes by George Foreman

History is one of the only fields where contributions by amateurs are taken seriously, providing you follow the rules and document your sources. In history, it's what you write, not what your credentials are.

Quotes by George Dyson

I've done some things I've been scared to see. But you can kind of feel when you've got a hit on your hands.

Quotes by George Eads

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

George Eliot

Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.

Quotes by George Carlin

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Quotes by George Carlin

You don't stop when a musical number comes up and do the number and then take up the scene where you left off. It all moves forward. Your work as an actor was part of your work as a dancer...

Quotes by George Chakiris

If you got maggots in your brain, everything you think is gonna be rotten.

Quotes by George Clinton

You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now.

Quotes by George Clooney

To walk into the hall of mirrors of Versailles as Louis XIV and deliver a monologue on your own in an empty hall of mirrors is like no other experience.

Quotes by George Blagden

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

Quotes by Georg Trakl

Anything that changes your values changes your behavior.

Quotes by George A. Sheehan

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

Quotes by George Ade

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.