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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 way plays happen, at least with me, it's spontaneous combustion of things you've had in your head.

Quotes by Frank D. Gilroy

Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.

Quotes by Frank Dane

The way to a woman's heart is through your wallet.

Quotes by Frank Dane

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

Quotes by Frank A. Clark

I'm a true believer that you have a moral obligation to keep your employees honest, and that is why you have controls, so I'm never tempted or put in a position where I could do something to defraud my employer.

Quotes by Frank Abagnale

The front of a cheque alone gives someone enough information to steal your identity.

Quotes by Frank Abagnale

When you've been Bayern for so long and it's your second home, moving away from here is not easy.

Quotes by Franck Ribery

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.

Quotes by Francois Fenelon

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

Quotes by Francis of Assisi

If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt.

Quotes by Francis Picabia

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

Quotes by Francis Quarles

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

Quotes by Francis Ford Coppola

One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.

Quotes by Francis Collins

If anything, you just let your racket talk - there's no reason for you to talk if your racket can.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

If you stop working hard, that's when things get to your head.

Quotes by Frances Tiafoe

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.

Quotes by Frances Wright

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

Quotes by Francesca Annis

Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love.

Quotes by Francesca Lia Block

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.

Quotes by Francesco Guicciardini

You're only as good as your last haircut.

Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

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.