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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.

When I'm not working, I dress like a surfer. I look like I'm going to come into your house and clean your pool.

Quotes by Alec Baldwin

To be an artist, you need to play inside your work.

Quotes by Alejandro Jodorowsky

If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, no?

Quotes by Alejandro Jodorowsky

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.

Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Well, first of all, let me say that - let me remind your viewers that I am recused from this investigation, and what I said this weekend is not anything new.

Quotes by Alberto Gonzales

If I tried to somehow wrap my head around the fact that Francis Ford Coppola directed my first movie, there's never a slot into which that ever fits in your mind.

Quotes by Alden Ehrenreich

I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.

Quotes by Alden Ehrenreich

This movie 'On the Road' with Kristen Stewart - they were trying to make that movie for 30 years. She says she wants to do it, and they can finally make it. You have so much at your disposal if...

Quotes by Alden Ehrenreich

Every job you do, somebody's looking at it. You're leaving an impression on somebody. What is going to be your footprint?

Quotes by Aldis Hodge

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

Quotes by Albert Finney

You really get your sense of women, to begin with, from your mom.

Quotes by Albert Hammond, Jr.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Quotes by Albert Schweitzer

In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

Quotes by Alanis Morissette

Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

Quotes by Alanis Morissette

I want to poke holes in the erroneous beliefs about what fame provides. It won't raise your self-esteem, it won't create profound connection, it's not going to heal your childhood traumas, it's only going to amplify them. You're going to...

Quotes by Alanis Morissette

Hold on to your dream; hold on to your dream - because if it can happen for me, it can happen for you.

Quotes by Alaska

The delight you feel in that split second you score your first hundred is so intense it can't be repeated.

Quotes by Alastair Cook

When you are so close to something, it's like a bar of soap - if someone says hold on to it, the harder you squeeze, the quicker it pops out of your hand.

Quotes by Alastair Cook

You have to be able to invest in your own creations, to suspend your own disbelief in order to be able to write them. We all have to draw the line somewhere.

Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

As an SF writer, you've got the infinite toolkit of the writer at your disposal.

Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

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.