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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 don't drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.

Quotes by Alan Davies

I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of discomfort, because you're dealing with incredible moral ambiguity, and you've been cast into...

Quotes by Alan Dershowitz

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

Quotes by Alan Furst

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in while, or the light won't come in.

Quotes by Alan Alda

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in.

Quotes by Alan Alda

I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too.

Quotes by Alan Autry

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

Quotes by Alan Autry

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

Quotes by Alan Bennett

There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine.

Quotes by Al Lewis

If you're playing the clubs, you're either on your way up or your way down.

Quotes by Al Madrigal

In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me.

Quotes by Al Pacino

If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

Everything from who sits on your local board of education to the prosecutors and judicial appointments in your area and much more are all impacted by who holds political office.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

You reach out your hand, but you're all alone, in those time passages.

Quotes by Al Stewart

You don't need to be defined by your job.

Quotes by Al Yankovic

When you know who your customers are, that can give you an edge on the competition.

Quotes by Alain Bouchard

If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.

Quotes by Al Franken

If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.

Quotes by Al Franken

You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.

Quotes by Al Franken

If you use Facebook - as I do - Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a...

Quotes by Al Franken

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.