Thing Quotes

“Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.”
― Bob Dylan

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“He was like one of those pictures full of small errors, the kind you could only pick out by searching the image from every angle, and even then, a few always slipped by. On the surface, Eli seemed perfectly normal, but now and then Victor would catch a crack, a sideways glance, a moment when his roommate's face and his words, his look and his meaning, would not line up. Those fleeting slices fascinated Victor. It was like watching two people, one hiding in the other's skin. And their skin was always too dry, on the verge of cracking and showing the color of the thing beneath.”
― Victoria Schwab, Vicious

“The only really interesting thing is
what happens between two people in a room.”
― Francis Bacon

“Maybe he wouldn't say anything, which is the worst thing men do.”
― Miranda July , The First Bad Man

“When you’re older, you will realise the only thing that matters, the only thing, is that you had courage and honour. Lose those things and you won’t die any quicker, but you’ll be less than the dirt on our boots. You’ll still be dust, but you’ll have wasted your short time in the light.”
― Conn Iggulden, Conqueror

“The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.”
― Herb Caen

“I’m a monster. You’re a monster. We’re all fucking inhuman monsters, and we don’t see a damned thing wrong with it.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“AAAAIIIE!

You're the guy with the things, and the thing that does that thing, and then you did that one thing!

Oh, and I think there's something about other things, and maybe you fix things?
-Sergeant Schlock”
― Howard Tayler, Resident Mad Scientist

“The thing that grieves the heart of the Lord is when God doesn’t see men who stand in defense of the truth”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The thing that is important usually is the thing that is not seen”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“The best thing you can do with a crazy neighbor is to move before they lose control.”
― Steven Magee

“Embraced in Isaac’s wings, I decided that change wasn’t such a bad thing. It actually gave flight to a whole new world I couldn’t wait to explore.”
― Cherie Colyer, Embrace

“In life there are things and then there are 'thangs.' I just so happen to be a thang.”
― Drue Grit

“The worst Thing about leaving the Psychiatry for the very first Time, is realizing that the whole World is one big Psychiatry.”
― Sino Melo

“Always choose the right person. It does not matter you are choosing it for the wrong thing or the right thing.”
― Surya Raj

“Every X must shake the fibers of nature.”
― Monaristw

“The only thing that can be relied on is change.”
― Steven Magee

“Time is an illusion.
Sensations are an illusion.
Reality, for the most part, is an illusion.
The illusion is, perhaps, the most concrete and substantial thing in our existence.”
― Augusto Branco

“Sometimes it is better to combine different formulations of supplements that claim to do the same thing.”
― Steven Magee, Summit Brain

“The nice thing about dating in your fifties is the people that are going to age well are easy to spot!”
― Steven Magee

“The most dangerous thing a company can do is lose control of an employee that has witnessed hazardous and illegal workplace activities.”
― Steven Magee

“You do not need to worry about me, as the only thing I am armed with is a word processor!”
― Steven Magee

“The last thing an abductor wants you to do is place a 911 call!”
― Steven Magee

“The best thing to do when you receive an aggressive phone call is to hang up.”
― Steven Magee

“The easiest way to get a promotion is with knowledge, i.e. if you know a thing or two about your boss.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“Hauck, it’s broken,” he calls.

“What?”

The human you hoarded.” Quinton repeats, waving his hand toward me in disgust. “Something is wrong with it.”

“You broke it, you fix it,”
― Alex Lidell, Dragons' Captive

“Kids having access to your credit cards is a dangerous thing!”
― Steven Magee

“The only thing fake nourishes is crime.”
― Dipti Dhakul, Quote: +/-

“I'd been treating love like a thing, an achievement, a trophy to be and hung around my neck. People talk about it that way sometimes. My love for you is undying. He never knew my love. It is an error of grammar to make love a noun. It is not a thing you can have. Love—like doubt or hate—is a verb. It has no fixity. Like song, it's truth is in its unfolding. Language is filled with these illusions. A fist, an embrace, A blow—they are actions, not things. Action takes time, and time is the tool of my god.”
― Brian Staveley, Skullsworn