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Quotes About Attitude

This woman did not fly to extremes; she lived there.
~ Quentin Crisp
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist, and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.
~ Quentin Crisp
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
~ Quentin Crisp
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
~ Quentin Crisp
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.
~ Quentin Crisp
Okay, Marvin thinks, that's the second time Rick has put down his Tanner co-star Michael Callan. That's not a good sign. It suggests stinginess in spirit. It suggests a blamer. But Marvin keeps these thoughts to himself.
~ Quentin Tarantino
Melanie smiles at him, feeling the stare, but too much of a natural-born smart-ass to change.
~ Quentin Tarantino
A dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
~ Quentin Tarantino
Learn to deal with the valleys, the hills will take care of themselves.
~ Quincy Jones
For often even the sad can become happy by displaying strength and firmness; they are not made happy by lightheartedness, nor by frivolity, laughing, or joking, which is the companion of shallowness.
~ Quintus Curtius
Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.
~ Quoted by Alphonse Karr
If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
~ Quoted in P.S. I Love You
A man is getting old when he walks around a puddle instead of through it.
~ R. C. Ferguson
The single most important way to win over panic attacks is to respond to them from a different point of view. To get better, you don't struggle with anxiety, you don't try to get rid of the uncomfortable sensations, you don't avoid threatening situations. You choose to take a different attitude toward them. With this new attitude in place, you will know what actions to take.
~ R. Reid Wilson
It wasn't like he was purposely being an asshole. It just came naturally to him.
~ R.L. Mathewson
Be absolutely aware that you are self-righteous and that this is the root of your problem.
~ R.T. Kendall
Never think of the Holy Spirit as an "it," an "attitude," or an "influence." He is a person and has very definite ways. Call them peculiar, eccentric, or unique if you like; He has His ways. You may or may not like His ways. But get over it! He is the only Holy Spirit you have! He won't adjust to you; you must adjust to Him.
~ R.T. Kendall
Do you know the difference between an expat and an immigrant? You're an immigrant in a country you look up to, an expat in one you consider beneath you.
~ Rabih Alameddine
My half brothers, like so many men and boys, have the impatience of the entitled.
~ Rabih Alameddine
My half brothers, like so many men and boys, have the impatience of the entitled. (Aaliya)
~ Rabih Alameddine
When things turn out as you expect more often than not, do you feel more in control of your destiny? Do you take more responsibility for your life? If that's the case, why do Americans always behave as if they're victims? Hear
~ Rabih Alameddine
When things turn out as you expect more often than not, do you feel more in control of your destiny? Do you take more responsibility for your life? If that's the case, why do Americans always behave as if they're victims?
~ Rabih Alameddine
The girl strolled past, indifferently, seductively, her eyes hidden by cheap sunglasses. The old man sat up when the girl passed him. "Don't you think your pants are too tight?" he asked. "Kiss my ass, Uncle," she replied. He leaned forward. She kept going. "No one listens anymore," he said quietly.
~ Rabih Alameddine
The world loved man when he smiled. The world became afraid of him when he laughed.
~ Rabindranath Tagore