Your Side famous quotes
05-20-2025
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Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.
-- Adam Gopnik -
When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."
-- Adolf Hitler -
The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ***** you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.
-- Adriana Trigiani -
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
-- Al Gore -
You cannot be this successful without having God on your side.
-- Andy Dick -
But I wanted to tell you before I left how completely abjectly sorry I am for all the pain I have caused you and that if I die you were the one true love of my life. By the time you read this I will be gone but please know I am still always at your side.... Yours forever Henery William Schoonmaker
-- Anna Godbersen -
I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't.
-- Antonio Machado -
You're not alone Together we stand I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand When it gets cold And it feels like the end There's no place to go You know I won't give in
-- Avril Lavigne -
If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.
-- Ayrton Senna -
If I could make this go away, I would. If I could stand in your place, I wouldn't hesitate. But I'm left with one choice, and that's to stand by your side through the end. I won't waver, Angel, I can promise you that. -Patch to Nora
-- Becca Fitzpatrick -
The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.'
-- Bob Burg -
Without Allah on your side, you can do nothing. With Allah on your side, there is nothing you cannot do
-- Boonaa Mohammed -
You're always first when no one's on your side.
-- Brandon Boyd -
When you're suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if you're in your 30s, it's a hard conversation. I'm a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought that's the way I'd be doing this.
-- Bridget Moynahan -
Thinking about dark and troublesome things, wondering when they'll come to pay you a visit, turns out to be the very best way to call them to your side.
-- Cameron Dokey -
Even though there may be times It seems I'm far away Never wonder where I am 'Cause I am always by your side.
-- Celine Dion -
Anytime you have anyone who thinks he or she has God in their pocket, you have the potential for disaster, ... Throughout history, the claim that God is on your side has been used to justify any action, no matter how violent or destructive.
-- Charles Kimball -
The congresspersons who are co-sponsoring the bill are being beat up in their districts with negative advertising. We need to go to them and say we understand; we're here to help and on your side.
-- Charlie Norwood -
Now it is you who everyone presumes is so fragile. Wounded. Scarred. Maybe they're right. Perhaps you are. A nursery rhyme comes into your head, and, like an egg, you allow yourself to topple onto your side, your legs still pulled hard against your torso. You lie like that a long while, watching the chrome shell of the tape measure sparkle until the sun moves.
-- Chris Bohjalian -
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but great deeds. To live in faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you.
-- Christian D. Larson -
Some people say that without God, people would give themselves permission to do anything. [Yet] only with God, only with the view that God's on your side, can people give themselves permission to do things that otherwise would be called satanic.
-- Christopher Hitchens -
You do not need to belong to the cat for a long time to realize the main thing that cats like to do is to wrap theirselves up in mystery, perhaps only except for a hobby of jumbling up everything that is in order. And if the cat can, and usually so, make a great mystery of where it was when you were searching for it even if a moment ago it was sitting by your side, do not have any doubts: its ancestors had a great pleasure to surround its origin by mystery.
-- Cleveland Amory -
Faith in the guidance of Spirit gives you the courage to take risks, because you're assured that whatever happens, a Higher Power is on your side and you will survive.
-- Colette Baron-Reid -
Silicon Valley isn't usually where aspiring authors go to kick-start a literary reputation. [...] How'd he do it? By courting bloggers and influential techies like Joi Ito, Stewart Brand, and Craig Newmark demonstrating that if you can get the geek grapevine on your side, you don't need Random House.
-- Daniel Suarez -
Jargon is the verbal sleight of hand that makes the old hat seem newly fashionable; it gives an air of novelty and specious profundity to ideas that, if stated directly, would seem superficial, stale, frivolous, or false. The line between serious and spurious scholarship is an easy one to blur, with jargon on your side.
-- David Lehman -
The more clarity you achieve, the more you will find that the universe is on your side, supporting your thoughts and intentions. Therefore, focus on clarity, not on getting results. The results will come according to their own rhythm and timing.
-- Deepak Chopra -
When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve.
-- Donald Trump -
Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions.
-- Dorothea Lange -
In all of our days our lives are always changing, tears come along as well as smiles... May you have rainbows after every storm, may you have hopes to keep you warm. And may you always have an angel by your side.
-- Douglas Pagels -
Having the person that you love by your side and starting a family with them is the best thing that can happen to you in this life. You can't ask for more.
-- Elsa Pataky -
For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.
-- Erwin Rommel -
Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
-- F. Lee Bailey -
You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail?
-- Gary E. Stevenson -
I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread.
-- Gene Kelly -
When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.
-- Gene Simmons -
With luck on your side, you can do without brains.
-- Giordano Bruno -
Placing blame in marriage is like saying, 'Your side of the boat is sinking.'
-- Hank Smith -
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
-- Harrison Ford -
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.
-- Herman Melville -
Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.
-- Holly Lisle -
One thing I've learned through all the ups and downs is that if you're doing things right, then you have a core group of people. Not just a core group like your homies or your buddies, but a group of people that has a good influence on you, who you respect and admire, and you know that if they're on your side, you're doing something right.
-- Hope Solo -
In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.
-- Huey Long -
Never confuse sitting on your side with being on your side.
-- Ian Paisley -
More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.
-- Imelda Marcos -
Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, my side, and the truth.
-- J. Michael Straczynski -
Well, let's take what people think is a dignified death. Christ - was that a dignified death? Do you think it's dignified to hang from wood with nails through your hands and feet bleeding, hang for three or four days slowly dying, with people jabbing spears into your side, and people jeering you? Do you think that's dignified? Not by a long shot. Had Christ died in my van with people around Him who loved Him, the way it was, it would be far more dignified. In my rusty van.
-- Jack Kevorkian -
When you are trying to move mountains, you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.
-- Jamie Oliver -
No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
-- Jascha Heifetz -
You go first. Go through the door before me. Enter the limousine while I wait by your side. Enter the shops while I stand behind, guarding your back. Sit at the table before me. Please, sample the tastiest morsels while I sit quietly. My desire is that you go first, in every occasion of earthly life. Only once will I go before you, And that will be at my last moment. For when death claims us, you must go last. Because I can't live one second without you.
-- Jean Sasson -
For me 'You & I Forever' is celebrating the person you love being by your side. This is what it means to others
-- Jessie Ware -
At some point you have to stop acting as though life is happening to you and acknowledge the ways you are happening to it. Once you take responsibility for your side of the street, you grant yourself the power to improve every aspect of your life by simply acting and behaving differently.
-- Jillian Michaels -
Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.
-- Jim Thome -
It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it was on your side and not theirs.
-- John Brunner -
Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses?
-- John Podhoretz -
Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.
-- John Spence -
Though your experience may indicate that God has forgotten you or has left you alone, He is on your side. He is the God of grace, and He is actively working on your behalf.
-- John Townsend -
Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side. This is why we are here.
-- Jon J Muth -
There's nothing that you can't overcome with God on your side.
-- Joyce Meyer -
I ought to break your neck!" Clayton interrupted. Too late, Whitney realized that she shouldn't have been standing all this time on her "injured" knee. "Allow me to congratulate you on a fine day's work, Madam," he said sternly. "In less than twelve hours, you've brought Whitticomb to your side and Cuthbert to your feet.
-- Judith McNaught -
I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything.
-- Julian Casablancas -
With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.
-- Julius Erving -
To me a good book is like a quiet friend—a friend who’s happy to share thoughts and feelings with you, who’s always there when you need them. Best of all, this friend doesn’t have any secrets. They trust you to understand them. They take you to their innermost places. They share their sensations and emotions—and they let you experience them. Wherever you go and however you feel, they are always by your side. For an hour, a day, a week, or forever, their life becomes yours. Their story is your story. That’s the kind of book I’m trying to write.
-- Kevin Brooks -
If you always look forward, will you go straight? In order to do so, you have to look to your sides and rear and check the traffic signs. And you have to ask for directions from other people.
-- Lee Eun-sung -
If you're not sure about whether to support Mitt Romney, whether you're liberal, or whether you're very conservative, you ought to be excited, because he's been on your side at one time or another. So I'm not completely misunderstood. I'm not as excited as I am desperate.
-- Louie Gohmert -
Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
-- Maria Callas -
But you... You helped me find my way and take the correct path, Naruto... I always chased after you...wanting to catch up...wanting to walk together with you forever... I want to be at your side, always... You changed me, Naruto! Your smiling face saved me! And that's way I'm not afraid to die, defending you! Because... I love you...
-- Masashi Kishimoto -
Most of all, I want you to know without a doubt that I've got your back. And your front. And your sides. I've got all of you and I'm not letting go.
-- Maya Banks -
Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side.
-- Mercedes Lackey -
Never lose hope,because ALLAH is always by your side.
-- Muhammad Waseem -
Trust in the process you are now experiencing. Life is on your side. It is showing that to you now, though you may not be able to see it clearly at this time.
-- Neale Donald Walsch -
If a child is not listening, don't despair. Time and truth are on your side. At the right moment, your words will return as if from heaven itself. Your testimony will never leave your children.
-- Neil L. Andersen -
It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.
-- Nicholas Sparks -
Sometimes the person that excites you most isn't necessarily going to make the best husband or wife. It takes a lot to see past the glamor and glitter when you're looking to get married and look for someone who's going to be a loving companion that will stand by your side no matter what and better you while also seeking to be bettered by you.
-- Omar Suleiman -
When a thought oppresses you, do not be downhearted, but put up with it in courage, saying, 'They swarmed around me closer and closer, but I drove them back in the name of the Lord' (Ps. 118:11). Divine help will arrive at your side immediately, and you will drive them away from you, and courage will compass you round about, and the glory of God will walk with you; and 'you will be filled to your soul's desire' (Isa. 58:11).
-- Pachomius the Great -
It does not take a great deal of imagination or courage to believe that God is on your side when you are prospering or winning; it takes a great deal of courage and imagination to believe that God is on your side when you are suffering or losing.
-- Peter J. Gomes -
Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.
-- Peter Lynch -
When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in your struggle to do what's right and ethical. In fact, sometimes even you won't be on your side. You'll wrestle with inner conflict, torn between what you should do and what you want to do. You'll also aggravate other people. Seems when you walk the straight and narrow you always step on someone's toes. Don't count on the ethics of excellence to make you popular.
-- Price Pritchett -
God is on your side. We already at the finish line. Anything you put your mind to, anything you want to accomplish ,you put your faith in God's hands you can do it.
-- Puff Daddy -
In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.
-- R. K. Milholland -
There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently.
-- Robert Evans -
The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.
-- Robert Higgs -
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
-- Robert Jordan -
Ralston looked down his long, elegant nose at the vile creature at his feet, and said, “You just impugned the honor of my future marchioness. Choose your seconds. I will see you at dawn.†Leaving Oxford sputtering on the ground, Ralston spun on one elegant heel to face Benedick. “When I am done with him, I am coming for your sister. And, if you intend to keep me from her, you had better have an army at your side.
-- Sarah MacLean -
When a man sees you are happy with him but you can be just as happy having nothing to do with him, that’s when he won’t want to leave your side. When you are happy, you are sexy.
-- Sherry Argov -
It's hard to maintain a reputation for being grim and mysterious when you're accompanied by a brightly clad young thing, skipping merrily along at your side, holding your hand, and smiling sweetly on one and all.
-- Simon R. Green -
Nothing troubles me. I offer no resistance to trouble - therefore it does not stay with me. On your side there is so much trouble. On mine there is no trouble at all. Come to my side.
-- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj -
Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power they say"I'm on your side when nobody is, cause nobody is.Come sit right here and sleep while I slip poison in your ear
-- St. Vincent -
Just because I'm not forever by your side doesn't mean that's not precisely where I want to be.
-- Stephanie Laurens -
If you refrain from judging your worst enemy, his children will come to your side. What more severe judgment could come upon an enemy than this?
-- Sun Myung Moon -
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.
-- Sydney J. Harris -
And the very important fact that I'm here to worry with you and go through all of this - every little bit of it - by your side, even your worst-case-scenario, should it somehow come to that. You wouldn't be doing any of it alone.' Her voice drops and she looks down at our hands, fingers entwined, resting on her lap. 'Whatever happens, there will always be us.
-- Tabitha Suzuma -
Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.
-- Teresa Nielsen Hayden -
I wish most anxiously to see my much loved America - it is the Country from whence all reformations must originally spring - I despair of seeing an Abolition of the infernal trafic in Negroes - we must push that matter further on your side the water - I wish that a few well instructed Negroes could be sent among their Brethren in Bondage, for until they are enabled to take their own part nothing will be done.
-- Thomas Paine -
When in fact we live in a society that makes life hell for gays and lesbians, this community has got to stand up and say, ‘We’re on your side as you struggle for dignity,’ and, ‘Yes, we will defy anybody who says otherwise, even if we have to go to Disneyland to prove it.’
-- Tony Campolo -
When I teach writing, I always tell my students you should assume that the audience you're writing for is smarter than you. You can't write if you don't think they're on your side, because then you start to yell at them or preach down to them.
-- Tony Kushner -
O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
-- Walt Whitman -
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
-- Walter Scott
