Top 190 Does Quotes

Power does not change you, it unmasks you.

The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

There are no secrets that time does not reveal.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

Safety is an illusion, and trying to protect ourselves does nothing more than protect us from experiencing a full, evolved, and juicy life.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.

Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.

Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, to the very moment certain things happened in your life. It’s uplifting, it’s encouraging, it’s strengthening.

To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.

If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.

I haven‘t been baptised. My dad‘s not in the church and is not a religious person. My mum is more spiritual – she does Thai-chi and goes to Stonehenge and things like that. I’m proud to be pagan. Finland is not really a religious country. I’m still looking for my god.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

The world is a complicated place, and there’s a lot of division between people. The performing arts tend to unify people in a way nothing else does.

I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.

There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one’s coffee and fill one’s pipe, and to think idly and slowly as one does it.

If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

I don’t set out to win awards. I don’t think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it’s an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

Our self-respect does not have a price tag.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.

If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I’ve won.

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man’s ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

The king reigns but does not govern.

What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit, and it takes grace.

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

At Uber, we say, ‘Always be hustling.’ Even if you are an introvert and you haven’t got hustle in you, you better get a co-founder who does. And if you haven’t got enough hustle to find a co-founder who’s got hustle, it’s going to be tough. You’ve got to have a little hustle in you.

How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one’s wishes.

Humor is everywhere in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does.

Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law. And the key there is in terms of civil disobedience. You have to make sure that what you’re risking, what you’re bringing onto yourself, does not serve as a detriment to anyone else. It doesn’t hurt anybody else.

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.

A year or so ago I went through all the people in my life and asked myself: does this person inspire me, genuinely love me and support me unconditionally? I wanted nothing but positive influences in my life.

Any time scientists disagree, it’s because we have insufficient data. Then we can agree on what kind of data to get; we get the data; and the data solves the problem. Either I’m right, or you’re right, or we’re both wrong. And we move on. That kind of conflict resolution does not exist in politics or religion.

Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to ‘Be a Real Man‘ anymore? Shouldn’t we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?

The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way.

I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.

I have a complicated relationship with the zoo; maybe everyone does. It’s so wonderful and so sad.

A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don’t know. Does anybody? Can you define it? All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that’s all I know about it. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I like my shame straight up and honest, and nobody does it better than In-N-Out Burger. You go to In-N-Out Burger, and they ask you the most shameful question in fast food. ‘I’ll have a burger, fries and a Coke.’ ‘Will you be eating in the car?’ ‘Yeah. I think so.’

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach – waiting for a gift from the sea.

I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Sin does not stop God’s grace from flowing, but God’s grace will stop sin.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn’t help us know what to say.

And malt does more than Milton can to justify God’s ways to man.

I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick.

You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he’s somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.

Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God’s ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

What does it say about a country that has to force its women into combat?

Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm’s way.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Anyone who’s a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: ‘Is it good? Does it give pleasure?’

What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world’s beauty, is everything!

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we’ve said it exists does not really exist in nature.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.

Where in the Bible does it say I have to drive a Honda?

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us.

Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.

It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

But little white lies here and there is human nature. Everybody does that.

The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?’

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

What’s coming will come and we’ll just have to meet it when it does.

Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

Money does not change people, people change.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do… but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.

There is no love which does not become help.

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such a twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of darkness.

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world‘s joy.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Just as a flower which seems beautiful and has color but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of the man who speaks them but does them not.

It is said that love makes the world go ’round – the announcement lacks verification. It’s wind from the dinner horn that does it.

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

And I don’t think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there’s another set of moral codes, but I don’t think government has a role.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland – and no other.

What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.

The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

The Indian education system, like the Indian bureaucratic system, is Victorian and still in the 19th century. Our schools are still designed to produce clerks for an empire that does not exist anymore.

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

My game is based on improvisation. Often, a forward does not have the time to think too much. You have a second, rarely more, to decide whether to dribble, shoot or pass to the right or left. It is instinct that gives the orders.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people’s failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Football is an art, like dancing is an art – but only when it’s well done does it become an art.

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?

Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.

What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one’s own culture.

I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.

What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.