Top 1200 Twist Of Fate Quotes & Sayings - Page 4

As a student of American culture, I am willing to argue that the Twist is a valid manifestation of the Age of Anxiety.

There are some people in this world who always turn and twist the spoken word out of proportion.

Oh yeah, just push the knife in further and twist, why doncha?!

All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It must be this voice that is telling me to do something, and I am sure it's the same voice that is speaking to everybody on this planet - at least everybody who seems to be concerned about the fate of the world, the fate of this planet.

If you want to give a twist to a song, I have no problem, but don't forget to mention the original composer's name.

The white worker who has been displaced at General Motors has more in common with the displaced black worker than those larger white CEO's, and those Wall Street people who are determining their fate... whose thievery and greed is determining their fate.

It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.

My pictures of 'Oliver Twist' and 'A Boy in Flanders' are being used as school lessons.

I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.

My dream appliance circa 2050 has one big dial on it, and when I twist it to the right, my IQ goes up to 450.

Put your own twist to it. That's how you say relevant. Or things get old and boring.

Fantasy is the oldest form of literature and science fiction is just a new twist on it.

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

And from the first declension of the flesh I learnt man's tongue, to twist the shapes of thoughts Into the stony idiom of the brain.

Prayer is innocence's friend; and willingly flieth incessant 'twist the earth and the sky, the carrier-pigeon of heaven.

I asked for a glass of Chardonnay. And in a 9/11-like twist, they didn't have any. They offered me Pinot.

Fate rules. You follow the steps and you plan and you work. Then fate slips in laughing and makes fools of us. Sometimes we can trick it or out guess it but most often its already written. For some its written in blood. That doesn't mean we stop, but it does mean we can't comfort ourselves with blame. It's easier to take the blame than to admit there was nothing you could do to stop whatever happened.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth.

Music is not disposable, people. We can twist it, sample it, mash it and experience it in endless ways. Open up.

A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.

I guess you can say I 'do the Twist.' I like playful dance moves that aren't too serious.

Transsexualism is, basically, just another, more drastic twist on the male menopause.

Eclectic yet classic with a playful bohemian twist is how Id describe my style.

What psycho-analysis reveals in the transference phenomena of neurotics can also be observed in the lives of some normal people. The impression they give is of being pursued by a malignant fate or possessed by some 'daemonic' power; but psycho-analysis has always taken the view that their fate is for the most part arranged by themselves and determined by early infantile influences.

Every masculine hero narrative I could find I wanted to steal for myself and twist to my size.

When somebody says something as a joke, the British press take things and twist them.

All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.

It is hard sometimes to look into the future, you never know what twist and turn the school of life is going to take.

You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.

I like timeless and classic pieces with an interesting and modern twist. And I love a little funk!

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.

I can write a happy song, but there has to be some sort of twist. Otherwise it feels a bit cheesy.

Give me the facts, and I will twist them the way I want, to suit my argument.

No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose

I think with 'Chunky Rice,' it felt novel to me to give this emo twist on these funny animals.

Every week, there's a different twist and turn you're not going to see coming, and how you handle that is important.

How do I relax? Meditate, I guess. I quit golf. You twist your back and get all cranked up.

Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands.

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little I think that's where the tie comes from.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

What I loved with Billie Holiday is she had a good way of parlaying the sorrow with a positive musical twist.

Fate and free will are equally powerful forces but I consider free will to be more important as it is your free will that determines your fate.

This death to the logic of emotional commitments of our chance moment in the world of space and time, this recognition of, the shift of our emphasis to, the universal life that throbs and celebrates its victory in the very kiss of our own annihilation, this amor fati, 'love of fate,' love of the fate that is inevitably death, constitutes the experience of the tragic art.

I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.

'Slow West' is a western, and it's sort of a twist on the genre stylistically, I think, from what I understand going in.

I don't want to live life too cautiously. I mean, you can step off a curb and twist your ankle.

For me, the romantic comedies I love are the ones that pay homage to the genre, but also find their ways to twist it and tweak it.

But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness;if you deny fate life becomes the series of missed opportunities, a regret for what never was and could have been, a remorse of what was not done and could have been done, and the present is wasted, twisted into another missed oppurtunity.

I think you've got to get out whatever's hurting you through your art, so it doesn't twist you up inside.

People are interested not just in Sulu, but George Takei - and he's gay. Life is full of twist and turns.

It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nature. It is the fate of all authors or chroniclers to create imaginary friends, and lose them in the course of art. Nor is this the full extent of their misfortunes; for they are required to furnish an account of them besides.

I have a certain perspective and intolerance for people who try to twist and bend whatever the truth might be.

I'm always surprised to see the way "friends" will twist things or trash people behind their backs.

King Diamond was always more satanic than Mercyful Fate. And I'm not saying anything bad about Mercyful Fate - I love that band but sometimes people forget that King Diamond is the satanic philosophy through and through.

A humorous quotation is a little window on the world that gives life a comic twist.

I want to serve desserts and pastries that people recognize and love to eat, but sometimes, with an unexpected twist of surprise.

Of all the '60s - there was Elvis, there was the Beatles, there was the British invasion, Jimmy Hendrix, and Woodstock - the No. 1 record was 'The Twist.'

But the hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes.