Top 100 Whether To Quotes
#1. It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
Rachel Johnson
#2. Podtyagin considers whether to take offence or not
and decides to take offence.
Anton Chekhov
#3. Italics are like a rash -- you never know whether to ignore them entirely or whether the more you attention you give the more they spread.
Zanesh Catkin
#4. I stopped for a few seconds by the newspaper stand wondering whether to buy the two evening papers here, the two biggest publications. Reading them was like emptying a bag of trash over your head.
Karl Ove Knausgard
#5. We have a lot of choice about whether to interpret something as adversity or as opportunity. I see in myself the tendency at times to make situations worse than they have to be because of my catastrophic interpretation.
Marianne Williamson
#6. 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
#7. My mother was very ill when I was 18. She had a brain operation and then a nervous breakdown. It's very strange when you see your parents, who have always been your pillars of strength, suddenly become vulnerable. You don't know whether to be angry that they are not strong or devastated.
Emilia Fox
#8. And as no man knows the ubicity of his tumulus nor to what processes we shall thereby be ushered nor whether to Tophet or to Edenville in the like way is all hidden when we would backward see from what region of remoteness the whatness of our whoness hath fetched his whenceness.
James Joyce
#9. She had three seconds in which to decide whether to be rich or spend the rest of her life as a housemaid.
She only needed one.
Pierre Lemaitre
#10. My daughter and I pay attention. We know what the world wants from us. We know we must decide whether to stay small, quiet, and uncomplicated or allow ourselves to grow as big, loud, and complex as we were made to be. Every girl must decide whether to be true to herself or true to the world.
Glennon Doyle Melton
#11. I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said: 'Every time I watch it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.'
Rob Reiner
#12. To make the right decision you must understand both paths before you," he said quietly. "You must know your demons before you know whether to follow them.
Megan Shepherd
#13. Fond and protective equals love? I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry.
Rachel Hartman
#14. The conflict each day is whether to immerse in books or writing. I can't do one without the other, but I can't do both at the same time. It is the writer's paradox.
Patricia Hickman
#15. I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the terrifying thing for me. Especially being a gay actress.
Portia De Rossi
#16. Nobody knows what death is,
nor whether to man
it is perchance the greatest of blessings,
yet people fear it as if they surely knew
it to be the worse of evils.
Socrates
#17. Given that she barely saw her father, given that she continued to measure out her contact with him, whether to deny herself or to deny him, she could not be sure.
Jhumpa Lahiri
#18. Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth, nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian?
Guru Nanak
#19. I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.
Bob Dylan
#20. Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends.
Bill Gates
#21. What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
Anton Chekhov
#22. Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
David O. McKay
#23. We shouldn't be debating whether to deal with the current code by allowing it to be extended or not. We should have a president who shows leadership and comes to Congress and says: 'You know what? We need to reform this whole tax code.'
Rob Portman
#24. Her body went into meltdown, overwhelmed and unsure whether to heat up in arousal or panic under his scrutiny. Bloody hell. Nobody should be that sinful. A rich, talented, bad boy all rolled up into a package of I-don't-give-a-shit, I-know-how-good-I-look.
Eden Summers
#25. She had debated, in the frivolity of the beginning, whether to build a hole or a tower; a hole, because she was fond of hobbits, or a tower - well, a tower for many reasons, but chiefly because she liked spiral staircases.
Keri Hulme
#26. I think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not.
Ricky Gervais
#28. Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I'd always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I'd had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed.
Michael Hirst
#29. If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.
Sarah Dessen
#30. The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else.
Sharon Olds
#31. How wonderful to simply do things instead of wondering if they are worth doing or discussing whether to do them or being told not to do them or listening to somebody else describe doing them.
Ahdaf Soueif
#32. It's a weird age. They're like, 'Amy, I'm pregnant.' And I still don't know whether to be like, 'Congratulations,' or 'Do you need a ride?
Amy Schumer
#33. When you get past fifty, you have to decide whether to keep your face or your figure. I kept my face.
Barbara Cartland
#34. I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.
Chris Martin
#35. I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.
Walton Goggins
#36. See, now I don't know whether to be all 'Yay!' because you're empowered or sad because you're having delusional almost-sex with an imaginary boyfriend.
Libba Bray
#37. When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
Theodore Roosevelt
#38. [As] authorities "over" us are removed, as we wobble out on our own, the question of whether to be or not to be arises with real relevance for the first time, since the burden of being is felt most fully by the self-determining self.
William H Gass
#39. He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed.
Murray Walker
#41. Committee, n.: A group of people that, when given the task of deciding whether to start array indices from either 0 or 1, compromises to declare that they are to start from 0.5.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
#42. E. B. White once wrote, I can't decide whether to enjoy the world or improve the world; that makes it difficult to plan the day.
Barbara Brown Taylor
#43. Isobel moved farther into the kitchen, not knowing whether to be relieved that her mother hadn't had an atomic meltdown, or mortified that she'd taken it upon herself to play head chef with the nearest thing Trenton High had to a Dark Lord.
Kelly Creagh
#44. The average buyer in bookshop spends 8 seconds on the front cover and 15 seconds on the back cover before deciding whether to purchase the book or not. On average, he does not get past page 18. See? The odds are stacked against us writers!
Ashwin Sanghi
#45. Frank gave Leo a confused smile- like he couldn't decide whether to gloat or to thank Leo for being a doofus- but he cheerfully let Hazel drag him along.
Rick Riordan
#46. Ana, you fucking tease. I don't know whether to spank you or fuck you seven shades till Sunday."
I grip the post begging him with my eyes exactly what I want him to do. I drop the riding crop and take off the hat letting it fall to the floor.
"I think I'll settle for seven shades.
Jaimie Roberts
#47. We somehow forget that we can choose whether to make time an enemy or an ally.
Deepak Chopra
#48. I thought it out this very day,
Noon upon the clock,
A man may put pretence away
Who leans upon a stick,
May sing, and sing until he drop,
Whether to maid or hag ...
William Butler Yeats
#49. These scars bear witness but whether to repair or to destruction I no longer know.
Adrienne Rich
#51. Most of the films I myself like don't do very well. Every director, he has a choice, whether to go for subtlety and try to articulate every minute detail, or to go for the broad strokes and hope that the people will fill in between the lines. I tend to go for the broader strokes.
Sylvester Stallone
#52. The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory.
Dick Morris
#53. The choice was whether to be sad and foolish or sad and reasonable.
Vicki Covington
#54. Whether to spill his secret because she had opened up to him a few days previously, telling him about her painful past and why she didn't want a relationship. He felt he owed her the truth, but in the end he decided
J.C. Reed
#55. There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.
Leon Trotsky
#56. I grew up with a lot of compassion and empathy. I notice when I meet other friends of mine that were raised Christian sometimes we have similar model of sensitivity, whether to our advantage or disadvantage.
Weyes Blood
#57. The Bible is just a book. But, you choose whether to prove it's all true or nothing.
Shim Steward
#58. One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
#59. I don't know whether to throttle you or clap you on the back."
"I think there's a long line of people who feel the same way.
Sarah J. Maas
#60. The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.
James Hansen
#61. We try to press against the boundaries of what we are allowed, walk a step past the edge. Our records will be scrutinized by Congress one day and decisions on whether to enlarge our jurisdiction will be made.
Louise Erdrich
#62. I'm not sure whether to be flattered or offended, so I decide to be both.
Winter Renshaw
#63. Still reeling from the touch of her husband's lips on her, Trudy didn't know whether to feel relief or dread that she'd married Seth Flanagan for better or worse. But from the fireworks of excitement swirling in her middle, she figured on both.
Debra Holland
#64. To "stand around with egg on one's face" is not to be confused with "standing around with one's thumb up one's fundament," which means not knowing what to do next, as does "not knowing whether to defecate or wind one's watch.
Kurt Vonnegut
#65. The decision as to whether to risk one's actual life or to surrender the ideal self-conception is a decision about who one is.
(from The structure of desire and recognition)
Robert B. Brandom
#66. WH Auden: "The first criterion of success in any human activity, the necessary preliminary, whether to scientific discovery or artistic vision, is intensity of attention or, less pompously, love.
ESPN Cricinfo
#67. An apocryphal story recounts the dilhemma of a man during the Civil War who could not decide whether to join the Confederate or Union forces. Finally he put on a gray coat and blue pants, and both sides shot him.
John Frohnmayer
#68. What is the real question is not whether to be, but how to be?
Gayle Forman
#69. Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novel - and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she.
Elizabeth Hardwick
#70. Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.
Rory Bremner
#71. My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our carpets or ruin our lives.
Rita Rudner
#72. That was a rhetorical question! Don't you even know what a rhetorical question is?"
Miles didn't know whether to answer.
Jory John
#73. You're as tough as you are beautiful, which means a lot of women must hate you on sight, and the men can't decide whether to try to compete with you or sleep with you.
Laurell K. Hamilton
#74. [This] is very important to remember when reading or writing or talking or whatever: You are never, ever choosing whether to use symbols. You are choosing which symbols to use.
John Green
#75. Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism holds that man must be chained to collective action and collective thought for the sake of what is called 'the common good'
Ayn Rand
#76. I don't know whether to run or grab hold of her and never let go.
Kristen Callihan
#78. The key decision for a statesman is whether to commit his nation or not. There is no middle course. Once a great nation commits itself, it must prevail. It will acquire no kudos for translating its inner doubts into hesitation.
Henry A. Kissinger
#79. I've always believed free will is a birthright. God even allows us to choose whether to be led by the divine order
Oprah Winfrey
#80. If you want to be transparent with your people, do not do anything cosmetic, whether to deceive your people or to get some applaud from the West.
Bashar Al-Assad
#81. For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have.
Woody Allen
#82. Fuck, half the time with her and the way she talked, he didn't know whether to laugh or kiss her.
Kristen Ashley
#83. 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.
Ronaldinho
#84. We don't always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.
Christopher Lee
#85. Had Zach just apologised for kissing her? She didn't know whether to cry or slap his face. ~Maddie
Monique DeVere
#86. I didn't know whether to feel smart for figuring out Kiki's advice, or feel like a simpleton for having a horse tell me the right thing to do
Maria V. Snyder
#87. I must confess that if I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it.
Friedrich August Von Hayek
#88. The decision on whether to ban anyone from the U.K. is made by the home secretary on the basis of the evidence at the time.
Theresa May
#89. ... Any talent - whether to write songs or to write novels...came with the obligation to use it to the fullest of one's ability, with a fierce commitment barely distinguishable from neurotic obsession. ... In fact...commitment to the point of obsession wasn't merely an obligation but a necessity...
Dean Koontz
#90. If the cost of figuring out whether to do something is more than just doing it, then just do it!
Joichi Ito
#91. We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.
Maimonides
#92. We must decide whether to act as if the universe is a cosmic car-crash, in which our actions have no significance beyond their observable effects, or an ordered and purposeful whole, in which our actions continue to echo and reverberate down all eternity.
Peter Hitchens
#93. There are countless moments in the average life when you have to decide whether to open yourself up or bury yourself deep. In love, at work, among your family, with friends, there are moments when you have to decide whether you are ready to reveal your true self.
M.J. Arlidge
#94. The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace.
Cornel West
#95. On 18th September 2014, between the hours of 7am and 10pm, absolute sovereign power will lie in the hands of the Scottish people. They have to decide whether to keep it, or give it away to where their minority status makes them permanently powerless and vulnerable.
Jim Sillars
#96. Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.
Oprah Winfrey
#97. No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.
Sara Paretsky
#98. Inside the big world that you cannot control, you have the small world of you that you can control. In that small world, if you look, you can see whether to go this way toward good, or the other way toward bad.
Roland Merullo
#99. Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.
Ivan Illich
#100. I don't know whether to be happy he's made my job so easy," Carter said, "or pissed off that someone that stupid not only roams the earth, but lives in my hometown.
Jana Deleon
