Quotes about step
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“There’s an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you’re climbing into a metaphor.”

Hugh Laurie book The Gun Seller

Source: The Gun Seller (1996)

Pleasure, Beauty, Cars, Feeling

“If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk.”

Barbara Kingsolver book Prodigal Summer

Source: Prodigal Summer

“You’re barely one step up from the Australopithecines, aren’t you? (Acheron)
Hey, be respectful when you say that, snot nose. Haven’t you seen the commercials? Us cavemen are very sensitive people. (Savitar)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Acheron

People

“No more free steps to heaven.”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“If there was an arrow speeding toward Will, I would be bound by oath to step in front of it.'
'Handy, that,' said Will.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Speed

“You didn't," John said, stepping from the shadows as he clapped for me, "even hit your head this time.”

Meg Cabot (1967) Novelist

Source: Abandon

Time

“He who walks out of step hears another drum.”

Ken Kesey book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Variant: He who marches out of line hears another drum.
Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962), Ch. 1

“And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said, “Bathroom door beside you,” and picked up a vase and hit the rising Damon over the head with it. Hard.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Nightfall

Time

“When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

Source: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Books, Tree

“.. then when the hurt goes, anger takes its place; when the anger runs out of system, loneliness steps in to take over. it's a never ending circle of emotions; every lost emotion being replaced by another.”

Cecelia Ahern book A Place Called Here

Source: A Place Called Here

Hurt, Loneliness, Anger

“Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating."
"Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: Fang

Angels, Way

“The stairs ended. I wished I knew the jackass who’d made the staircase so short. I’d throw him down the damn steps so he could count them with his head.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bleeds

“One must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the mountain in the distance, or one would never reach one's goal.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

Mountain

“The 12-step chocoholics program: Never be more than 12 steps away from chocolate!”

Terry Moore (1929) actress

Variant: The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE!

“The desert surrounds your every step and you walk forever a thirsty man.”

Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden

Source: Creatures of Forever

“We think a flower on a cliff is beautiful
Because we stop our feet at the cliff's edge
Unable to step out into the sky
Like that fearless flower
--Sosuke Aizen, Flower on the Precipice”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Beauty, Flowers, Thinking

“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”

Fannie Flagg book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

People

“People seem to get used to anything, and it is a short step from adaptation to attachment.”

Lionel Shriver book We Need to Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need to Talk About Kevin

People

“You can’t become a billionaire stepping over children sleeping on the street.”

Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont

Source: The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class

Children, Sleep

“They wanted genuine intimacy, but they could not get even normally near to anyone, because they scorned to take the first steps, they scorned the triviality which forms common human intercourse.”

D.H. Lawrence book Sons and Lovers

Source: Sons and Lovers

“Scepticism is the first step towards truth.”

Denis Diderot book Philosophical thoughts

As quoted in The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations (1963) by Norbert Gutermam
Pensées Philosophiques (1746)
Variant: A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence skepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.
Variant: The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
Source: Pensées philosophiques

Truth

“You set fire to my house, killed my family, and ate my dog. But steal my boyfriend? That's a step too far.”

Libba Bray (1964) American teen writer

Source: Beauty Queens

Family, Dogs, Housing

“I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstable streaks in others.”

Charlaine Harris book Shakespeare's Landlord

Source: Shakespeare's Landlord

“Bean, what's one step worse then a fashion don't?…. a fashion don't even THINK about it.”

Lisi Harrison book The Clique

Source: The Clique

Fashion, Thinking

“Step up to red alert."
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb."
- Rimmer & Kryten, "Red Dwarf”

Rob Grant (1950) British writer

Change

“Think like a queen. A queen if not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

Failure, Thinking, Motivational, For women

“The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.”

Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

Source: The Money Game

“100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction.”

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (1968) Canadian writer

Source: All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot Writes for a Spin

“If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

God

“Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered”

Mindy Kaling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Sleep

“With every step I took away from her, the movement at my heart and between my legs grew more defined: I felt like a ventriloquist, locking his protesting dolls in to a trunk.”

Sarah Waters book Tipping the Velvet

Source: Tipping the Velvet

Heart

“I still don’t know if this is a good quality or a bad one, to be able to be in the moment and then step out of it.”

David Levithan The Lover's Dictionary

Source: The Lover's Dictionary

“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”

Denis Diderot (1713–1784) French Enlightenment philosopher and encyclopædist

Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu (1745); a translation and adaptation of Inquiry concerning Virtue or Merit (1699) by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
Source: Essai sur le mérite et la vertu

“A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

Life, Happiness, Way, Nature

“Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“Everybody is an atheist in saying that there is a god - from Ra to Shiva - in which he does not believe. All that the serious and objective atheist does is to take the next step and to say that there is just one more god to disbelieve in.”

Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

God

“Mind led body
to the edge of the precipice.
They stared in desire
at the naked abyss.
If you love me, said mind,
take that step into silence.
If you love me, said body,
turn and exist.”

Anne Stevenson (1933) Poet

Love, Silence

“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”

Jodi Picoult book Second Glance

Source: Second Glance

People, Feeling

“I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)”

Mary E. Pearson book The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Source: The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Forgiveness, Thinking, Change

“Reyna looked at Percy without much hope. “Youhave a plan?”
Percy wanted to step forward bravely and say”

Rick Riordan book The Son of Neptune

Source: The Son of Neptune

Hope

“Who doesn't want to just disappear, at some point in the day, in a year, to just step off the map and float?”

Nick Flynn book Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

Source: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

“Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.”

Wil Wheaton (1972) American actor and writer

Source: Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise

World, Way, Chance

“When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Life

“Some guys step on a rake in the dark, and get mad and go punch somebody. Others step on a rake in the dark and fall down laughing at themselves. I know which kind of guy I'd rather be. So do my friends.”

Spider Robinson book Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Source: Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Guy, Madness

“I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by.”

Robert E. Howard (1906–1936) American author

"Beyond the Black River" (1935)
Context: "There's nothing in the universe cold steel won't cut," answered Conan. "I threw my ax at the demon, and he took no hurt, but I might have missed in the dusk, or a branch deflected its flight. I'm not going out of my way looking for devils; but I wouldn't step out of my path to let one go by."

Way