Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carson McCullers

Death is the great gamer with a sleeve of tricks.

Daniel Handler

It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.

Winston Churchill

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Arthur Schopenhauer

There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annhilation of his being.

Jack Chick

Yes, we get death threats every week... from the Muslims.

Atharva Veda

To death do I hand them over, with the fetters of death they have been bound. To the evil messengers of death do I lead them captive.

James Jones

Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion.

Martin McGuinness

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.

Susan Ertz

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Terry Teachout

A play is not a play until it's performed, and unless it's a one-person play that is acted, directed and designed by the author, many other people will be deeply involved in the complicated process that leads to its performance.

Lykke Li

I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all woman. It's made me more myself.

Michelle Kwan

I am deeply disappointed that I will not be at nationals.

Deyon Pitter

You are the pilot of your life, therefore you determine your destination, and which direction will take you there.

Mike Klemm

Spirits are up. There's a good feeling out there. We all know this was forced upon us and everyone is determined to see it through.

Jarome Iginla

In the third, we were a lot more determined hockey club.

Steve Lawrence

We're trying to determine what the problem is. Everything will be done from the outside.

Pat Keliher

We're trying to determine if we get better results with these eggs than with salmon reared in a hatchery.

Laura McElroy

We're trying to determine if it was a homicide.

Anne Steele

We're trying to determine exactly what happened, how it happened and when it happened,

Lee Swislow

We are working to determine which signatures were fraudulently obtained.

Jim Fowler

We will dissect the lake for them, then let them fish the following weekend to determine how much the juniors learned,

Roger Griffiths

She's a very good player, very talented. Right now, we're still in the evaluation process.

Peter Hitchens

This is a good deal, BP had a hole in its lubricants portfolio and need a quality lubricant following the Mobil venture's breakup,

Norman Schwarzkopf

There's no doubt in my mind that whichever commander ordered the blowing up of Kamisiyah did so in following the instructions that he had received.

Ralph Acampora

It's one thing to have a 257-point up day. What you really want to see is the following day when you see the upside follow-through, and that's what we're getting, and I think it puts people at ease.

Donald Berwick

We are guests in our patients' lives.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.

Martha Stewart

(She) also (said) that she wanted me to be one of the first guests on her show.

William Watson

On from room to room I stray,Yet mine Host can ne'er espy,And I know not to this day,Whether guest or captive I.

Karen Hechler

I was overwhelmed by the number of hotels -- there were over 12. They would invite someone to stay in their hotel for $3 a week.

John Oates

You've got to pay me to leave my house, spend the night in hotels and fly in airplanes. That's what I get paid for. Playing I actually do for free.

David Paulison

These people in hotels and motels must take the next step to find a better housing solution.

Andrew Abraham

The prayers worked, very simply. But we need more prayers. He's not out of it yet.