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.

Marcus Valerius Martial

You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!

Benjamin Franklin

Fear not Death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal.

Nancy Lessin

There should be no one that died because this war shouldn't have happened and more killing and more death is not helping anything. The occupation of Iraq right now by the U.S. is the problem, it's not the solution.

Jim Osborn

There's no way that can be overlooked. If his death leads to passage of hate-crime legislation in Wyoming, it will be a bittersweet footnote in our state's history.

John Strachan

The tortures of present death disturb him not, but the recollection of his fall, fills him with a holy sorrow.

Abraham Scott

Those who died were not just numbers. They were people with families.

Mark Oliphant

I worked with him for ten years until he died and it was the most wonderful time of my life.

Robby Krieger

Jim died in 1971, and the problem of trying to replace him was insurmountable at that time. But after 30 years or so goes by, it doesn't seem so insurmountable.

Tom Foley

Lloyd was a great friend, and he died too soon.

Susan Anderson

He always said that he wanted to go back. He said make sure when he died he would be placed on the Arizona.

Henry Ellis

The sun and the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

Steve Kerr

This ranks right up there, ... Right up there at the top with anything that happened with the Bulls.

Peter Cohen

I feel that so much has happened that I didn't think would happen. I'm shocked. My judgement has been wrong for two years.

Jack Kerouac

Nothing ever happened - Not even this

Ronaldo

It will take time for us all to understand what has happened to us, but it is a joy to be surrounded by such happiness.

Chris Stakes

They can remember so much about what happened to them in their lives because it's all about them.

James Russell

They just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the right thing.

Bill Schneider

Nothing happened. Why not? Well, 2000 -- that's why not. Because they were prepared, knowing what happened in Florida,

Deirdre Fedkenheuer

Nothing had happened with it yet. All it said was that her services were no longer required.

Daniel Burns

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

Paul Tagliabue

The state of Texas, and San Antonio, are helping shelter hurricane victims. That is the most important mission right now.

Charles R. Swindoll

It helps me if I remember that God is in charge of my day - not I.

Elie Wiesel

Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.

Howard Dean

At this point, my position is pretty delicate, ... If I come out in the newspaper (with my opinion), it may not end up helping New Hampshire's position.

Ray Kroc

The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.

Tony Abbott

Mates help each other; they do not tax each other.

John Travolta

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

Black Elk

I was sixteen years old and more, and I had not yet done anything the Grandfathers wanted me to do, but they had been helping me.

Jack Straw

are here for the long-term to see Iraq through to a better future.

Joseph Biden

This is poppycock that Iraq will be able to pay its way out.

Leon Panetta

The terrorism from 9/11 has metastasized. It's metastasized in Iraq and Syria, in Nigeria, in Somalia, in Yemen and in other places in North Africa. We need a very comprehensive strategy to deal with that threat.

Leon Panetta

The White House was so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests,

Paul Wolfowitz

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

Marty Meehan

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq.

Marty Meehan

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.

Pope Francis

I pray every day for all who are suffering in Iraq. Please join me.

Pope Benedict XVI

Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!

Mason Cooley

A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as "rewarding.

Gordon B. Hinckley

There is room for improvement in every life. Regardless of our occupations, regardless of our circumstances, we can improve ourselves and while so doing have an effect on the lives of those about us.

Bashar al-Assad

There is no good war.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Those who are convinced they have a monopoly on The Truth always feel that they are only saving the world when they slaughter the heretics.

Denis Diderot

There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.

Dikembe Mutombo

The doctors and nurses at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital are saving lives every day and helping improve health care in the DRC which has been ravaged by more than a decade of war and disease.

Anwar Sadat

The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.

Edmund H. North

The world only remembers the winners.

Edmund Spenser

Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit!

Michael Ignatieff

We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it.

Samantha Smith

Well, I asked him who would start the war first.