Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Dickens

Houses were knocked down... enormous heaps of earth and clay thrown up; buildings that were undermined and shaking, propped up by great beams of wood... The yet unfinished and unopened Railway was in progress.

Jacky Teplitzky

There is a standstill situation. We all thought September was going to be a strong month, but that did not happen. The phones did not ring. Turnout at the open houses was low, lower than we had expected.

Ricky Gervais

My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty pleasure is everything MMA. Ultimate Fighter is amazing.

Tom Holland

When I'm acting, it's like I am the character - no one can talk to me. But I'm not so method I'd sell my house and live on the street to play a tramp.

Brent Musburger

Folks, I've had the best seat in the house. Thanks for sharing it, I'll see you down the road.

Bret Harte

Nobody shoulders a rifle in defense of a boarding house.

Bram Stoker

A house cannot be made habitable in a day; and, after all, how few days go to make up a century.

Bram Stoker

Once again...welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.

Darren Shan

but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house

Austin O'Malley

There is a form of literature that is a deed, and a form that is only talk, and the latter passes away like a conversation.

Diana Gabaldon

Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow. And thus passes away the glory of the world.

Ashton Kutcher

It's really easy, once somebody passes away, for the tales about them to become taller, the good ones and the bad ones.

Anthony Jeselnik

It's always difficult when someone close to you passes away. But it's really tough when they're on top of you.

Elif Safak

While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.

Howard Rheingold

Flash mobbing may be a fad that passes away, or it may be an indicator of things to come.

Henry Miller

One thing is certain, that when you die and are resurrected you belong to the earth and whatever is of the earth is yours inalienably. You become an anomaly of nature, a being without shadow; you will never die again but only pass away like the phenomena about you.

Theodore Tilton

Pleasure comes, but not to stay;Even this shall pass away.

Matthew Simpson

If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.

D. J. MacHale

We took the elevator back down from the first observation level of the Eiffel Tower and started walking in he direction of the Taj Mahal

Karl Pilkington

I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.