Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francois Fenelon

I had often heard Mentor say, that the voluptuous were never brave, and I now found by experience that it was true; for the Cyprians whose jollity had been so extravagant and tumultuous, now sunk under a sense of their danger and wept like women. I heard nothing but the screams of terror and the wailings of hopeless distress. Some lamented the loss of pleasures that were never to return; but none had presence of mind either to undertake or direct the navigation of the menaced vessel.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Dying is nothing to fear. It can be the most wonderful experience of your life. It all depends on how you've lived.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

It is important to feel the anger without judging it, without attempting to find meaning in it. It may take many forms: anger at the health-care system, at life, at your loved one for leaving. Life is unfair. Death is unfair. Anger is a natural reaction to the unfairness of loss.

Joel Osteen

God never said that we wouldn’t have unfair situations, that we wouldn’t experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen.

Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen Ministries God never said that we wouldn’t have unfair situations, that we wouldn’t experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen Joel Osteen Ministries God never said that we wouldn’t have unfair situations, that we wouldn’t experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen

Joe Biden

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility.

Jimmy Page

I don't like to tell people what format they can get things in, or say, "I'm only going to release this on vinyl and nothing else. You have to come to my world." I don't like to say that to people either. But, I do think there's a loss of romance.

Jim Rogers

The first loss is the best loss.

Madeleine L'Engle

For the past several generations we've forgotten what the psychologists call our archaic understanding, a willingness to know things in their deepest, most mythic sense. We're all born with archaic understanding, and I'd guess that the loss of it goes directly along with the loss of ourselves as creators.

Madeleine L'Engle

... nothing loved is ever lost or perished.

Lynndie England

I've heard attacks were made on coalition forces because of those. I apologize to the families of those who lost loved ones or were injured because of the photos.

Lucy Powell

There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.

Lou Gerstner

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

John Foxe

The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.

Lisa Kleypas

Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears and your seed, knowing the woman you had dreamed of would never come back to you.

Lisa Bonet

What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money.

Lindsay Davenport

Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.

Leslie Nielsen

Are you having problems hearing? If so, those around you already know it. Hearing loss is no laughing matter, so don't be a punchline.

Lauren Graham

I have to introduce the part of me that feels like a winner to the part of me convinced I’m a loser, and see if they can’t agree to exist somewhere closer to the middle.

John Dryden

Fattened in vice, so callous and so gross, he sins and sees not, senseless of his loss.

John Maynard Keynes

It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.

John M. Ford

We're not lost. We're locationally challenged

John Lurie

The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it.

John Locke

General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.

John Lancaster Spalding

They who can no longer unlearn have lost the power to learn.

In politics, when you`re explaining, you`re losing.

Jim Leyland

When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if somebody asked me how I would sum up my career, I would say I had a unbelievable, fabulous career.

Jim Rash

I loved Lost, from beginning to end.

Jim Ramstad

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

Jim Perrin

Man may be doomed to loss, sorrow, and desolation, but if he tries his strength and will, however briefly, upon the indifferent vast hostility of the elements, he rages against futility and asserts his right of being

George Lucas

We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.

George Lucas

In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be ?replaced? by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.

George MacDonald

All is loss that comes between us and Christ.