Quotes by Long Ago I learned long ago to never be disappointed by people. Especially politicians. Chuck Pfarrer long-ago politician people More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There was nothing truly new in the world, but only the slow, circular march of time that revealed the old things once again. Cinda Williams Chima old-things long-ago world Long ago I added to the true old adage of "What is everybody's business is nobody's business," another clause which, I think, morethan any other principle has served to influence my actions in life. That is, What is nobody's business is my business. Clara Barton long-ago principles thinking We (women) take it for granted that we can do what we want. Not so very long ago, that was not the case. Clare Wright long-ago women want My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws. Clarence Darrow bylaws long-ago moral Long ago the word alone was treated as two words, all one. To be all one meant to be wholly one, to be in oneness, either essentially or temporarily. That is precisely the goal of solitude, to be all one. Clarissa Pinkola Estes long-ago oneness two I trained myself. Long ago, `Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life. Coco Chanel long-ago moral boys Long ago, long ago. The simple things come back to us. They rest for a moment by our ribcages then suddenly reach in and twist our hearts a notch backward. Colum McCann long-ago simple heart I've tried it long ago, with hashish and peyote. Fascinating, yes, but no good, no. This, as we find in alcohol, is an escape from awareness, a cheat, a momentary substitution, and in the end a destruction of it. Conrad Aiken peyote long-ago alcohol You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think that writers are all dead long ago--they don't expect to meet them in the street or out shopping. They know their stories but not their names, and certainly not their faces. And most writers like it that way. Cornelia Funke long-ago book thinking It seems so long ago that he was last afraid of anything. Seventeen, was he then? Eighteen? Sometimes he thinks he's missing a lot by being like this - fear gives life a fillip. He wonders how it is he lost it all, and what there is - if anything - ever to bring it back. Cornell Woolrich long-ago fear thinking Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no rest until all has been fulfilled. Dag Hammarskjold burden long-ago mind Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love. Dagobert D. Runes long-ago hatred people Not so long ago people believed in ideologies, systems, and institutions to save all societies. Today, they have given up such hopes and have returned to relying on the individual, on individual freedom, individual initiative, individual creativity. Dalai Lama long-ago creativity people We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them. Dalai Lama long-ago chinese war I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against. Damon Runyon long-ago gambling life An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored, and that instead of complaining about it they sat up all night and invented the game of chess so that everyone else in the world, on evenings when there is nothing to do, can also be bored by the perplexing and tedious game they invented. Daniel Handler long-ago night mean For obvious reasons, I never told you about my notebook, with a cover as green as mansions long ago, which I use as a commonplace book, a phrase which here means 'place where I have collected passages from some of the most important books I have read. Daniel Handler long-ago notebook mean I have long ago accepted that I am a little crazy and a little weird. It wasn't that exciting a revelation though. Turns out everyone is. Daniel Pearce being-different long-ago crazy You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore. Dante Gabriel Rossetti soulmate long-ago fall «1234567891011»
