Quotes by Sunset I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. Abraham Lincoln sunset done losing I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally. The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there, Filthy McNasty's and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings. Adam Shankman sunset rainbow towers Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper. Adriaan Kortlandt sunset animal beautiful Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways. Al Lewis sunset friday kids You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days. Alain de Botton daffodil sunset nice So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work, and materials in whizzing off to the moon to discover, as astronomers knew before, that it was just a dreary slag heap. This is the true, original and scientifically etymological meaning of being lunatics. Crying for the moon. Alan Watts sunset moon night Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything. Albert Camus sunset light beautiful Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”). Albert Schweitzer sunset life death Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television. Aldo Leopold sunset nature taken No one would rather hunt woodcock in October than I, but since learning of the sky dance I find myself calling one or two birds enough. I must be sure that, come April, there be no dearth of dancers in the sunset sky. Aldo Leopold sunset sky two Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them Aldo Leopold sunset taken wind I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Aldous Huxley obscurity sunset dark Sunsets and death; death and therefore kisses, kisses and consequently birth and then death for yet another generation of sunset watchers. Aldous Huxley sunset generations kissing I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky. Aleister Crowley sunset daughter night I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off. Alex Trebek sunset gambling winning The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire. I cried, Behold! the barren beach of hell At ebb of tide. Alexander Smith sunset fire beach My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the Western stars until I die. Alfred Lord Tennyson sunset stars purpose Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar When I put out to sea. Alfred Lord Tennyson sunset stars death Come, my friends Tis not too late to seek a newer world Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die Alfred Lord Tennyson sunset stars order After you understand about the sun and the stars and the rotation of the earth, you may still miss the radiance of the sunset. Alfred North Whitehead sunset stars attitude 1234567891011»