I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed. — Wilfred Owen Copy Share Image
THE old man died beneath the wheels of the twentieth century. There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh… — Dambudzo Marechera Copy Share Image
Keynes was chief economic adviser to the British government and largely responsible for keeping the British economy afloat at a time when… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
This was 1990, the year that communism died in Europe and it seemed strange to me that in all the words that… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“If you enjoy peace now, remember it is out of the toils of those who were gone before you. The question is… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't die so we could fill auditoriums, he died so that lives could be transformed. — George Barna Copy Share Image
I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 - a stockbroker jumped out of a window… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk.… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly… — Diane Ladd Copy Share Image
They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
How strange it is, Anna. Yesterday, I have filed in my mind as a good day, notwithstanding it was filled with mortal… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Burns had his faults, his frailties. He was intensely human. Still, I would rather appear at the "Judgment Seat" drunk, and be… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Make Jesus Christ your theme! I have seen preachers espouse causes and champion movements, and when the cause died and the movement… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
I'm a lapsed Quaker. I don't go to meetings any more. But I'm very drawn to Catholicism - all that glitter. I'd… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said… — Bonnie Tyler Copy Share Image
To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy… — Kobayashi Issa Copy Share Image
Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I worked with two young women translators. One died and the other received a death threat from the Taliban. — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
I got a poster from Columbia Records, and there's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - everybody in that poster has… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
872, Ivar, King of the Northmen of all Ireland and Britain , ended his life." He had conquered Mercia and East Anglia.… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died… — Carl Clinton Van Doren Copy Share Image
