Gone Quotes · Page 41

Long enough I had heard of irrelevant things; now at length I was glad to make acquaintance with the light that dwells…

— Henry David Thoreau

When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less…

— Frank Abagnale

It was left for the present age to endow Covetousness with glamour on a big scale, and to give it a title…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

When you give someone your whole heart and he doesn't want it, you cannot take it back. It's gone forever.

— Sylvia Plath

I realized at one point that David and I had not made a record together in almost 26 years and I thought…

— Graham Nash

What makes that record special is something that is gone from music today - it's called a rhythm section.

— Jim Dickinson

Even where people in different cultures agree they may all have gone wrong.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into…

— Paul Anka

Often, the things that a lot of work has gone into have been incredibly bad because they're over-worked.

— Tom Hodgkinson

Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we…

— Russell Means

We set up a bakery called Bad Boy Bakery, to cook on the inside to sell on the outside. It was huge,…

— Chelsea Handler

Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of the one on Pianosa. It…

— Joseph Heller

“For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth: the time of the…

— Toni Morrison

[On retirement savings:] Gone today, here tomorrow.

— Catherine Crook de Camp

I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded…

— Octavia Spencer

Separation Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its color.

— Anonymous

I find the past so fascinating. Photographs are strange, almost surreal, almost here yet gone. I slip into thinking what the past…

— Kate Atkinson

I've never gone on Facebook or MySpace.

— Douglas Coupland

Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries…

— Joan Rivers

To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised…

— Pat Conroy

[James Comey] should have gone to the Public Integrity section and said 'What do you folks think.' It's a little bit of…

— William Weld

You cannot force things to happen before their time. The Spring Will come and the flowers will blossom, but you cannot force…

— Rajneesh

Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole…

— Dee Dee Ramone

There are lots of businesses that are well in excess of $9 billion that have gone into bankruptcy, that have been mismanaged.…

— Roger Goodell

When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change…

— Brian May