Return Quotes · Page 42

When a historian enters into metaphysics he has gone to a far country from whose bourne he will never return a historian.

— Shailer Mathews

An involuntary return to the point of departure is, without doubt, the most disturbing of all journeys.

— Iain Sinclair

To help others to develop and succeed in life is a reward itself and only has value when nothing is expected in…

— Choi Hong Hi

We must first give to life if we expect life to give anything in return. This is the divine law.

— Harold Klemp

Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen

— George R. R. Martin

It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.

— Michael Moorcock

Brandon Wegher left camp to deal with some personal things. We hope he can return in the very near future

— Kirk Ferentz

When pieces of work speak to us in a way that feels as if they were made just for us, those become…

— Jeanette Winterson

Warren Buffett once wrote that value investing is like an inoculation--it either takes or it doesn't--and when you explain to somebody what…

— Seth Klarman

I probably coughed self-pityingly in response, little aware that I was about to cross a tremendous threshold beyond which there would be…

— Kate Morton

We know that death never skips or spares anybody and that no one ever returns. And yet we go on like the…

— Martin Luther

I think the combatant is always burdened with returning and making his way through his past. And that we as citizens have…

— Anthony Swofford

In every bio-region, one of the most urgent tasks is to rebuild the community of naturalists - so radically depleted in recent…

— Richard Louv

“if I never returned-if you never see me again-it will mean that everything is alright. That I have ended her. But if…

— Samantha Shannon

'Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights' (Jms. 1:17). But there is…

— Pope Dionysius

A river is water is its loveliest form; rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation, rivers are veins…

— Roderick Haig-Brown

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment…

— Warren Buffett

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite…

— Bill Cosby

I am pleased to inform you of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to allow the return of…

— Naji Sabri

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I…

— Ronald Biggs

What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its…

— Gail Godwin

I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget your name. (I think I made you…

— Sylvia Plath

Sydney has taken my money, Melbourne has my respect, but Adelaide has taken my heart; I shall return.

— Miriam Margolyes

Retirement: That's when you return from work one day and say, "Hi, Honey, I'm home - forever."

— Gene Perret

Earlier today, the White House released President Bush's tax return. Not surprisingly, under dependents, the president listed Iraq

— Conan O'Brien

If you've got $25,000, $50,000, $100,000, you're better off paying off any debt you have because that's a guaranteed return.

— Mark Cuban

Being there for someone and giving them your all, only to find yourself alone when you need them in return...

— Anonymous

Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the…

— Anonymous

I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing…

— Julia Stiles

All love will, one day, meet with its return. All true love will, one day, behold its own image in the eyes…

— George MacDonald

The financial disclosure statements, they don't give you the tax rate. They don't give you all the details that tax returns would.

— Hillary Clinton

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.

— Deng Xiaoping

No matter how remote we feel we are from the oceans, every act each one of us takes in our everyday lives…

— Fabien Cousteau

But still, the other voice, the intuitive, returns, like grass forcing its way through concrete.

— Susan Griffin

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

— Andrew Cuomo

I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

— Billy Wilder

Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.

— Seth Godin

The love of those we don't love in return settles on the surface and from there quickly evaporates.

— Paolo Giordano

We'll be back to our nature documentary, 'Baggy the Anorexic Elephant' in just a second.

— Colin Mochrie

My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her…

— Melissa Rivers