I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow. — Faith Baldwin Copy Share Image
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I ask the citizens of this Republic whether such a state of things is to be suffered to pass unnoticed, and the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The more I read the Scriptures I find an overwhelming case of Scriptures being concerned with the poor, outcast, widow, foreigner and… — Sho Baraka Copy Share Image
Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children and fortune believes in God. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what… — Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Copy Share Image
Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a widow's son outlawed and… — Ned Kelly Copy Share Image
If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the… — Guru Nanak Copy Share Image
To marry a girl just to make her a widow,” said Gabriel Lightwood. “Many would say that was not a kindness. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Most people think that a widow is inhabiting some elegiac world of - it's like Mozart's 'Requiem Mass.' You know, it's very… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Throughout our world the cry of the poor so often goes unheard. The prophets harangued Israel and Judah unceasingly about the powerless… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
“You can’t live your life in a bubble, Charlie. And you can’t live Evan’s life for him. He won’t thank you if… — Tamara Hoffa Copy Share Image
O, how much those men are to be valued who, in the spirit with which the widow gave up her two mites,… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
I seem to be less depressed but also less hopeful now in my thirties. My widow's peak bothers me. I think a… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
I will tell you one thing. They will never drag me out like a little old widow like they did Mrs. Wilson… — Jackie Kennedy Copy Share Image
No woman is really an insider in the institutions fathered by masculine consciousness. When we allow ourselves to believe we are, we… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
In the hands of [God's] children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. it gives… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image