They Left Quotes

113 They Left quotes by 95 unique authors

We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have… — Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying… — Tana French
Many immigrants do not talk about what they endured back home. They were fleeing that world, and when they left they didn't want to talk… — Isabel Wilkerson
That's one of the biggest losses, I think, to African American families, is that people, once they left, they turned away from the South. They… — Isabel Wilkerson
When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues. — Youssou N'Dour
When people leave cults, they don't know that they left a cult. — Sean Durkin
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get… — Cy Coleman
Some are born in their place, some find it, some realize after long searching that the place they left is the one they have been… — Wallace Stegner
I am just...wondering, where is the glow of yesteryear? I'm wondering where the heroes went. Gosh, I don't know how long ago they left. Heroes… — Tom McCall
You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.' — Tommy Cooper
We have responsibilities for others, not just across space but across time. We have responsibilities to people who came before us. They left us a… — Tony Judt
So much of my sense of who I am is tied to mothering. When they left home, I fell into a huge, empty, black hole.… — Jessica Lange
I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix.… — Stevie Nicks
I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast. — Steven Wright
Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children… — Debra Ginsberg
...since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. She was always sending me off on a bus someplace, to elementary… — James McBride
However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return. — Hubert Selby, Jr.
The day after his father left, Franz and his mother went into town together, and as they left home Franz noticed that her shoes did… — Milan Kundera
All that sunny afternoon, traveling north and east, Caroline believed absolutely in the future. And why not? For if the worst had already happened to… — Kim Edwards
So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities… — Rose Macaulay
Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words on the other hand, were a lifeline. They left their hushed rhythm… — Diane Setterfield
Place unopened pouch in warm water for 5-10 minutes. Unopened pouch may be laid on a warm surface. Lay unopened pouch in direct sunlight. Not… — S.A. Bodeen
Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet.… — Suzanne Collins
This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own. — Sarah Dessen
Will: "Nice place to live, isn't it? Let's hope they left something behind other than filth. Forwarding addresses, a few severed limbs, a prostitute or… — Cassandra Clare

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