Alas Quote by Hannah More

I've, in so many ways, done way more than I ever expected out of life.

— Simone Giertz

Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself.

— James Madison

I've been fortunate to live a very full professional life. Most of it has happened through God's graciousness and not from something I've imagined.

— Oleta Adams

I have lived long enough to know what I did not at one time believe--that no society can be upheld in happiness and honor…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

I've had a blessed career, and that has been acknowledged in many ways over the years.

— Jimmy Nail

Yes, I've worked very hard and made sacrifices along the way, but I'm in the very privileged position of doing something that I love…

— Toni Duggan

I relate more to the descendants of Galileo Galilei and the Wright brothers than I do to anyone else you might mention. If you…

— Jakob Dylan

I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and heard almost every Tuesday the very best, most earnest…

— Alfred Russel Wallace

In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an…

— Jim Rash

I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in…

— Richard Rohr

I have had quite the grand, interesting life.

— Margaret Trudeau

Only on the surface of things have I ever trod the beaten path. So long as I could keep from hurting anyone else, I…

— Ellen Glasgow