Concessive Clause Quotes & Sayings

Life isn't a fairy tale, and happy endings are few and far between — Kristen Bell

As I [Eve] was the only cook in all Christendom at the time, the idea of not coming home to dinner never occurred to Adam ... It is true that at times he criticised my cooking, but in view of certain ancestral limitations from which he suffered, I never had to sit quietly and listen to an exasperating disquisition on the Pies That Mother Used To Make ... — John Kendrick Bangs

Twill be the end of us all when it comes ...
The moon will devour the sun ...
The sea will rise in a great wave and drown the world ...
The Realms will fall ...
Evil will crawl across the land. — Sam J. Charlton

Almost every yogi that appeared in the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is either somebody I have seen and met and spoken to, or someone who is in my three degrees of separation - I know the source who talks to me about it so well that I believe his story. — Karan Bajaj

Most of our trainers said it was up to our discretion, and that we never had to use sex unless we felt it was necessary. Wink, wink. They also said that we should do whatever it takes to get the job done. — Charlie Evans

I don't believe man-made global warming is settled in science enough. — Rick Perry

Upon his arm he bare a gay bracer*, *small shield And by his side a sword and a buckler, And on that other side a gay daggere, Harnessed well, and sharp as point of spear: — Geoffrey Chaucer

I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absolutely amazing and I would love to do a project with him. — Jack Reynor

In 1838, Connecticut paid $14.50 a month to male teachers and $5.75 a month to women. — Gail Collins

What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings. — James Russell Lowell