December 8th Quotes & Sayings

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him. — Yoko Ono

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan ... As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense ... With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.
-President F.D. Roosevelt - 8th December 1941 — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. We'd not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age. — Sam Donaldson

Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms. — Warren Ellis

Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to meet us everywhere never to leave us till we take, the greatest stride of the soul man ever took. affairs are now soul size the enterprise is exploration unto God. Where are you making for? It takes so many thousand years to wake. But will you wake for pity's sake? — Christopher Fry

I am awake, I might as well be drinking — Dan Thompson

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. — Jane Smiley

In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend. — Alexander Hamilton

Loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. — Keith Ablow

As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers. — Julian Barnes

Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed. — Dan Groat

All books are merely delayed dust. — George Elliott Clarke

It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears
is said to be seen in San Francisco.
It must be a delightful city and possess
all the attractions of the next world — Oscar Wilde

Part of me was saying if you say that she's alive, what would everybody think? What are you gonna tell everybody who follow you, who you've inspired? What are you going to say? And on that time on December 8th two days after I just found out that she's alive. As a 21-year-old I wasn't ready for that. — Manti Te'o

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect. — Steve Kanaly

If I were given a change of life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer. — Wilt Chamberlain

I tend to equate sadness with intelligence. — Chuck Klosterman

Betty had her crocheting out again. The morning light winked off her needles and Olivia recognized that she was making a baby blanket. — Ellery Adams