Emptyhanded Quotes & Sayings

I tried to steer the student newspaper toward more pertinent information instead of the usual gossip and bull. — Tom Bergeron

Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn't really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she didn't like, chopping him to tiny pieces wouldn't exactly help me get into the school. — Ilona Andrews

St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church. — John Strachan

Life, despite their frantic yoohooings, had passed them by. — Bernard Malamud

I think ambition can be having something that you're good at and love to do. — Hilary Duff

And the pathetic part of it is that frequently those who have the least justification for a feeling of achievement bolster up their egos by a show of tumult and conceit which is truly nauseating. As Shakespeare put it: ... man, proud man, / Drest in a little brief authority, / ... Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven / As make the angels weep. — Dale Carnegie

You renounce your friendship even in the hour of our need ' he said. 'Yet you were glad indeed to receive our aid when you came at last to these shores fainthearted loiterers and well-nigh emptyhanded. In huts on the beaches would you be dwelling still had not the Noldor carved out your haven and toiled upon your walls. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle. — Anna Quindlen

I'm not a negative person, but every role I go for I don't think I'll get. — Amy Nuttall

Every little candle is a great knight fighting against the darkness! Every time you feel yourself tiny, remember these brave candles! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mo leannan. You are sweeter than honey to a black-hearted knight." - Colin — Amy Jarecki

The statement, "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to cut social spending" is presented as an objective assessment of our situation. But can you imagine a media commentator making the following assertion? "The debt problem has become so extreme that we have no choice but to raise taxes on the rich." — Linda McQuaig

The fire sings to the marshmallow, and the song turns the marshmallow brown because that's what marshmallows do when they're happy. — Rita Leganski

I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again. — Joanne Woodward