Free Eulogy Examples Quotes & Sayings

Success is a tricky mistress. It's nice to have but it's a tricky thing to embrace. — Robert Redford

A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best. — Timothy Snyder

And then come September, they fell back in step as if they'd never missed a beat. That, Peter figured, was the very definition of a best friend. — Jodi Picoult

Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn. — Socrates

The only religion that can satisfy today's ideal is a religion that will give consecration to life, and direction to human endeavor, inspire men with faith in themselves, dedicate them to high moral purpose, and give them the strength to live through their failures, and to face with high courage their supreme tragedies. — Sterling M. McMurrin

It appears, Mister Lipwig, that you do not understand the nature of our relationship. I ask, very politely, for you to achieve something, bearing in mind that there are other ways I could ask, and it is your job to get things done. — Terry Pratchett

Most people are passive aggressive in this world. I have the idea that the human being is born with a kind of reservoir of aggression. We are inherently somewhat aggressive creatures and we either channel that in direct ways or we channel it in indirect ways and become passive aggressive. — Robert Greene

Something caught in her throat at this second thanks, when she'd threatened him so brutally. When you're a monster, she thought, you are thanked and praised for not behaving like a monster. She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it. — Kristin Cashore

There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world. — Noah Hawley

If you were to gather all the minutes wasted on insignificant, immaterial yik yak spent throughout the day and add them up, how much misspent time do you think you'd have? One hour? Two hours? Consider the sunk cost on that. It's unacceptable. One minute wasted is one minute too much. — Ari Gold

The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. — William Shakespeare

My fur is matted, my eyes refuse to refocus, my sthondat-begotten room is too small, my microwave heater heats all meat to the same temperature, and it is the wrong temperature, and I cannot get it fixed. — Larry Niven

We wrecked more than the car. — Courtney C. Stevens

How do we become conscious? We recognise our unconsciousness. — Jake Ducey

When you repeat yourself so many times, even if you're speaking the truth, the repetition starts to feel false. Sometimes, you just feel like the words you're speaking, even if they once had meaning, have lost it. And that makes you feel kind of silly. — Paul Dano