Sad Meaningful Short Quotes & Sayings

There is no room for idleness! — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

People want it to be red, like blood. It's kind of funny. When I used to throw meat into the audience, I'd get letters from kids' mothers saying, "What's the best way to get blood stains out of my son's shirt?" — Ozzy Osbourne

You admire, Vacerra, only the poets of old and praise only those who are dead. Pardon me, I beseech you, Vacerra, if I think death too high a price to pay for your praise. — Martial

Every poker player, like every fisherman, needs to have a story in a box, and most poker stories are completely uninteresting. — Jason Alexander

Sometimes you think that you need to be perfect, that you cannot make mistakes ... realize you are a human being - like everyone else capable of reaching great potential but not capable of being perfect. — Susan Polis Schutz

We are on the cusp of a marketing revolution. And it's being led by YOU. — Mark Schaefer

Observe your imperfections. Love them. Then move through them. — Matthew Donnelly

Some poems are like the Centaurs
a mingling of man and beast, and begotten of Ixion on a cloud. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A goddess of dawn
scooted under a zing of barbed wire
to witness your birth. — Yusef Komunyakaa

If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure. — Anh Do

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone. — Jil Sander

I thought I knew what evil was, but I was wrong." "Then what is it?" she asked. "Ambivalence. Standing by and watching people suffer and die when you know you can help them. — Lincoln Cole

He pressed his lips against her forehead in the gentlest of kisses. "I'm going to make love to you, Grace. Not right this minute. I'm not going to pressure you or rush this. But from the moment I saw you on that video surveillance tape, you were mine. I have no explanation for it. I don't even entirely understand the connection. But it's there, and I think you feel it too. I'm willing to wait until the moment is right, but you're mine. — Maya Banks

The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded. — Catherine Helen Spence