Lasts Quotes - Page 6

Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last

I beat myself off 17 times in one day. That's the worst beating I've ever handed out. I was so sore that it was hard to get that last load out.

I will be the last person to condemn ALF [the Animal Liberation Front].

We can bear up under everything, if we have only the certainty that the monster Hitler with his insatiable bloodletting and plundering will have committed soon his last shameful deed.

The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.

Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin....though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime

Some people call me a legend and the last of the greats, and I appreciate it.

ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions.

Many of those who are humiliated are not humble. Some react to humiliation with anger, others with patience, and others with freedom. The first are culpable, the next harmless, the last just.

My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds - what is important to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and often return to watch it decay.

Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

Dance every performance as if it were your last.

Last time I had a flat tire, I pulled my truck into one of those side-of-the-road gas stations. The attendant walks out, looks at my truck, looks at me, and I swear he said, Tire go flat? I couldn't resist. Said, Nope. I was driving around and those other three just swelled right up on me. Here's your sign.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

First they arrested the Communists - but I was not a Communist, so I did nothing. Then they came for the Social Democrats - but was not a Social Democrat, so I did nothing. Then they arrested the trade unionists - and I did nothing because I was not one. And then they came for the Jews and then the Catholics, but I was neither a Jew nor a Catholic and I did nothing. At last they came and arrested me - and there was no one left to do anything about it.

Did you ever see a chameleon catch a fly? The chameleon gets behind the fly and remains motionless for some time, then he advances very slowly and gently, first putting forward one leg and then the other. At last, when well within reach, he darts his tongue and the fly disappears. England is the chameleon and I am that fly.

In the last analysis, luck comes only to the well prepared.

I feel it is my duty to plod on, while daylight shall last.

Football is the last sacred ritual of our time.

It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.