“That is the worst moment, when you feel you have lost / The desires for all that was most desirable, / Before you are contented with what you can desire; / Before you know what is left to be desired; / And you go on wishing that you could desire / What desire has left behind.” KnowsFeelsMomentsDesireLostLeftWishBehindsWorstGoes OnDesirableLeft BehindWorst Moments Author:T. S. Eliot
“When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost the reality of power. The English, having cut off the head of one of their kings and chased another off the throne, still go on their knees to address the successors of those princes. On the other hand, when a republic falls under one man's yoke, the ruler's demeanor remains simple, unaffected, and modest, as if he had not already been raised above everybody.” IfsMenLongStillsHandsRealityFallLostSimpleCuttingGoes OnKingsHonorRemainsRaisedTitlesPreservesKneesAddressesExecutivesOne ManRepublicRulersThronesModestMonarchySuccessorsYokeDemeanorExecutive Power Book:Democracy in America Source: Democracy in America
“All this business of a labour to accomplish, before I can end, of words to say, a truth to recover, in order to say it, before I can end, of an imposed task, once known, long neglected, finally forgotten, to perform, before I can be done with speaking, done with listening, I invented it all, in the hope it would console me, help me to go on, allow me to think of myself as somewhere on a road, moving, between a beginning and an end, gaining ground, losing ground, getting lost, but somehow in the long run making headway.” ThinkingLongI CanEndsDoneHelpingRunningMovingOrderLostKnownListeningGoes OnLosingTasksForgottenAccomplishHelp MeLabourLong RunsNeglectedConsoleGetting Lost Book:The Unnamable Source: The Unnamable
“But the people did get it. They had lost something -- not exactly their fear, but their patience. Suddenly it seemed unbearable to go on accepting these systems, these portly little idiots in their blue suits, for another year, and then for another day, another hour. That special sort of impatience is the power-surge of revolution.” PeopleYearsLittlesLostHoursAcceptingSpecialRevolutionGoes OnBlueSuitsIdiotUnbearableImpatienceAnother DayAnother Year Author:Neal Ascherson
“History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.” StoriesLostGoes OnParticipantsRetellingTime Goes On Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Do you think that clothes have a life of their own, and maybe have unsuitable affairs with opposite styles? I mean - you look at some people - their clothes go on flirting long after the people inside them have lost interest.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanLongLostInterestStyleGoes OnClothesOppositesAffairFlirting Author:Margaret Mahy
“because the theater lost a Barrymore every time a Southerner decided not to go on the stage, just about anything that comes out of a Southern mouth is bound to be a ringing line.” LostLinesStageGoes OnMouthsDecidedTheaterBoundsSouthernSoutherner Book:Southern Ladies & Gentlemen Source: Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
“William Waltz will take me through 'the buzz and clamor in a forest of hearts.' Adventures in the Lost Interiors of America is an adventure, I will go on this adventure with Waltz as a skillful, faithful, compass-true guide. I love this book.” HeartBookAmericaLostAdventureGoes OnGuidesForestsFaithfulTake MeInteriorsCompassSkillfulBuzzClamorWaltz Author:James Tate
“Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.” KnowsShowsRealityValuesNamesLostWeekTvsGoes OnSixTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
“When I saw Paul Scofield do Loves Labors Lost at Stratford, thats when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, This is what I want to do.” WantSaidLostLevelsSawsStageGoes OnLabor Author:Michael Moriarty
“If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.” IfsEnoughLostIssuesGoes OnBattleProveProjectsAimInfinityConceded Author:Nathaniel Branden
“I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.” GivingTryingHeartSaidFacesLostLosesChallengesAcceptingPlansGoes OnGive MeStrongerLondonOlympicsLondon OlympicsGive Me Strength Author:Vijender Singh
“We need to start acting like a team, focus on winning and not worry about all of the other stuff that goes on. We lost our focus last year. We worried about who was being hired, who was being fired. That's got to change. We don't need any more finger pointing. We need to act like a team.” NeedsYearsLastsWinningLostStuffActingWorryFocusTeamGoes OnFingersWorriedLast YearPointingPointing Fingers Author:Albert Belle
“I have enough friends who are gamers. I actually enjoy watching them play because of the visuals and the storytelling of the games. I just love being able to go on an adventure and games are just so sophisticated now that you can just get lost in a world for 20 hours and just be someone else in a very visceral, emotional way. And that's just fascinating.” WorldWayEnoughPlayAbleGamesLostEnjoyHoursLove IsEmotionalAdventureGoes OnStorytellingVisualsFascinatingSophisticatedGamerVisceral Author:Bill Watterson
“We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.” RealLostBusinessCitiesDangerGoes OnCity LifeCities At Night Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“There's this exhausting energy from you getting your lines out and your words right, especially if it's a complicated scene. And as soon as the camera is off you and goes on the other person, you're talking garbled garbage and you feel so sorry for them because you've lost the will to live, after 18 hours of saying those lines. That's terribly unfair. So, I do love the quick-paced nature of it.” IfsFeelsPersonsEnergyLostHoursLinesTalkingGoes OnSceneCamerasSorryComplicatedUnfairGarbageExhaustingWill To Live Author:Dominic Cooper
“There's no comparison between the most precious parts of one's personal life and success and wealth. If you lost someone near and dear to you, you can't relate it to any amount of fame, fortune and luxury. You just have to go on living.” IfsLostWealthGoes OnAmountFameFortuneDearLuxuryRelateComparisonPersonal LifeLost Someone Author:Robert Plant
“We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are: you're an adult, you're supposed to manage, you're supposed to get over it, you're supposed to go on with your life, and you feel like a lost child.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenStoriesKidsLostGoes OnAdultsManageOver ItGet OverOrphanProtagonistsLost Child Author:Sandra Cisneros
“One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother her whole life and made my grandmother seem present even though I never met her. I couldn't imagine how my mom could go on but she did, she took care of us, she worked two jobs and had four children. She was such a good example of how to conduct oneself in a time of grief. When I lost my husband, I tried to model myself as much as I could on her.” ChildrenMadeTwoWholeSeemsCareJobsMotherLostGriefFourImagineOne ThingExampleMomGoes OnMetsHusbandModelsOur ChildrenOneselfMy MomWhole LifeGrandmotherMy HusbandMy GrandmotherBeltsGood ExamplesTwo Jobs Author:Patti Smith
“What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you.” IfsLifeLostLeftKnowingGoes OnMarkScarVoidLost YouCold Mountain Book:Cold Mountain: A Novel Source: Cold Mountain: A Novel