“At the end of our lives, we will not be judged by the highest public office we attained in our lifetime, if that were true the current president (George W. Bush) would hold as much esteem as Franklin Roosevelt in our country, and Nelson Mandela in his. That cannot be the case. Rather, we will each be judged by the mark we've left on others.” IfsEndsCountryLeftPresidentCasesOur LivesOfficeHighestMarkLifetimeCurrentsEsteemOur CountryJudgedFranklinNelsonPublic OfficePresident George W Bush Author:Elizabeth Edwards
“A young professor I watched in action at one of our large eastern colleges used to stand with his back to the class and mumble explanations of blackboard problems. He was "let out" at the end of two years because students refused to attend his classes. He was given an evasive reason for his dismissal and he left with justifiable bitterness toward the administration. If someone had told him the truth he could have avoided this denouement. Sometimes professors go on for years without any conception of remediable faults which irritate their listeners.” IfsYearsTwoEndsSometimesReasonProblemActionYoungUsedLeftGivenClassStudentsCollegeGoes OnFaultsAdministrationExplanationTwo YearsConceptionBitternessProfessorsListenersEasternAvoidedAcademiaBlackboardDismissalDenouement Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“It's funny, people were asking me how I'd feel when it all ends, on the first movie, and I don't think I've ever felt more completely bewildered, knowing that I only have a month of Twilight stuff left to do.” PeopleThinkingFeelsFirstsEndsLeftFeltStuffKnowingMonthsAskingTwilightBewilderedFunny People Author:Robert Pattinson
“I am myself so exceedingly Nordic, as far as physical constitution is concerned, that I can enjoy almost any weather except what is called glorious weather. At the end of a few days, I am left wondering how the men of the Mediterranean ever managed to do almost all the most active and astonishing things that have been done.” MenHas BeensI CanEndsDoneActionLeftEnjoyWonderHe ManConcernedConstitutionActiveWeatherGloriousAstonishingNordic Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“For sex to be wholly satisfying, we must have at least as much concern for a partner as for self - a requirement that doesn't live comfortably alongside the exhortation to 'do your own thing.' In the end, we are left with an extraordinarily heightened set of expectations about the possibilities in human relationships that lives side by side with disillusion that, for many, borders on despair.” HumansEndsSelfLeftSexSidesPossibilityDespairExpectationsConcernPartnersBordersSatisfyingRequirementsHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsDisillusion Book:Erotic Wars: What Happened to the Sexual Revolution? Source: Erotic Wars: What Happened to the Sexual Revolution?
“Kids know they can't make it alone, yet at the same time, built into each one of us, is a survival ethic. It says, "Nobody cares and you have to look out for yourself and if you don't, you'll die." These two things work against each other. I think most kids are very frightened of their parents, and that's what all fairy tales reflect: Parents will fail you and you'll be left on your own. But, of course, everything comes out right in the end and the parents take you back.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksTwoEndsCareKidsDiesCoursesLeftParentFailingSurvivalEthicsBuiltTalesTwo ThingsFairyFrightenedFairy TaleLook At YourselfNobody Cares Author:Stephen King
“If you hit the front end on the right-hand side you could turn that one on by itself and if you hit on the left-hand side you could turn it on and off. And in the middle it was like serious overdrive.” IfsEndsHandsTurnsLeftSidesMiddleFrontsSeriousAnd OffLeft HandOverdrive Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“You have this great big fantasy life, and it looks like a non-stop 24/7 party. But what do you do when you get to the end of the Internet and there's nothing left to buy? There's just a picture of Wayne Newton flipping you off.” LooksEndsBigsLeftPartyFantasyInternetNewtonWayneNon StopFantasy Life Author:Charlie Sheen
“Like any classic you hope to get rid of all the varnish that's built up over the centuries where people expect it to be in a certain way. It's a mighty play. It's about a very old king who also happens to be a very old father, so you've got the state and the domestic levels in there together. It's a story in extremis. Everyone knows the end, there's only two people left alive.” PeopleKnowsWayTwoEndsStatesPlayStoriesHappensTogetherCertainFatherLeftLevelsAliveCenturyKingsBuiltClassic Author:Geoffrey Rush
“After college I picked my races to be one race every two weeks. That gave me time to recover. I raced just as fast as my legs would carry me. At the end of every race there was nothing left. I walked off the track completely spent!” TwoEndsLeftRaceWeekCollegeTrackLegsTwo Weeks Author:Gerry Lindgren
“The real magic in National Geographic isn't how much money they have left at the end of the year. It's the fact that through their overall focus they are reaching hundreds of millions of people and educating people about the world. It just happens to be done in a business-oriented kind of way that is more sustainable.” PeopleWorldWayYearsKindRealEndsDoneFactsHappensLeftBusinessMillionsFocusMagicReachingNational Geographic Author:Steve Case