Necrological Ostentation Quotes

#1. She said that she did not wish for any monuments to the Hurlbird family. At the time I thought that that was because of a New England dislike for necrological ostentation.

Ford Madox Ford

#2. I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

John Ortberg

#3. She'd often thought that was what a good marriage would mean. Sometimes she would take on all the burdens, and sometimes her husband would. Most of the time they would share them.

Susan Mallery

#4. Anyone can stay the same. It takes courage to change

John Assaraf

#5. A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

#6. As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

Laurel Clark

#7. Republics exist as long as the people "adhere to principles and virtue.

Robert V. Remini

#8. It was a good opportunity to show the Reds the guidelines on the catwalk.

Jonny Gomes

#9. His face was an exploding zit-factory below a Brylcreem-loaded Bobby Rydell duck's ass.

Stephen King

#10. This is how it should always be. You in my bed ... in my arms. Always.

Sabrina Jeffries

#11. I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think.

Dana Plato

#12. Richard Lee calculated that a Bushman child will be carried a distance of 4,900 miles before he begins to walk on his own. Since, during this rhythmic phase, he will be forever naming the contents of his territory, it is impossible he will not become a poet.

Bruce Chatwin

#13. Driving a car is like driving your own coffin

Thabiso Monkoe

#14. That's a huge subject - a writer refusing to do publicity but writing about publicity.

Ann Goldstein