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“Leaning on thy dear faithful breast, I would resign my breath, And in thy loved embraces lose The bitterness of death.”
Lucretia Maria Davidson (1808–1825) said by 1825 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after'.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was a simple kid who was thrown into the wonderful world of show business. I've loved every moment. These are my recollections. If you remember things differently, send me your version — but only if it's funnier.”
Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are lots of gun rights groups, but the one that you hear about and the one that is feared is the NRA. I'd rather be loved -- and feared.”
Wayne Pacelle (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But where are those tunnels? They're underneath hospitals. They're underneath schools. They're in hard-to-find places. So this is incredibly tough. I feel for the Israeli families. I feel for the American families. And I feel for any other families who've lost a loved one or have someone in a hostage situation, because it's really bleak right now. And it's hard for anyone to feel good about this.”
Nikki Haley (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The actions which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved most were those which were done most constantly.”
Aisha (614–678) said by 678 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have always loved playing around with words. I didn’t know it was called poetry. I was just an innocent kid messing around with words when an adult said ‘You’re a poet, be published or be damned’.”
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]his work is not written to gain a public, but piam memoriam prodere conditoris nostri and is intended especially for those who have known and loved Francis Galton in the past, or who may in the future desire to understand and honour him.”
Karl Pearson (1857–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Driving through rain with you, / in a sea of rain / I saw only the bridges, their railings, / the passing lanes, / when the earth rose into my eyes / I heard, I heard that I had loved.”
Mirkka Rekola (1931–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The thing I’ve always thought about music is that it’s not competitive, it’s cooperative. I thought that was a really good example. We chose the songs because all three of us loved them so much we were afraid we’d get sick if we didn’t record them. Then we’d choose the arrangement by who was going to sing lead, by who sounded best…”
Linda Ronstadt (born 1946) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On working with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris on the Trio albums in “Linda Ronstadt on New Live Album, Life With Parkinson’s and Modern Country Music” in Rolling Stone (2019 Feb 7)
“My dad was aware that some of his later films were less than Citizen Kane, but he always put his heart into his work and loved his fans. He told me that if even one person gets enjoyment of his work then he’s done his job. I wanted to personally thank you for the very nice way you remember him, if you ever met him you would know he was just a real sweet man.”
John Agar (1921–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John G. Agar III, A Conversation with John Agar III (June 2009)
“I was not only born and bred as a Muslim but also fought grimly for the glory of Islam. Even today, my loved ones are Muslim. There is no way I can be anti-Muslim.”
Anwar Shaikh (1928–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted from Elst, Koenraad. The Problem with Secularism (2007)
“You can’t nice your way to being loved.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Age is irrelevant in grief; at issue is not how old he was but how loved.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I loved King Kong with Fay Wray. That was one of my favorite pictures. I admired Fay. I thought Fay Wray was so beautiful. I remember later I went to a party and she was there and I sat at her feet and said, 'You were my favorite actress', and I told her how much I worshiped her.”
Peggy Moran (1918–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The books I loved most as a child were those that contained elements of magic—the whole series of Oz books, Mary Poppins, The Princess and the Goblin—I could name them indefinitely.”
Lois Duncan (1934–2016) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her favorite literature as a child, quoted in The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies (1997), p. 110
“It’s not until they tell you you’re going to die soon that you realize how short life is. Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison-cell, life is what you make of it. Dream big.”
Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter post (March 10, 2018), as quoted in "LazyTown’s Stefan Karl Stefansson confirms ‘inoperable’ cancer has returned" (March 16, 2018), by Emma Kelly, Metro
“On our official visit to Turkey in 2015, together with my spouse, we could at close range follow the aftermath of an attack in Ankara; then we wanted to show our compassion to the loved ones of the victims and to condemn the act.”
Sauli Niinistö (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We all lose sometimes. We fail to get what we want. Friends and loved ones leave. We make a decision we regret. We try our hardest and come up short. It's not the losing that defines us. It's how we lose. It's what we do afterward.”
Scott Jurek (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have a statistic I want you to consider, Garrett. Of all the guys who have loved her, only one is still alive.”
“I cannot grieve at death. It seems to me the greatest boon the Almighty has granted us. Consequently I cannot appreciated the grief of those who mourn the loss of loved ones, particularly if they go early from this hell of misery to which we have been doomed.”
Edwin Booth (1833–1893) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: letter to William Winter, 23 April 1886, quoted in Life and art of Edwin Booth, pp. 306–307
“My father told me that science would be all right, but why didn’t I do it in my spare time and go into medicine, like my brothers ... I differed with him slightly about that. He relented when my brothers came back safely from the war. When I entered high school, he helped me build a chemistry lab in the basement, where I loved to perform long and dangerous experiments.”
Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I had done a Disney movie nobody would care. They would not care. You may say oh, I grew up and I loved that movie, that was really super, but you wouldn’t care. People really will stop and talk to me about deeper issues, which I am excited to participate in.”
Linda Blair (born 1959) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Linda Blair on the Exorcist’s Continued Impact (July 30, 2014)
“I spend most of my day screaming — and then over time I get tired and then when I'm tired, I start thinking of the jokes. … That's what I always loved about comedy, it is a way for us to just, you know, to numb the pain, to process what we're going through without feeling every single inkling of it.”
Trevor Noah (born 1984) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Trevor Noah Was Low Key In Black Panther", The Late Show (June 2018)
“A person who is on his way to spiritual growth must try to reduce his own selfishness and his strong desire for acquiring more and more. He should reduce his strong attachment to possessions which, if he is not mindful, can enslave him to greed. What he owns or has should instead be used for the benefit and happiness of others: his loved ones as well as those who need his help.”
K. Sri Dhammananda Maha Thera (1919–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt as if I had at last returned home. The first few days I was there I couldn't stop the tears streaming from my eyes. It was not sadness, but some emotional impact from the past- a returning to a place once loved after too long a time.”
Natacha Rambova (1897–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just always loved Yeats, him as a human. He was so passionate and just wrote what he felt.”
Dolores O'Riordan (1971–2018) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fruit of the Heart", in Hot Press(9 April 2001)
“The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.”
Dan Simmons (1948–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Movie-making is not my favorite medium, because you’re on the set for 12 hours and you might only film for three minutes. It’s very much hurry up and wait. So, although I loved doing the film, it wasn’t quite what I expected.”
Helen Reddy (1941–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Through my mother's disease I came to know her as Spirit. The name of her disease hardly matters—no more than the name of the disease of your loved one. What matters is seeing through the disease to the sufferer's very essence, to their Soul.”
John Diamond (doctor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A war was on. ... On July 14 he was expelled from his home with the rest of his family. He never returned to the city he loved. He never forgot the scenes of in 1948, nor did he forget the idea of violent resistance. Can the Israeli reader understand how he felt?”
Gideon Levy (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I loved making films. There was something about that lens that I adored, and it adored me back. So we were a great combination.”
Lizabeth Scott (1921–2015) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Colker, David (February 6, 2015). "From the Archives: Lizabeth Scott dies at 92; sultry leading woman of film noir". Los Angeles Times
“Our trips in Drenthe [in 1878-79] he [ Johannes Warnardus Bilders ] enjoyed a lot, but Vorden and especially Oosterbeek remained the places he loved most. Drenthe was too new for him. The most beautiful painting he made of it were 'the Hunnebeds', a fusain in my possession. He found back again Hobbema everywhere. (translation from Dutch, Fons Heijnsbroek).”
Marie Bilders-van Bosse (1837–1900) first seen 1878 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: version in original Dutch (citaat uit een brief van Marie Bilders-van Bosse, in het Nederlands:) Van onze togten in Drenthe [ 1878-79] genoot hij [ ] veel, doch en vooral bleven zijn hoofdpunten. Drenthe was hem te nieu…
“I've always wanted to invest.That’s why I started working on Wall Street in the first place, back in 1986 when I went through the Salomon Brothers training program. My move to investing was delayed in part because I just loved what I was doing. I took a step back and said, ‘If I don’t do this now, I never will.’”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forbes: "Mary Meeker: New Job, But Still Queen of the 'Net" (19 July 2012)
“There are a million tiny privileges that people take for granted that cannot: access to , to physical activity, to taking joy in our own bodies, are among them. Finding a physical activity that I loved came at the cost of putting up with countless small acts of hostility, and finally, I had had enough.”
Kai Cheng Thom (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My puppeteer was Olly Taylor. The first couple of sessions, I said, "Who's the guy going the Scientist?" It was Olly Taylor, and I loved his vocal performance. [expressing his inner monologue at the time] "Why are you voicing this guy? He's great!”
Mark Hamill (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...two things. First that Daberlohn's eyes seemed to say: 'Death and the Maiden, that is the two of us;' and second, that she still loved him as much as ever. And if he was Death, then everything was alright, then she did not have to kill herself like her ancestors.. .So she was in fact the living model for his theories, and she remembered...”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“i just need to say, to anyone reading this.. You are Important, You are loved, and You belong in this world, if you have over 5000 followers”
“The Five-seveN has been loved and hated in the years since its introduction. It is one of the most controversial handguns of our time, and was so even before the Fort Hood atrocity.”
Massad Ayoob (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If your mind is constantly preoccupied by your money and possessions, you are in reality only preparing the ground for rebirth as a spirit tortured by hunger and thirst. If your thoughts are obsessed with your family and loved ones, you are only strengthening the pangs of separation you will suffer when you die.”
Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most (2005); ISBN 1-59030-154-4
“I will now hope for the near impossible: that the essence of her bravery, the dedication and suffering she afforded those she loved, and above all that indomitable will to have a good laugh no matter where the stones fell, will be as indelible to the reader as they are to me.”
Max Evans (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jiggs loved playing his old Victrola in the early evening and often asked Ty to sit with him and listen. The music wasn't always what Ty was exactly interested in, but he listened to please his grandfather. ...Accidentally he found out that reading was allowed while listening to great music. His grandparents had read to him regularly and insisted that Ty read some of the classics.”
Max Evans (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though a superior is rather to be loved, yet by the insolent he ought to be feared.”
Bonaventure (1221–1274) said by 1274 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I also am intrinsically motivated to document my loved ones, especially my close friends and family. I also have tried to cultivate a sense of appreciation for the beauty of the moment, and then I think to myself; “This is a wonderful moment. I might want to reflect on and appreciate this moment in the future”. Then I take a photograph.”
Viktor Đerek (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But you loved me so once, why act out the details Not appearing to care is my last performance.”
“The personal paradigm shift is like a sea-crossing to the New World. The immigrant, try as he might, cannot persuade all his friends and loved ones to make the journey. Those who stay behind cannot understand why the familiar did not hold the immigrant. Why did he abandon his accustomed homeland? Saddest of all, how could their affections not hold him?”
Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I taught gymnastics and calisthenics. The soldiers loved me because I made them fit.”
Gal Gadot (born 1985) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Chosen Ones: Israeli Defense Forces", Maxim, (Dec 14, 2015).
“He was a warrior. There aren’t that many warriors... He genuinely loved people and the jury saw that. When he had a client at the table, they saw that the compassion that was being projected by Fred [Levin] was real.”
Mike Papantonio (born 1953) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in ‘We lost an icon’: Attorney Fred Levin remembered by his colleagues, WKRG news, (13 January 2021)
“My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.”
Brennan Manning (1934–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“May An, Enlil and Enki, who have loved Ibbi-Suen from the womb, look upon him approvingly.”
Ishbi-Erra (2101–1985 BC) said by 1985 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source