Quotes tagged ‘Shelter’

(10 total)

“May my heart be your shelter, and my arms be your home.”

“My name is Robert Neville. I am a survivor living in New York City. I am broadcasting on all AM frequencies. I will be at the South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky. If you are out there... if anyone is out there... I can provide food, I can provide shelter, I c…”

— Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman, Robert Neville, Will Smith, imdb.com

“Grant me shelter & bread. Grant me porch ledge, mantel. Scented candles, bed. Grant me four walls, a 5-foot fridge & a hall. & maybe four more walls. Yes. Four more walls. & a desk. & a decent laptop, plus pleather rolling chair. So that I might sit & write you a poem, Lord. A psalm praising all you…”

— Marcus Wicker, apmpodcasts.org

“I spent my whole life...I spent my whole life making people pay for shelter and all along I didn't realize...I didn't realize it was supposed to be for free. For free.”

— Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Z. Wolfmann, Eric Roberts, imdb.com

“Technology advances, but humans don’t. We’re smart monkeys, and what we want is always the same. Food, shelter, sex, and in all its forms, escape.”

— Steve Blackman, Takeshi Kovacs, Joel Kinnaman, imdb.com

“In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen is that you won't get the job and will spend the rest of your life foraging for food in the wilderness and seeking shelter underneath a tree or the awning of a bowling alley that has…”

— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com

“What the peoples strive for is the opportunity for a little more food in their stomachs, a little better clothing on their backs, a little firmer roof over their heads, and the realization of the normal nationalist urge for political freedom.”

— Douglas Macarthur, americanrhetoric.com

“First of all, Nature has endowed every species1 of living creature with the instinct of self-preservation, of avoiding what seems likely to cause injury to life or limb, and of procuring and providing everything needful for life—food, shelter, and the like.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu

“It was so wonderful to be there, safe at home, sheltered from the winds and the cold. Laura thought that this must be a little like heaven, where the weary are at rest.”

— Laura Ingalls Wilder, amazon.com

“More than just shelter for ourselves and for our loved ones, more than just 'the biggest purchase you'll ever make,' a house is a repository for every piece of baggage we've ever carried. Our homes protect us from the outside world, show off our taste, and accommodate our stuff. Perhaps above all, t…”

— Meghan Daum, amazon.com