Quotes tagged ‘Dust’

“I did not build an empire only to watch it turn to dust.”

— Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, The Emperor, Jason Isaacs, imdb.com

“Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning, If I lacked any thing. A guest, I answered, worthy to be here: Love said, You shall be he. I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah…”

— George Herbert, apmpodcasts.org

“Adam: Cabin fever, hon? Barbara: Well, I can't clean anything properly. The vacuum's out in the garage and we can't leave the house. Why don't they tell us something? I mean, where are all the other dead people in the world? Why is it just you and me? Adam: Maybe this is heaven. Barbara: In heaven t…”

— Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren, Adam Maitland, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“I'm thinking about selling my vacuum cleaner. After all, it's just collecting dust.”

— taamu, reddit.com

“No dust will ever grow on this frame. One million years I will say your name. I love you more than I can ever scream.”

— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com

“Let the dust take me when the adventure's done and I shall make the dust glitter for all eternity with my marvelous fury.”

— Gore Vidal, amazon.com

“Of course his dust would be absorbed in other living things and to that degree at least he would exist again, though it was plain enough that the specific combination which was he would never exist again.”

— Gore Vidal, amazon.com

“Remember yourself before all turns to dust.”

— Mahmoud Darwish, amazon.com

“If you're going to make the past your present, be prepared for a lifetime of dust...”

— Lily Graham, amazon.com