Evening Quotations | Page 2

Draw your chair up, and hand me my violin, for the only problem which we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca...

It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense.

We are hopeful to have a good interest level to form one or two daytime groups and hopefully an evening group. If successful, the daytime groups will meet on Monday mornings and the evening groups will meet on Thursdays.

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

When the evening was over, Anne could not be amused…nor could she help fearing, on more serious reflection, that, like many other great moralists and preachers, she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination.

The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.

Each person is only given so many evenings and each wasted evening is a gross violation against the natural course of your only life.

The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're still alive and about, if such is the case, and that you're glad other people are, without having to spend an entire evening proving it.

When I met with (Adam's) father (Wednesday) evening ... the first words out of his father's mouth were, (Adam) was so proud to be working for you guys,' ... Adam really did radiate that.

We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off and go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening when he'd come back with some whore he picked up in town.

I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering.

Man's wretched state, That floures so fresh at morne, and fades at evening late.

A sound-bite culture can't discuss science very well. Exactly what we're losing when we reduce biodiversity, the causes and consequences of global warming-these traumas can't be adequately summarized in an evening news wrap-up.

We're happy to end our participation in this season of' Arts Nights, City Lights' with an evening of music and fun for the whole family.

This program will be an incredible beginning in the life of the Holland Performing Arts Center. With a focus on Omaha, we've designed an evening incorporating outstanding local artists and ensembles along with national touring artists, with something for everyone to enjoy.

We've taken some positive steps forward since Holiday break, but this evening we took some steps backwards. Our opponents were tough and they took it to us.

How would you prepare to die on a perfect April evening?

I have something to tell you non-smokers that I know for a fact that you don't know, and I feel it's my duty to pass on information at all times. Ready?. . . . Non-smokers die every day . . . Enjoy your evening. See, I know that you entertain this eternal life fantasy because you've chosen not to smoke, but let me be the 1st to POP that bubble and bring you hurling back to reality . . . You're dead too.

We had balanced scoring for us with Minor, Hines and Reiser. Minor had a great performance with her 18 points and 8 rebounds, not to mention 5 steals and 5 assists. She was 7 of 10 from the field. She also handled the ball well tonight. (Hines) does not want her season to end. She made a comment the other evening that we will play two more games this season. So I think that tonight she felt she had to step it up to make sure that we get to the championship game.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.

There are times in the evening when there is just one or two women employees, no police officers available in the building. So if a suspect came in with a weapon or firearm, our employees are very vulnerable to that type of situation.

Lots of snow there this evening and tomorrow.

So in that sense it's not exactly the same as the bombing of the nightclubs in Bali on the October evening back in 2002.

So kind of a one-stop shopping experience. People can come down there and spend an afternoon, spend an evening and really have a full experience.

She will either wreck the evening news or rescue it.

She will certainly bring a fresh face to the program. But a woman serving as sole anchor on an evening network newscast is so long overdue that it can hardly be regarded as making a powerful statement. ... CBS had a chance to revolutionize the evening news by totally remaking the show. Instead, they are putting a new person into an old, boring format.

She's got some time this evening if you're available.

Silence on a hill where the path endedand then the forest belowmoving in one long whisperas evening touched the leaves.

Silence on a hill where the path ended and then the forest below moving in one long whisper as evening touched the leaves.

She advised them that the building would be closed and secured for the evening as it is normally. She asked the students to leave at that time.

Mild restraint will go a long way with lace. No one has done a floor-length lace evening gown since the late '70s.

Milan have to be Milan and it will be a prestigious evening against Barcelona, between two great teams, I think it will be entertaining, not only for us but all fans over Europe and the world.

Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down, Where a green grassy turf is all I crave, With here and there a violet bestrewn, Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave; And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave!

(Moeller) spent the evening late last night and into the early morning hours with our detectives and has been cooperating with us so far.

My favorite time in the garden is in the evening sitting out in the gazebo with friends having snacks and cocktails,

My first match was very fast, so I was able to settle myself down afterward. But, the evening match was difficult.

My first match was very fast, so I was able to settle myself down afterward, ... But, the evening match was difficult.

My escapism is far less important than for those I am helping to escape -- the troops. If it gives them an evening of some fun and laughter, the rewards for myself, PHINdy and all the others will be beyond description.

No doubt the CBS Evening News will be different. Katie is a superb person, and she's a great pro. I'll be rooting for her, and I wish her well.

No doubt the CBS Evening News will be different.

New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights

On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the evening or night, carrying a cigar, when he'd obviously had a good dinner.

Ontario college students are frustrated and furious this evening that their post-secondary education is being disrupted by a province-wide faculty strike.

I have been out for so long that I would not blame him for not knowing who I am. I hope that by Saturday evening that he has the same respect for me that I have for him.

I don't believe there is a housing bubble bursting. I think there will be an evening off of demand and an evening off of price escalation. We won't see the big rises we've enjoyed in recent years. But that doesn't mean there will be a downturn.

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.

I have known her pass the whole evening without mentioning a single book, or in fact anything unpleasant, at all.

I hate the idea of theatre just being an evening pastime. It should be emotionally and intellectually demanding. I love football. The level of analysis that you listen to on the terraces is astonishing. If people did that in the theatre... but they don't. They expect to sit back and not participate.

Great teachers like those we honor this evening got us here, and they will continue to lead the way, ... That only one can be chosen Teacher of the Year is a classic example of overcrowding. We have so many worthy candidates and only one spot to fill.

For summer I have no idea where to go with an evening gown. In my life there are no occasions to go, so it looks like the kimonos and the little party dresses underneath, like you had a party the night before.

From her Broadway roles in Baby, Miss Saigon, Cats and many others, Liz brings her amazing voice to Provincetown for one performance only. An Evening with Liz Callaway features her hits and standards from Broadway ('Meadowlark,' 'The Story Goes On') to 1960's pop classics from her acclaimed CD, The Beat Goes On.

From two o'clock one afternoon until the ship docked in England again the next evening at seven, none of the medical personnel stopped work.

I expect it to double by this evening to around 1,000 acres. That?s a guess based on containment lines.

I expect the audience will come away having enjoyed a nice light evening of great dancing.

GNOME, n. In North-European mythology, a dwarfish imp inhabiting the interior parts of the earth and having special custody of mineral treasures. Bjorsen, who died in 1765, says gnomes were common enough in the southern parts of Sweden in his boyhood, and he frequently saw them scampering on the hills in the evening twilight. Ludwig Binkerhoof saw three as recently as 1792, in the Black Forest, and Sneddeker avers that in 1803 they drove a party of miners out of a Silesian mine. Basing our computations upon data supplied by these statements, we find that the gnomes were probably extinct as early as 1764.

I always thought it would have been fun to spend an evening with Patsy Cline - just because I think she was really fun and interesting. I think you'd have a really good time with her.

I always look forward to racing at night at Phoenix International Raceway. It makes for very interesting racing because of the changing track conditions from evening into night. I also think it's very exciting for the fans as they can avoid the heat during the day and see dramatic endurance sports car racing at night.

He had most of those lads throwing up he was working them so hard, ... We did basic strength and fitness training for about two hours ... and then we'd start choreographing all of the fight sequences and then we'd go into the afternoon and rehearse and then go out in the evening and start drinking, which is probably why the next morning people were throwing up.

He has symbolized the 'CBS Evening News' for nearly a quarter century, ... He'll continue to apply his talents to everything he does at CBS News.

Hello, good evening and welcome to the middle of the film.

He came on Saturday. Saturday evening there was the Town Ball. Frau Schwarz gave me a box, so I absolutely had to go after I had accepted. Well, I spent a few wonderfully delightful hours with him until 12 o'clock and then with his permission I spent two hours at the ball.

We've done really well with the daytime shopping crowd. The type of person that will come in the evening is an entirely different type of demographic.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these ar

To enjoy the evening tonight, getting the championship, and getting it in the style we did down the stretch here is very nice. I really didn't think anybody was gonna catch BC. We just kept winning, which was nice, and we got some help. BC has not played poorly, they've played well. But the other teams have risen to the occasion.

What we had this morning was hope. By this afternoon hype, and now this evening it's a debacle.

We are going to organize a big celebration on Saturday evening after your victory,

Kelly had a very good swim. It's the fastest she has been in the event in several years. Our goal was for her to make it back to the evening session, but to miss by just one spot is still a great achievement.

Katie is a friend of many years, and a gifted broadcaster. While I am losing her as an NBC News colleague, I am gaining an able new competitor. I want to welcome Katie to the evening shift and I look forward to competing with my friend as we all continue to cover the stories that matter, all over the world, each night, for years to come.

I think it's heavily used; evening traffic is high. The influx of people throughout the day is high, and we anticipate a large increase.

It could be tomorrow evening before they are cleared.

It is going to be an evening of enjoyment, ... There's no question people are going to have a good time when they come to one of our concerts.

I was discussing this with the Dutch minister yesterday evening and I think we will be able to find a solution.

I thought our veterans really led the way with a lot of toughness and a lot of heart. And certainly our crowd this evening really pulled us through tonight.

I think what will happen is that the draft will be presented this evening to the speaker of parliament.

It got him off his game. Tommy didn't have a Tommy-like evening and that hurts us.

I think that (in the) evening we will release some information and clear up a little better what happened.

It is not a biopic; it is not a trawl through the facts of somebody's life. It is more an evening with a Shakespearean clown who speaks the truth and was whipped for his pains. Writing the play made me love and loathe my country more: love it that it could create, and has always created, one-offs like Quentin; loathe it for its rejection of him.

It is immensely disappointing to be knocked out of the Champions League but this evening part of our supporters also missed a great chance.

I think the very first time I was probably about 6 or 7, ... I went with my father. I think it was an evening show.

People are concerned about the saturation in the neighborhood. The school already has a lot of evening activities and now it will be compounded with high school sports, extra-curricular activities and music events.

Our investigators have looked at all the radar tapes that exist from that evening and have not seen anything that indicates a missile track or missile hit,

Our team fought hard today. Our attack was solid, but we did not create enough scoring chances. Overall, we played better than we did on Friday evening and gave ourselves a chance to win. We have some big games in front of us, so we will need to work on improving our possession and get some rest after a very physical weekend against Michigan and Michigan State.

Our goal coming in was to be playing in the evening session. I do know we can do that. It's another tough game tomorrow against our neighbors. There's not many secrets there.

Our first job fair was so successful that we're holding one more in the evening to accommodate people who couldn't meet with us because of daytime commitments.

outstanding speakers who will provide a memorable and enjoyable evening to the guests at the dinner.

Particularly in the northern parts of the state, people need to wait and be patient ... until they receive instructions that it's okay to go back home, ... That may take place early in the evening (on Wednesday) or maybe (on Thursday).

Our motto is to work with what we have and the result this evening is a good one.

People just buy enough for everybody to do a toast. It's not something they seem to drink all evening they make a toast with it and then move on.

Suddenly, one free kick and one penalty destroyed the evening for us. Football is tough sometimes. We are a little bit down in the dressing room, but it is important tomorrow morning that we keep our heads up.

Starting from this evening we can concentrate heart and soul on preparing for this great event.

Starting 0-2 at the beginning of the season isn't very good for the morale, ... Obviously, evening this thing up and bringing us back to 1-1 is going to do wonders for us. It's a fresh start, and I believe that we've got the power and the will and the know-how on how to finish the season.

Some of the student's family members and friends will attend (the evening performance.) Some people could perceive a student presentation of Shakespeare's work as either a good or bad thing, so it will be interesting to see how many people turn out.

that evening with 30-year-old Jason Moran. It turns out they've played together before -- on McPartland's show, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and on what McPartland calls ''several casual dates here and there.

My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.

My whole life is a practical joke, ... Every evening and every show has really become about entertaining me. I was always like that. And now I've come full circle because that's what the TV show is too.

My perfect day is to work incredibly well in the morning and write something wonderful, then take the dog for a walk and go for a swim in the ladies' ponds on Hampstead Heath or work in my allotment. Then I get tarted up in the evening and go out in London to dinner or the cinema.