Lingering Quotations

Have you ever thought about those last moments of your life? Nobody wants a long, lingering illness; nobody wants just that; but it would be nice if you could have a day or two where you know it's coming.

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.

As you say goodbye to lingering disappointments and unattended grief, you will discover that every person, situation and painful incident comes bearing gifts.

You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.

I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.

Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits somebody or something besides himself. You know, his cleverness makes capital markets more efficient. It provides credit to productive enterprise. Whatever.

We're starting to see that companies are starting to admit that the second half is going to be slow, so that's a lingering fear,

We're looking for increases in employment, but because the labor force is growing 1 percent a year, we need 125,000 new jobs per month to stabilize the unemployment rate. We see the unemployment rate drifting slightly higher and lingering higher for the next year.

When, for the first time... I left my father, and all the dear friends of my youth, to cross the great ocean... my heart sunk within me... The lingering hours were spent in deep sorrow... My affections were with those I had left behind, and the world seemed to me a great wilderness.

The readings are at once instant in their appeal, and lingering in their impact.

The primary issues today's initiatives set out to resolve are still lingering -- legacy labor costs at GM and a possible supply disruption at Delphi.

Last year's game has definitely been lingering for all of us. We never imagined losing that game with the way we were playing last season.

Share prices ended weaker. This is because of lingering concerns about a lack of active inflows of funds from offshore investors.

Simple everyday mistakes are really broad in scope, ... from lingering over someone's cubicle to barging in on a conversation, to not relaying messages.

Most people (who) came in had situations that were lingering a little bit too long. They really should have been solved more quickly.

More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work - thanks, I suppose, to their parents' lingering vinyl collections.

I was right back to work the middle of the day Monday, in the gym, and practiced yesterday with no lingering effects from last week. And that's a major step for me, that I'm feeling better, I'm stronger.

But the dollar will remain top-heavy due to lingering concerns over an eventual end of the zero interest rate policy in Japan and uncertainty over the prospect for the Chinese yuan.

China should make a larger attempt to solve the lingering problems of farmers whose land was inadequately or randomly compensated in the past, and I am sure it will.

Fuel economy will always be an issue that's lingering in the back of people's minds. Given the number of new products coming out, we expect compact and subcompact cars and SUVs will continue to grow this year.

Going into Intel's third-quarter earnings report, we are becoming more cautious about how Intel is going to address some lingering issues.

He likes to play and he'll play through anything, so when he has to sit out, you know he's hurting. That's a little scary. I'm just hoping it's not a lingering thing.

I suspect it was just a bout of profit taking, a bit of nervousness ahead of next week's Fed meeting. Not that anyone's expecting anything out of the Fed's next week, but I think there still are some lingering concerns about the longer-term interest rate outlook. Especially with oil prices pushing above $32 a barrel,

It is a little bit of the season as many people are away for the summer combined with lingering concerns over South America and a wait-and-see attitude to see what happens next with the fiscal reforms when Congress meets again in September.

I think the effect of this will be to revive concern about the government's mistreatment of detainees and to get people to take another look at the legal basis. There are lots of lingering questions about how do you justify holding these people.

I think that one of the good things in our sport is that there's always next weekend. You could see some lingering effects at the start of the next race weekend, but it disappears.

It had been lingering for years. It needed to be done, and everyone around the state was wondering for years when we'd get around to taking the bridge down.

I think they've already put it behind them. I don't think there will be any lingering effects. One thing about wrestling this time of year is you don't have a lot of time to reflect on things that happened in the past. I think they're focused now on what they need to do.

It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be some lingering storms.

Some investors focused on domestic demand-led sectors, while high-tech firms appeared to be weaker due to lingering worries over the firmer yen.

Long-expected one and twenty, / Lingering year at length is flown.

Looking forward, we believe we will continue to feel the effects of the Y2K slowdown in the fourth quarter and into early next year, ... Next year has the potential to be a very good year for IBM, once we get past any lingering Y2K effects.

It is difficult to sell off actively because there is a lingering fear that if something should happen to refiners or a cold spell hits, it will immediately tighten supplies.

Whether it's lingering layoffs, receding real wage growth or cutbacks in health/pension benefits, corporate America is now in the process of shifting its lack of pricing power onto the backs of its workforce,

We recovered from (Penn State). I don't think it had any lingering effects.

We let down a little bit when we got scored on, ... Ordinarily, when someone scores against us, we get the ball out of the net and we're back down midfield in less than five seconds, so that our opponent doesn't have the lingering edge that they scored. We want to take the game back right at them.

To the extent such a payback is likely after the current spending burst, it could act as a sharp depressant on overall demand growth in subsequent quarters, ... That development, in the context of a lingering jobless recovery, could raise serious questions about the staying power of America's current cyclical resurgence.

Firms still appear hesitant to spend and hire, and we need to remain mindful of the possibility that lingering business caution could be an impediment to improved economic performance,

Exports are a sizable part of the economy and there's lingering concern about U.S. consumer spending slowing, which is weighing on shares. Sony can't afford any delays that may help its rivals get ahead.

While there is lingering view that interest rates in Japan will not stay effectively at zero after the end of the five-year-old 'quantitative easing' last week, stronger-than-expected non-farm payroll data enhanced worries about further rate increases in the US.

While there are lingering concerns about the effects of high energy prices and the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the US, end markets for semiconductors continue to be very strong.

We'll have to think about a few things concerning team spirit. In a long season there will always be a few lingering things that are negative...But we're not a team that's wracked by dissent.

With lingering concerns over Iran, Nigeria ... the market is correcting upwards because it is focusing on fears in the geo- political realm.

We want consumers to be informed and know the resources available to them. We can do all this work just to do the recall and ensure we have every model covered, but if the parents still have the product lingering in their home then that's a serious concern for us.

Emerging market stocks were hit hard today, along with their bonds. Lingering fears over higher U.S. interest rates triggered profit-taking again, one day after we saw some good rallies.

Due to lingering reconstruction demand in areas that were hit by hurricanes last year and brisk demand for Japanese cars that have better fuel efficiency, exports to the US are likely to be solid until around mid-2006.

There's going to be these lingering problems. There's still too much uncertainty in the New Orleans area. I think we are headed back to $70.

The situation with his hip is very positive. He has a lingering Achilles (tendon) problem from last year. He has been taking treatment on it the last couple of months. I think his timetable to play at 100 percent is going to be a little further down the line.

The situation with his hip is very positive, ... He has a lingering Achilles (tendon) problem from last year. He has been taking treatment on it the last couple of months. I think his timetable to play at 100 percent is going to be a little further down the line.

Ivan had a long, lingering effect because of the damage it caused and because it hit the market with a perception - and a reality - of a lack of supplies. In that sense, it heightened the fear of hurricanes this year.

After receiving a second opinion on Antonio's lingering back problems, it is very unlikely that he would return to competitive action this season.

The move is the right one for us, given the economic challenges many consumers face with lingering high fuel costs.

Something lingering with boiling oil in it, I fancy.

Despite some lingering trepidation due to mixed local, national and international economic conditions, the Manhattan housing market continued to improve.

Ain't it hard when you wake up in the morning, and you find out that those other days are gone... All you have is memories of happiness, lingering on... All your friends and your lovers won't protect you; they're only passing through you in the end... They'll leave you stripped of all that you can get to and wait for you to come back again... But still a light is shining, from that lamp on down the hall... Maybe the Star of Bethlehem wasn't a star at all.

This is a starkly different episode. We've seen considerable off-farm investors interested in farmland, in part a lingering result of the (low) stock market performance of recent years.

They took a story that was going to be laugh lines for late-night comedians and turned it into a front-page story. There was something in their attitude there that I think is going to have a lingering effect, about how a certain arrogance seemed to have crept into the White House complex.

Although the strategic rationale for combining Boston Scientific and Guidant appears compelling, we have lingering concerns.

Americans are still worried about rising interest rates and high gasoline prices. That, along with the lingering impact from Hurricane Katrina and ongoing political fights in Washington, seems to be holding back consumer sentiment.

This morning, when I walked into the office, there was this strange feeling that someone would come tell me that it was not true. It's the lingering effect of being on a high for so long. It doesn't feel real.

There remains a lingering risk of higher interest rates should signs of stronger employment and inflation emerge in coming months.

There's a little lingering pain. You have to understand, it came off the bat of (coach) Lance Parrish.

It's been something that's been lingering in my mind for awhile. For the Stanford and Cal games, I really didn't feel comfortable , but I wanted to go out there and try and help the team get a win. It was just real sore and painful in those two games. I tried to go again last weekend and I just decided I couldn't do it the whole year, there was just too much pain.

It seems like there's still some lingering bitterness between the governor and the legislators. He's working to mend some fences, but the legislators don't seem receptive to the idea.

It's a lingering disease, and we continue to identify cases.

It's like a lightbulb. Once it stops (sending the electrical impulse), it's off, ... There are no lingering effects, none. It's a very clean tool, very safe.

Even with the lingering impacts of the hurricanes, and the impact of higher energy prices, I believe we will have a good holiday season.

That's the big lingering risk factor sitting out there on the horizon. Will we have a gradual adjustment, where the trade deficit gradually improves, or will we have an accident along the way?

The bias will be for a stronger euro. The European economy is looking good and there's lingering concern about inflation.

Swings in U.S. stocks always hit here hard, but lingering concern about the health of Japan's banking system is the main factor weighing heavy.

It's coming along. It got better over the last couple of days. I'm always playing with a little pain. I'm trying to get it taken care of so it's not lingering all season.

After three or four weeks, I was still coughing up a little bit of blood. I had about 40 percent of my lung compressed or whatnot, so it was hard for me to run and breathe. My performance was affected a little bit by it, but it was a learning experience. It was the first time I'd ever had a lingering injury that I had to perform through.

The joke about SAP has always been, it's making '50s German manufacturing methodology, implemented in 1960s software technology, delivered to 1970-style manufacturing organizations, like, it's really - yeah, the incumbency - they are still the lingering hangover from the dot-com crash.

I hope that when I die, I go that way. I would love to be out on a run and just go, rather than a lingering death.

In Europe, we are optimistic that lingering concerns about beef will continue to lessen as the year progresses, ... We continue to educate our European customers about McDonald's high food safety and quality standards.

I'll cross that bridge if it comes to that, ... The thing I've tried to do all this year is not be lingering around, acting like I'm waiting for another guy's job. I don't believe that's the right way to do it. But now that he doesn't have a job, I guess there will be some discussion. We'll see what happens.

If you are not really at peace with what has happened in your life, then you have not truly accepted responsibility for the events themselves, and for your response to them. Any lingering resentment or regret simply means that you still want to lay blame, either at your own door or someone else's.

In one sense it's somewhat good news, because now the defense, instead of worrying about that 24 number lingering out there, can think 15 is the worst they can do, and they're going to try to improve upon it. There's no guarantee, but as a practical matter, that really is likely the worst-case scenario.

In 2005, we thought it was the lingering effects of the recession. But retail is going to be more mediocre and in some cases poor in 2006 because of a deeper, structural problem that is based on Michigan 's auto economy.

If there is any lingering doubt, life without parole is the punishment.

I just hope it's not a lingering thing.

His legitimacy is based on the lingering respect for his father. This is also, perhaps, why he keeps his next-in-line out of site - to keep himself enshrined and base his son's legitimacy on himself.

But if, around my place of sleep,The friends I love should come to weep,They might not haste to go.Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloomShould keep them lingering by my tomb.

He's started his medication already and it will solve his problem. He's in great shape and he's in great spirits. This has been something that has been lingering on and off and they finally figured out what it is.

Buying enthusiasm dried up as the day progressed. Lingering worries over rising energy prices and higher bond yields may have finally caught up with the market.

Hopefully, it's not a lingering thing, not a major problem. We need him on the floor, we want him on the court as quickly as possible.

If girls are interested, they have the potential to go further, ... There are still lingering stereotypes that affect girls in middle school, and they lose interest in the subjects.

I can relate to Jeremy because I had lingering injuries for two and a half years and when I finally got healthy, it felt so good,

The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy for a long period of time, which appears to be better at destroying lingering cancer cells.

The hurricanes did cause some dramatic problems short-term, and there are some lingering ones.

A lot has changed between 2004 and 2006. President Bush is not nearly as popular. There are scandals in Washington. The war in Iraq is lingering on. And there are other policy problems. So it may very well be that Republicans will look to social issues, and phenomena like the marriage amendments, as being especially important in an environment where they don't have as many things going for them.

The dialogue is now shifting gears from climate science to climate action. There's still a lot we need to learn about the science, but the events of the past year have ended much of the lingering debate and controversy. The most important question now is what can individuals, communities, states and nations do to reduce and prepare for climate change.

The course does drain quickly, but it has to have a lingering effect tomorrow.

The lingering political risks to supply mean we're not going to drive prices down too far or too fast.

Lingering labors come to naught.

Thank Heaven! the crisis --The danger, is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last --, and the fever called ''Living'' is conquered at last.

A wild dissolving bliss Over my frame he breathed, approaching near, And bent his eyes of kindling tenderness Near mine, and on my lips impressed a lingering kiss,