40 Days Quotes

O gift of God! O perfect day: Whereon shall no man work, but play; Whereon it is enough for me, Not to be doing, but to be!

Nevermore," Lolli said. "That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.

There was a time-a lonely, lonely time-when salads were a pale and limp affair, relegated to the side of your plate, practically weeping. I think those dark days were also known as the '80s. -p.11

I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

Your honor blinds you, Tempus, to what's right and wrong these days.

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

We're in a time now where technology is such that we can create anything, and that's what's new about television and film these days.

National literature does not mean much these days; now is the age of world literature, and every one must contribute to hasten thearrival of that age.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

Mr. Nixon has, in the last seven days, called me an economic ignoramus, a Pied Piper, and all the rest. I've just confined myself to calling him a Republican. But he says that is getting low.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.

I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.

There's a demon in me, and he's still around. Without the dope, we have a bit more of a chat these days.

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work

How in heck are they handling their surplus population in Hell these days? Maybe by the time you and I are in the queue there won't be room for us.

I hate to break this to you: One of these days I'm going to die. I expect that when I croak I'll no longer be using Twitter, unless I can do it from the grave.

Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him - better days are coming.

I have removed a lot of negative influence in my life and try to surround myself with positive people. I have a much more simple life than the old days.

These boots were made for walking, that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

Good shoes and a good scent make the perfect day.

For them, it was nothing but an ordinary day on an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend, but for her, there was something revelatory about the notion that wonderful moments like these existed.

The old fellow who was cadging drinks from me the other night at the Cafe Royal told me he had known Julian Bern's people in the old days at Rome.

What a name! Was it love or praise? Speech half-asleep or song half-awake? I must learn Spanish, one of these days, Only for that slow sweet name's sake.

When runners win a big race these days, they get a car. When I won a big race, I got a ride.

Yesterday was glory and joy. Today, a blackened burn everywhere. On the record of my life, these two days will be put down as one

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

Things are done according to money these days.

Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on, could it be a faded rose from days gone by?

Some people believe that when you die, you cross the River of Death and have to pay the ferryman. People don’t seem to worry about that these days. Perhaps there’s a bridge now.

The SOAP stack is generally regarded as an embarrassing failure these days.

I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year

I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.

Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

O heresy in fair, fit for these days, A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise.

We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

I don't have many sad days.

Slowly, with many lost days, I come back to life.

Some days some times are remembered by me, in life’s all moments they are cherished by me

My days are as long as despair can make them.

I, myself, often wished to be spared the expectation of better days ahead or such.

Failure to shed tears is a failure to live life fully. And the one thing that life requires of us all is to live it. Never be embarrassed by your ability to be alive.

As for boredom ... I notice that it leaves me as soon as I am doing something that has got to be done.

Death is a door life opens.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait.

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to.

I probably get one or two days off every five or six weeks.