Famous quotes containing the word leaving:
“Let God alone if need be. Methinks, if I loved him more, I should keep himI should keep myself ratherat a more respectful distance. It is not when I am going to meet him, but when I am just turning away and leaving him alone, that I discover that God is. I say, God. I am not sure that that is the name. You will know whom I mean.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Q: Have you made personal sacrifices for the sake of your career?
A: Leaving a three-month-old infant in another persons house for nine hours, five days a week is a personal sacrifice.”
—Alice Cort (20th century)
“My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posteritya good strong figure. But I think it is rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.”
—James Boswell (17401795)