October 2004 - Events

Famous quotes containing the word events:

“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when one thinks of them, become unreal. Even the scarlet flowers of passion seem to grow in the same meadow as the poppies of oblivion.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“All strange and terrible events are welcome,
But comforts we despise.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)