Famous quotes containing the word thousands:
“German Flyer: Rotterdam, we destroy in two hours.
Mrs. Miniver: There were thousands killed. Innocent people.
German Flyer: Not innocent—they were against us.
Mrs. Miniver: Women and children.
German Flyer: 30,000 in two hours. And we will do the same thing here!”
—Arthur Wimperis (1874–1953)
“When I am on a stage, I am the focus of thousands of eyes and it gives me strength. I feel that something, some energy, is flowing from the audience into me. I actually feel stronger because of these waves. Now when the play’s done, the eyes taken away, I feel just as if a circuit’s been broken. The power is switched off. I feel all gone and empty inside of me—like a balloon that’s been pricked and the air’s let out.”
—Lynn Fontanne (1887–1983)
“To be honest, I knew that there was no difference between dying at their years old and dying at seventy because, naturally, in both cases, other men and women will live on, for thousands of years at that.... It was still I who was dying, whether it was today or twenty years from now.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)