Undertakers Quotes
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There was a man bespake a think, Which when the owner home did bring, He that made it did refuse it: And he that brought it would not use it, And he that hath it doth now know Whether he hath it yea or no. (Quote by - Sir John Davies)
Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd? No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain; It only serves to prove the living vain. (Quote by - John Gay)
Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as a doctor. (Quote by - Marcus Valerius Martial)
The houses he makes last till doomsday. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)
Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs. (Quote by - Florence King)
FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater. (Quote by - George Jean Nathan)
Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse, As undertakers walk before the hearse. (Quote by - David Garrick)
When doctors and undertakers meet, they wink at each other. (Quote by - W.C. Fields)
He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings. (Quote by - Chanakya)
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome. (Quote by - William James)
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win / essential to success. (Quote by - Napoleon Hill)
Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience. (Quote by - William Arthur Ward)
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. (Quote by - Jessica Mitford)
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. (Quote by - Charles de Montesquieu)
It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair. (Quote by - Walker Percy)
My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. (Quote by - Jorge Luis Borges)
I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an efficient teacher. (Quote by - Gertrude Stein)
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts (Quote by - Charles de Montesquieu)
A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all. (Quote by - Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it (Quote by - Epictetus)
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. (Quote by - Napoleon Bonaparte)
Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single undertaking I can envisage unless it's World War III> (Quote by - Walter F. Mondale)
This is a huge undertaking. This is a really important corridor. (Quote by - Darryl VanMeter)
This was a huge, huge undertaking. I composed this concerto from the ground up. It took about two years total to compose, but there were interruptions when I was touring and making rock albums, (Quote by - Yngwie Malmsteen)
This is the biggest undertaking that I've ever done in terms of an art piece. (Quote by - Chad Person)
This is an important undertaking, (Quote by - Richard Herman)
It was a big undertaking when we got here. Obviously they don't give a young coach a team chuck full of talent, ready for the Super Bowl. We had a lot of work to do when we got here and its starting to pay off. (Quote by - Jack Del Rio)
We're ready to undertake two new prize competitions in the arena of suborbital rocket flights. (Quote by - Brant Sponberg)
The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps, (Quote by - Yevgeny Primakov)
Ford has not asked for, and is not interested in, a government bailout. There are many partnerships we can undertake with the government -- from alternative energy research to worker re-training to enforcing our trade laws -- but a bailout is not one of them. (Quote by - Dan Brouillette)
We can undertake a great number of capital projects and keep the tax rate at 63 cents. (Quote by - Chad Mitchell)
She was very weak in fact because the surgery was a major undertaking and her system couldn't take it. (Quote by - Zaheer Abbasi)
Brother Freeman is the only person allowed to speak, file, and undertake action outside court for me, ... smoke screen to prevent that evidence in my favor reach me. (Quote by - Zacarias Moussaoui)
Many of the projects we undertake don't have our name attached to them, but it is more important to do things than to let students know we are the ones getting them done. (Quote by - Chad Miller)
While the DOJ maintains long-standing, black-and-white parameters to seek out monopolies, the FCC tends to undertake a far more subjective and changeable analysis. (Quote by - Bernard Baumohl)
The laying of an underwater gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea is a very complicated undertaking and requires utmost public attention, (Quote by - Arnold Ruutel)
It's such a hard thing to undertake, to become a cat. But these kids are fantastic. They have such energy behind them. (Quote by - Craig Lowry)
If you try to undertake what is a $5 billion problem here on a month-to-month basis, it's going to take a long, long time at that rate to see significant results. It's important to us to know how much we're getting and for how long. (Quote by - Tom Rathbun)
It's probably the biggest single undertaking the department has ever done. (Quote by - Chris McCloud)
I am very proud to have played a very small role in this undertaking. (Quote by - Carl Williams)
We have been able to watch a variety of terrain and undertake review of a whole variety of imagery and talk to an awful lot of people over time, ... Factually, those are the places right now we have been led to pay very close attention to. (Quote by - Tommy Franks)
He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole (Quote by - Eustachius)
This is an audacious undertaking. (Quote by - Francis Collins)
I am pleased that Central is voluntarily undertaking this major program pro-actively to replace sprinklers nationwide and protect consumers from the risk of fire. (Quote by - Ann Brown)
We are going to undertake a statement redesign to make these matters more clear. (Quote by - Samuel Wang)
This is a huge undertaking. There are a lot of things that have to happen, and they have to happen right and happen in a short period of time. (Quote by - Gary Bartlett)
The board is currently undertaking what could be its most important task, ... We are confident that we're going to make a choice that is in the best interest of the company, shareholders and others. (Quote by - George Mitchell)
I'm more excited than in many years for what we are about to undertake. I'm looking forward to it. It's been an unbelievable season. I think we're in for a fantastic playoffs. (Quote by - John Davidson)
The secretary-general welcomes the initiative of the British Foreign Secretary, H.E. Mr. Jack Straw, to undertake a mission to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey this week. (Quote by - Stephanie Dujarric)
The ACCC is not satisfied, at this stage, that the terms and conditions of those undertakings are reasonable. (Quote by - Graeme Samuel)
Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. (Quote by - Harold Rosenberg)
The logistics of moving to and from the fair is a big deal. It's a huge undertaking. (Quote by - Doug Smith)
I think we'll find out in due course [whether] they are going to detach from the orbital module and undertake a few maneuvers while they are still in orbit. That would be remarkably ambitious for a second flight. (Quote by - Dean Cheng)
If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before. (Quote by - Ivor van Heerden)
With most operas, some lead roles are very strenuous to undertake, they're hard to do three days in a row. (Quote by - Christine Seitz)
It's very clear, under anyone's scenario, that it's a massive, extensive undertaking regardless of where you might ultimately draw the line as to when the nuisance is abated. (Quote by - Jack McConnell)
We don't feel we can undertake the restoration or preservation of the asset on our own. It belongs to the city, and they're our landlord, and they need to provide us a safe place to conduct our programs. (Quote by - David Watson)
All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate. (Quote by - Vera Brittain)
I would say we're cautiously optimistic on the delivery of the undertakings. (Quote by - Christine Roberts)
To say it is a complex and large-scale undertaking is an understatement and I cannot formally announce the project until all of the crucial elements are secure. (Quote by - Baz Luhrmann)
We are undertaking an intensive review of how we are structured and how we manage each of our businesses. (Quote by - William Carpenter)
It's allowed us to undertake more inspections and decrease the time between inspections as well. (Quote by - Chris Campbell)
It's a horrific undertaking. Booking your own tour is extremely stressful. (Quote by - John Baker)
It looks like it's going to be a massive undertaking. (Quote by - Jim Owen)
It's going to take a while to clean this up. It's a massive undertaking. (Quote by - Paul Mackey)
The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker. (Quote by - William Allen White)
A judge, a dentist, lawyers, two undertakers, a mayor, a township manager. All the trades, you name it. (Quote by - John Barnes)
It's an ambitious undertaking. Most of the artifacts come from outside the museum. We're really lucky, ... We don't have a large collection. Most of what we use is loaned to us from members of the community. (Quote by - Paul Russell)
Egyptians obviously went to sea frequently during this time, despite the fact that it was a huge undertaking. It required several thousand people trekking supplies across the desert. (Quote by - Cheryl Ward)
We made a dent in it, but there's still a lot more there. We learned it's a very large undertaking. (Quote by - Julian Meisler)
This all falls under the undertaking of the total modernization of the hospital. (Quote by - Karen Huxtable)
The venue is just unbelievable. There are over 200 clubs in the Southwest region. That's a huge undertaking, and they've done an amazing job organizing and displaying the artwork. (Quote by - Jennifer Young)
When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional rights it acts lawlessly and the citizen can take matters into his own hands and proceed on the basis that such a law is no law at all. (Quote by - William Orville Douglas)
It is clear that [the election authorities] have to undertake some practical steps in an urgent way to organize the way they work and make decisions to [register] a preponderance of the voters by mid-August. (Quote by - Roger Noriega)
Pepsi is willing to undertake similar efforts for any retailer interested, provided it makes economic sense. (Quote by - Nicole Bradley)
For the second year in a row a highly respected quintet of former international cricketers has agreed to take undertake the important responsibility of sitting on the Selection Panel for the ICC Awards, (Quote by - Malcolm Speed)
The commission is determined to intervene in cases where measures taken by undertakings jeopardize the proper functioning of the single market, ... Such measures constitute a very serious infringement of European competition rules and must be dealt with severely. (Quote by - Mario Monti)
He did a great job on a big undertaking. (Quote by - Mark Faulkner)
It's huge undertaking, there's no question about it. (Quote by - Mary Johnson)
It's obvious there's a lot of hand-to-mouth production going on, as businesses are still very wary about undertaking big projects or any sort of new activity for a variety of reasons, some intangible. (Quote by - Robert DiClemente)
It was a real easy decision and not a big undertaking at all. We knew those arrangements, and those ideas would get kind of lost if we didn't record them. (Quote by - Will Turpin)
This expansion and renovation project is without question the most significant undertaking the Fine Arts Center has initiated since its founding. (Quote by - Michael De Marsche)
This is a huge undertaking. We're not an engraving shop and have never done anything like this. (Quote by - Jeff Raines)
I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places, (Quote by - Jan Egeland)
He, who works incessantly, accomplishes any task that he undertakes! (Quote by - Atharva Veda)
It can be a large burden for a child to have to undertake a caretaker role that would be expected for someone more in adulthood. You might, in some ways, end up having (the child) sacrifice their opportunity to be a child. (Quote by - David Brown)
The undertaking here to restore this great ballpark -- the fourth oldest in all the Majors -- is really a most enjoyable thing to do. This is the second of five or six phases, as we set out to restore the entire ballpark -- that's something that we believe our fans deserve. (Quote by - Frank McCourt)
After careful evaluation, the chiefs of staff have advised me that UK forces are able to undertake the proposed operation, that there is a compelling military operational justification for doing so and that it entails a militarily acceptable level of risk for UK forces, (Quote by - Geoff Hoon)
It was a mammoth undertaking. (Quote by - Walter Gossett)
What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met. (Quote by - Jack Straw)
This is a major undertaking, and the exposure is considerable. (Quote by - Bruce Douglas)
The whole system still has to be worked out. It's a huge undertaking. (Quote by - Barbara Stader)
The assessment and investigation of all the material recovered is a colossal undertaking, (Quote by - Andy Hayman)
Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)
The review is the preliminary stage and we have been offered undertakings. (Quote by - Amelia Torres)
