Widow Quotes
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WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
She also gave impetus to the move to start the holiday. They could say no to John Conyers, but it wasn't the same as saying no to King's widow. She was a powerful force in getting that legislation through. She provided the opportunity for politicians to favor it without seeming to favor the agitators. (Quote by - Joseph Lowery)
There is only one way to console a widow. But remember the risk. (Quote by - Robert Anson Heinlein)
Breaks the social compact that gives government its legitimacy. ... It used to be that if a widow didn't want to sell her home to a developer, she didn't have to. ... The government was there to protect her. Now government has become the thug. (Quote by - Tom McClintock)
One widow left her house for a day, came back and found her brother-in-law had taken over her home after the earthquake, so she was left out in the open. This is a major reason why people don't want to go. (Quote by - Keith Ursel)
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. (Quote by - Imelda Marcos)
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. (Quote by - Henry Fielding)
By 1835, Mozart's star was rising and any relic connected to him was sought after. We don't know whether his widow was given money for the manuscript or whether it was a sweetener for some kind of financial favor. (Quote by - Chris Banks)
That bride, who is absorbed into the True Guru, shall never become a widow. Her Husband Lord is Beautiful; His Body is forever fresh and new. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)
Then I just stayed, and she said she was a widow. (Quote by - Bill Stetson)
A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other. (Quote by - Proverb)
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades. (Quote by - Paddy Chayefsky)
The lonely widow gives her body to a stranger; but without her husband, she is never satisfied. (Quote by - Atharva Veda)
We're pleased with the recognition that the court says that it's a pretty significant burden to have a widow hauled into court in a situation like this. (Quote by - Stephen Nelson)
It's heartbreaking to leave a widow and four children. (Quote by - Jerome Gourley)
Since Michael is not listed with a wife in 1880, I must conclude he did not leave a widow or children. (Quote by - Kent Willis)
We noticed there was an increase in deaths among our visitors to the island and police were wondering how to take care of this widow who was now thousands of miles from home and here all alone. So out of this need. (Quote by - Liana Soong)
He who takes care of his deceased brother s estate and of his widow, shall, after raising up a son for his brother, give that property even to that ,son . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
What historians will look at is her contributions in these other things. Historians will understand and explore the full dimensions and not just the perfectly made up, dignified widow. (Quote by - Mary Frances Berry)
says Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, ''was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations. (Quote by - Jerry Garcia)
It is better to be the widow of a hero than he wife of a coward. (Quote by - Delores Ibarrui)
This is death / To die and know it. This is the Black Widow, death. (Quote by - Robert Lowell)
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow. (Quote by - Nancy Mitford)
When I spoke with his widow today, she spoke touchingly about how important he felt this work was and how much he felt he was making a difference. His loss touches us all. (Quote by - Peter Harder)
He who marries a widow with three children, marries four thieves (Quote by - Proverb)
I consider it monstrous that leaders of Serbia and Montenegro have failed to provide adequate security guarantees to the widow of Slobodan Milosevic. (Quote by - Sergei Baburin)
When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
The body bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood, she is now a widow the dead body lies in the courtyard. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
The problem, though, is with the precedent, ... If you were a firefighter on 9-11 and you ran into the World Trade Center, your widow got $7 million or $8 million. But if you were a firefighter and you ran into a burning building on 9-12, your death benefit was something like $250,000. (Quote by - Steven Brill)
Widow" is a harsh and hurtful word. It comes from the Sanskrit and it means "empty." I have been empty too long. (Quote by - Lynn Caine)
I've always been passionate about what I do and want to do it well, ... My wife says she's a widow to the computer. (Quote by - Scott Simon)
Alexander's widow came to Galesburg for the movie showing at the Orpheum. I think it opened at several theatres around the country at the same time. (Quote by - Ronald Reagan)
Doctors refer to the left anterior descending artery as the widow maker. It was about 90 percent blocked. He needed to get this done much sooner than later. I talked to him today and he was in good spirits. He'll be fine. (Quote by - Todd Musburger)
That wasn't right. That old trailer wasn't in no condition for anyone to be in, let alone a 99-year-old widow. I mean, there were rats in it, you know. (Quote by - Sue Dorster)
He attacked the nurses, he attacked widow's pensions, he attacked firefighters, he attacked teachers, and the California public has said 'No' to this governor, (Quote by - Roseanne)
I'm only upset that I'm not a widow. [On her ex-husband Tom Arnold] (Quote by - Roseanne)
Little Charlie was delivered by a C-section and not expected to live. I'm a widow with no children . . . I'm just a small time (cat) shower . . . This is like losing three children in one fell swoop. (Quote by - Iris Tanner)
Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow and console her in other ways. (Quote by - Seventh Commandment)
I want the troops home, and I want the president to tell me why my husband had to go to Iraq, and why I had to become a widow at age 26, and why my son will never meet his daddy, (Quote by - John House)
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy -- a Jill a rich widow. (Quote by - Evan Esar)
She's usually seen as the widow of Martin Luther King. But in reality, she's much more than that. (Quote by - Dr. Corann Okorodudu)
Coretta Scott King was clearly more than the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King. She was an icon in her own right. (Quote by - Willie Pearson)
He that would woo a maid must feign, lie and flatter, but he that woos a widow must down with his britches and at her (Quote by - Nathaniel Smith)
I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises. (Quote by - Chaka Fattah)
If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears ,a son , he is called the son of a re married woman . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
And right after he dies, they contact his widow. (Quote by - Kevin Anderson)
Widows are divided into two classes; the bereaved and the relieved. (Quote by - Victor Robinson)
The steel workers have now buried their dead, while the widows weep and watch their orphaned children become objects of public charity. The murder of these unarmed men has never been publicly rebuked by any authoritative officer of the state or federal government. (Quote by - John L. Lewis)
If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family , she shall deliver to that ,son the whole property which belonged to the ,deceased . (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
By twice born men a widow must not be appointed to ,cohabit with any other ,than her husband , for they who appoint ,her to another ,man , will violate the eternal law. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
It's unbelievable. No one, let alone the widow of a former president, should live like this. The least we could do is fix the hole in the living room ceiling. (Quote by - Rasim Ljajic)
I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money. (Quote by - Ruth Rendell)
He ,who is appointed to ,cohabit with the widow shall ,approach her at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, ,and beget one son, by no means a second. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
He'll never be here for me to grow old with. He was my life. He was my love. He was my heart and soul. Never did I think that at the age of 31 I'd be a widow. (Quote by - Army Sgt.)
Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow? (Quote by - Jackie Kennedy)
At thirty-three . . . Lilian Aldwinkle appealed to all the instinctive bigamist in one. She was eighteen in the attics and widow Dido on the floors below. (Quote by - Aldous Huxley)
I'm a football widow, I guess, except for nights like this. (Quote by - Jackie Castle)
She shall never become a widow, she shall always be a happy bride. (Quote by - Guru Gobind Singh)
Though the 'widow year' is nonsense, the fact people avoid it reflects strong desire for a happy marriage. (Quote by - Zhang Youde)
Mark Antony in his famous funeral oration in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' says that he came not to praise Caesar, but to bury him. This week, at the funeral for the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, two of the speakers, Jimmy Carter and Rev. Joseph Lowery, might have opened their remarks by saying that they came not to bury Coretta Scott King, but to bash [President] Bush, which is exactly what they proceeded to do. (Quote by - Lee Harris)
The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow, in the love of duality, infatuated with Maya, she suffers in pain. She grows old, and her body withers away. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
In most instances, the most sound advice to offer a recent widow or widower is to do nothing drastic - and very little is more drastic than selling one's home. (Quote by - Francis Degen)
Some undone widow sits upon mine arm,/ And takes away the use of it; 1 and my sword,/ Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans' tears,/ Will not be drawn. (Quote by - Philip Massinger)
A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man. (Quote by - Horace Greeley)
The widow cries out at the door, The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death. So cry out, O soul brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. (Quote by - Guru Nanak)
She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public. (Quote by - Morris Dees)
The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two! My life as a happy one is ended! the world is gone for me! If I must live on (and I will do nothing to make me worse than I am), it is henceforth for our poor fatherless children -- for my unhappy country, which has lost all in losing him -- and in only doing what I know and feel he would wish. (Quote by - Queen Victoria)
Learn how to choose ideal plants for a beautiful desert landscape, how to install your own water-saving irrigation yourself, even how to calmly deal with the occasional scorpion, black widow or western diamondback rattler you might encounter while turning over rocks in your yard. (Quote by - Paul Wolterbeek)
Kay was an extraordinary person. As a bereaved widow, [she] surprised everyone with her strength to take over the Washington Post to make it one of the world's great newspapers. She is greatly admired, of course, everywhere in the very competitive world of politics and publishing. (Quote by - Walter Cronkite)
The reason why I would say it is a Christian-based ministry is because our hearts want to follow the example of the Lord where He said take care of those in need. Take care of the widow; take care of the woman that has no husband and the fatherless. That's what we want to do. We want to put tires on that and take it out onto the road. (Quote by - Joanne Laubach)
Standing among savage scenery, the hotel offers stupendous revelations. There is a French widow in every bedroom, affording delightful prospects. (Quote by - Gerard Hoffnung)
Widow. The word consumes itself. (Quote by - Sylvia Plath)
A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people. (Quote by - Islom Karimov)
I know you are a woman of sorrowful spirit, yet be comforted, though you sorrows be great for you husband going out of the world, yet your pains shall be the less in bringing your child into the world; you shall be a joyful mother, though you be a sad widow; God hath many mercies in store for you; the prayer of a dying husband for you, will not be lost. (Quote by - Christopher Love)
I was a very young widow. I've been by myself for almost 50 years. (Quote by - Emma Biel)
You have been telling me that I am a widow. But that is no more because my husband is here. I thank you for your prayers and support. (Quote by - Winnie Byanyima)
