Lord Quotes

Journalism largely consists of saying "Lord Jones is Dead" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive. (G. K. Chesterton)
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me. View quote
Emo Philips
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I accomplish. View quote
Michelangelo
A fanatic is a man who does what he thinks the Lord would do if only He knew the facts of the case. View quote
Finley Peter Dunne
The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. View quote
Kofi Annan
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me. View quote
Robert Frost
LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. View quote
Oscar Wilde
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved. View quote
Lafcadio Hearn
The fundamental evil of the world arose from the fact that the good Lord has not created money enough. View quote
Heinrich Heine
Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being. View quote
Martin Heidegger
Bunter: My old mother always used to say, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you stare them in the face hard enough, they generally run away. (Dorothy L. Sayers)
I don't even think about a retirement program because I'm working for the Lord, for the Almighty. And even thought the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is, you might say, out of this world. View quote
George Foreman
You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands. View quote
Hunter S. Thompson
Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. View quote
Jacques Lipchitz
I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it. View quote
George Sand
I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer. View quote
Oliver North
The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born. View quote
Stephen Leacock
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. View quote
Voltaire
I swear to the Lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. View quote
Langston Hughes
After I had given up to go, the thoughts of the journey were often attended with unusual sadness, at which times my heart was frequently turned to the Lord with inward breathings for his heavenly support, that I might not fail to follow him wheresoever he might lead me. View quote
John Woolman
Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved. (Vivien Leigh)
Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help The notice which you have been pleased to take care of my labors, had it been early, had been kind but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it till I am solitary, and cannot impart it till I am known, and do not want it. View quote
Samuel Johnson
This man Chesterfield, I thought, had been a Lord among wits but I find he is only a wit among Lords. View quote
Samuel Johnson
The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye. View quote
Joseph Addison
Lord, confound this surly sister, Blight her brow with blotch and blister, Cramp her larynx, lung and liver, In her guts a galling give her. View quote
John Millington Synge