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And now, like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career, and just fade away...an old soldier who tried to do his duty, as God gave him the light to see that duty. Good-bye.

General Douglas MacArthur

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

Carl Jung

People who comprehend a thing to its very depths rarely stay faithful to it forever. For they have brought its depths into the light of day: and in the depths there is always much that is unpleasant to see.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

Pythagoras

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

Oprah Winfrey

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Thomas Henry Huxley

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.

Arlo Guthrie

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.

Carl Sagan

An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?

Rene Descartes

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

William Shakespeare

When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?

Epictetus

Put out the light.

Theodore Roosevelt

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.

Charles Darwin

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing is to supply light and not heat.

Woodrow Wilson

Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Christopher Columbus

I'd see him on downtown street corners, always with a camera. He'd be testing the light.

Evelyn Cunningham

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Chinese Proverb

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

Woody Allen

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

Blaise Pascal

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Helen Keller

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Helen Keller

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Helen Keller

More light! Give me more light!

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.

Joseph Conrad

In light of this situation, we need to continually evaluate our content and visual pricing.

Al Giombetti

There are two kinds of light--the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

James Thurber

I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I never close my door behind me without the awareness that I am carrying out an act of mercy toward myself.

Peter Hoeg

The way this animal was built, it must have been swimming. Swimming animals have a tendency to be dark on top and light on the bottom.

Peter Wagner

You get the pretty images due to the light hitting the defects in the materials.

Michael Davidson

Each one of these light boxes represents a different type of Chihuly glass.

Terry Rischel

Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Jane Porter

I rule out categorically any 'traffic-light' coalition with red and green.

Guido Westerwelle

The light that puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Henry David Thoreau

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

Ambrose Bierce

A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

David Hockney

Mostly, I've made independent films that don't see the light of day.

Rachael Leigh Cook

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

Alan Alda

We are still waiting for the green light from the US government about when exactly the Indonesian medical workers can depart for the US.

Alwi Shihab

I travel light; as light, / That is, as a man can travel who will / Still carry his body around because / Of its sentimental value.

Christopher Fry

What is love but an allergic reaction to the proper lighting!

Scott Thompson

I wasn't lighting matches or anything. I was doing all the bits of other work and stayed clear of the big burner.

Dr. Jonathan Greenberg

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.

Robert Hunter

Strange, weird things that no man may say, things Humanity hides away; secretly done, catch the light of the living day.

Laurence Hope

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

Robert M. Hutchins

We hope to put the town back in a positive light.

Malcolm Smart

'The Evolution Diet' is extremely informative and insightful, yet it's funny and is a light read for those who want to just read bits and pieces.

Lulu

At this point, even additional snow or a light rain would not change it too much.

Greg Gust

It wasn't a checkpoint but a patrol which immediately opened fire after they trained their light on us.

Giuliana Sgrena

For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections.

Peace Pilgrim

It's really a light bucket. It won't take pretty pictures.

Paul Horowitz

Some days are better than others, ... It's been a long journey, but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

Brian Robertson

Because gold represents light to me. Gold and crystal. Because I need light for painting and I also need light to look. It's the most fascinating thing, how it changes.

Katinka De Montal

I attended a city council meeting and they suggested looking into temporary lighting and we'll get some costs.

Beth Foreman

I get up and run early every morning, so I kind of prefer to have [more] light in the morning.

Ryan Mcelveen

So many of these kids have been let down by life and don't know where to go. Then they come here and they start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Victoria Charlton

No one can shed light on vices he does not have or affliction he has never experienced.

Juan De Mairena

Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night. God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.

Alexander Pope

It's a very uncomfortable position, in light of the fact that we've temporarily laid off 40 people.

Mayor Beth Sabilia

We are going to know what is going on with learning in grades 3 to 8, and we are testing for that, so the light will shine.

Gov. Donald Carcieri

I think that Clueless (1995) was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.

Alicia Silverstone

It was a light workout, but my body felt good. Everything went well.

Cole Hamels

It's basically a system without any teeth. It's a green light -- anything goes.

Pete Didisheim

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.

Ezra Pound

It may not stop it, but it will shine the light and alert the press and the public to some of these things far earlier than now.

Bob Phillips

In light of test scores and the emphasis on academics, it had to be done. No Child Left Behind changed everything.

Superintendent Michael Wasta

Where Shock is now, he is light years away from where he was back then. He could play back then, but now he gets in there and he doesn't hesitate. He can play, and he knows that. That's what makes him so dangerous.

Joe Tereshinski

I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

Isaac Newton

A large majority of the U.S. public supports use of red light cameras.

David Snyder

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

François R. Chateaubriand

Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

Maurice Chevalier

I haven't heard of any major backups there. Traffic is pretty light.

Nancy Shanks

The posters are depicting government in a negative light and this comes only a few days to the polling day.

Robert Kabushenga

The building is not going to be done before the light is operable. No traffic will be added (before the light is).

William Wilson

We're still going to be cooking the same, and our utilities, demand for electrical appliances will pretty much be the same. The difference might be in (home) lighting.

Chris Winter

Gary is a well-respected technician. And the commissioner 'saw the light' and said, 'Okay, we'll fix it,'-and they did.

Dan Corridon

It was almost like somebody turned the light on. For the first time in his life, he was excited about something.

Jim Amos

It's hard no matter where you are in the world, it's always a bit of a battle, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Andrew Jack

But the sunshine aye shall light the sky, As round and round we run; And the Truth shall ever come uppermost, And Justice shall be done.

Charles Mackay

The lighting is off by 40 degrees. We are insensitive to it, but computers detect it.

Hany Farid

She's not as friendly as Bob, I'll tell you that much. When we let her go she flew into the light, and we had to get a ladder to get her down.

Krystie Schiele

We were a little light-headed until that sixth inning, probably from that long bus ride.

Mark Rea

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

Cicero

The staircase is my favorite thing in the house because it brings the light through. It's very sculptural.

Heather Faulding

We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel here in Northern California.

Rob Hartman

I think he's seen the light.

Jay Hopson

A handful of struggling companies are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Rich Hunter

[He] saw the light, and led the way/ Where the gray world might greet the day.

Harriet Monroe

How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light".

Dar Williams

It's breathtaking to me that two light poles can cost $135,000.

Thomas Crabtree

They were horrified. They were asking what it was, and we were saying, 'Sadly it's probably ill,' and you're trying to make it as light as you can.

Alison Adams

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

Edith Wharton

Anybody is free to shoot the ball in our offense. They have the green light if it's a good shot. We've worked hard on helping them identify the difference between a good and bad shot.

Jeff Reis

Lindsay has an amazing way of working with anybody. She brings a positive light to everything she does.

James Thorpe

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. It can't go lower. It can only go up.

Ajay Patel

Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.

C. V. R. Thompson

I don't think you can ever restrict or control influence. What you can do is shed light on it. Sunshine is the most important thing.

Rep. Beto O'rourke

We are waiting for results before starting building the plants which should see the light of day in 2007.

Alain Jeanroy

Charlie was on his way to the grocery store, sitting at a red light, minding his own business.

Anita Erhardt

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

John Constable

Bruce hit them over the light poles, and people started following him just to see him hit them.

Larry Cline

This is going to be a light ballot. Every 12 years, this is the smallest ballot that goes before the voters.

Gary Bartlett

When you give them to the residents, their faces just light up.

Karen Matthies

It is a chance to be still, be open, be quiet, to share in the light.

Paul Shaffer

I believe there is now light at the end of the tunnel.

Richard Bacon

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Aristotle Onassis

AOL was a little light on the top line but made it up on the cost line. There were no surprises based on what we heard on Jan. 7.

Robert Martin

Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.

Alan Dean Foster

Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.

Jennie Jerome Churchill

We were relying on the basic generator to survive with a light bulb in the middle of the room and a couple of flashlights.

Crystal Holmes

The 3-ball's not my game. But I was open, so I said why not take it. Coach (Mike Ortiz) gave me the green light, and it happened.

Pat Shankland

Dust scatters blue light out, but it's much more gradual.

Daniel Reichart

Right now, we're just trying to be good ambassadors for baseball. We're just trying to light that spark.

Arnold Braithwaite

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.

Margaret Fuller

As soon as the standby light went out on his amp and he hit that first chord, Chris and I just kind of looked at each other.

Matt Hammitt

The building is not going to be done before the light is operable, ... No traffic will be added (before the light is).

William Wilson

In light of the apparent theft of certain artifacts, all of our displays are now under lock and key.

Jeremy Solomon

You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind.

Johnny Knoxville

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

John E. Hines

The kids deserve to finish out the season in the most positive light we can give for them.

Tim Tackett

Old stars fade, new stars light up the sky.

Allen Johnson

Come December I knew it was going to get brighter. The light was the Big Ten Tournament and I ran for it.

Dan Bedoy

We're continuing to work our way toward the light at the end of that tunnel.

Rob Hartman

We will be in the national light as a historic property in need of preservation.

Chip Aikens

The county and city came together to create a new Fifth Avenue for a new century. That meant new sidewalks, landscaping, lighting and parking. People became early investors.

Rosalind Murray

He who would travel happily must travel light.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Edwin P. Whipple

A Wall of Light.

Joan Barfoot

I am still amazed today at how much we influenced America with lighting the candle here in Atlanta on affirmative action.

Maynard Jackson

He just had a totally electrifying personality. He was the bright light in the room -- that was him.

Jeff Omspaugh

Look at the trends. Where we all agree, that's your green light.

Phil Edmonston

It is a yellow light that either it's competition, therefore pricing, or that market growth is not as robust as it had been.

Chuck Jones

We attempt to grasp the 'look and feel' of the buildings with the seating, lighting ambience and floral pieces.

Jon Gerych

We'll adapt. We always tell our guys they need to be able to handle any and all adversity, so that fits right into that light.

Steve Barnes

I felt really good. I threw about maybe 30 tosses. It was really light. About 40 feet maybe. It felt real good. Pain free.

Yorvit Torrealba

If Michael gives me the green light that he has reached a decision about his future then I'll take action.

Willi Weber

President Hinckley kept emphasizing it. It was no light thing in his mind. He wanted us to step it up.

Alex Baugh

She fought to really bring awareness of that agency to light and to make them a more recognized force.

Melanie Davis

The Lord is my light and my salvation - so why should I be afraid.

Bible

Entertainment, security, lighting and climate can all be controlled with the touch of a button.

Mike Seamons

Andy is our go-to guy. He has the green light to shoot the 3. Our other guys had to step up to beat an excellent Falmouth team.

Coach David Gerrish

It's all dark fiber right now, but in time we will start lighting up that fiber because [consumers] will want more.

John Cowley

Ever since we've had these light houses, not one ship has come into our house. About twice a year they have to have a new bulb put in.

Carolyn Harvey

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

Ellen DeGeneres

Irrigate crops at short intervals and apply light irrigation especially in the evening.

Anand Sharma

We've been waiting for John to flip the switch on for a while. Hopefully, the light will stay on.

Clad Sloniker

This will shine a very bright light on an issue that has been camouflaged and buried for a long time.

Marti Forman

We felt there was no better time to shine a light on this issue.

Nancy Buirski

Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.

Euripides

I tell him, 'Do it right. Do it light. Don't subscribe to Creatine,'.

Jeffery Smith

Just don't make me wait too long, ... I'll take anything domestic, light and cold.

Dierks Bentley

We're making some changes. A little more high-end lighting and sound and overall production.

Frankie Scinta

You Light Up My Life.

Julie Andrews

In light of the uncertainty, my view would be to go slow.

Rep. David Orentlicher

I love everything about her. She's like a little beam of light.

Judith Regan

Remember, it is better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness.

Frank Gorshin

We have an astounding array of sounds, many of which have never seen the light of day, which is what makes the digitizing so exciting.

Greg Budney

I am a global light entertainment phenomena, so how can I remember everything?

Rik Mayall

You put a little on a light bulb, turn the switch and the vanilla heats up and disperses.

Bryan Thompson

A light bulb went off.

Jeff Spivey

There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.

Alexander Volkov

I expect the audience will come away having enjoyed a nice light evening of great dancing.

Amy Wolfe

There was a committee in charge of coming up with ideas to celebrate the anniversary and somebody came up with the bright idea of a light display on top of the AQ.

John Briggs

The light is definitely at the end of the tunnel.

Scott Drew

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Louisa May Alcott

He has a light leg injury, nothing serious. I think he'll be all right in 24-48 hours.

Giovanni Trapattoni

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Walt Whitman

I'd love it if they would. Everyone has a green light, just shoot it.

Dean Mcfadden

Ye are the light of the world. A city set upon a hill cannot be hid.

Bible

Street by street, we are getting them all in, ... Now they will just see the light is turning red.

John Dyer

We wanted to win this competition because we are huge soccer fans and because we knew that there are a few things that haven't been done, like the use of light and the use of color.

Jacques Herzog

I find, interestingly enough, the days I do not take an alternate commute, people have to light a fire under me to get going.

Jeff Welt

The dark today leads into light tomorrow; There is no endless joy, ...and yet no endless sorrow.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

They say it's an export _ Export! _ of services to Iraq, as if a human being is a commodity that can be shipped like light bulbs.

Judith Karpova

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Theodore Roethke

She's like John Havlicek right now. She just found out she could score. We're giving (her) the green light.

Greg Amundson

She's been a bright light for our program. She's a delightful person.

Steve Nunno

We were looking for a lot more out of that division this quarter and that was disappointing. They came in $100 million light from what we were looking for.

Andrew Speller

A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.

Jim Demint

It sucks. When the light turns red, you can't cross the street.

Sara Johnson

If they would've told me I needed to pay a light bill, I would have paid it.

Catherine Clark

The government has to admit, in light of yesterday's protest, that this reform cannot be implemented in its current form.

Bernard Thibault

I wanted it very white, so I created this white leather headboard and base, which in fact leads all around it. So when you light it up, it transports you, it lifts you up.

David Gill

We are comfortable asking for this accommodation in light of the ongoing contribution our railroad makes to our fellow citizens.

Michael Sussman

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

Le Corbusier

What I want her to do is answer the basic factual questions then in the light of that we can review the position she's in.

David Willetts

Matt's become a leader for us. He's also good at adding some comic relief . . . keeping it light.

Paul Richardson

It draws you completely into the mind of this great composer as he represents chaos and then pushes it aside as God says, 'Let there be light.

Brian Kay

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.

Oliver Goldsmith

I feel good. I still worked out every day. My legs still work. (Bright light) still kind of hurts, but I can get through it.

Stromile Swift

For me, the red if so important this time. The red is so exciting. It gives us light, happiness and femininity.

Donatella Girombelli

In light of their approach, we felt it just didn't make sense to participate in something that gives the impression of coordination and things going very well when in fact they have not been.

Ghassan Khatib

Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.

Madeleine L'Engle

We're certainly going to investigate everything hard in light of what's been going on.

Ragan Ingram

There was definitely no light here. It was very dark.

Jean Todt

The old guy had been trying to light his fire with paper money.

Chuck Graham

I didn't want to take all the light.

Bill Lusher