Halley's Comet Quotes

• I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.

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  Mark Twain

  Disappointment   Years   Two  

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.170, Courier Corporation

  1985

• Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

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  Clarence Darrow

  Summer   New York   Vacation  

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• There are people in our lives whom we love, and lose, and unfailingly long for. They orbit our hearts like Halley’s Comet, crossing into our universe only once, or if we are lucky, twice in a lifetime.

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  Jamie Ford

  Heart   Long   People  

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• I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

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  Mark Twain

  Astrology   Return   Born  

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• Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.

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  Ross Perot

  Funny   Success   Now And Then  

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• I had always wanted to name a daughter Hailey, after Halley's comet from Once in a Lifetime.

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  Nancy Grace

  Daughter   Names   Once In A Lifetime  

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• [On the Dating Handbook] 'With a telescope, some munchies, and a warm blanket, watch for Halley's comet.' Yeah. I like that. There's no time limit. Just sit there and grow old together.

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  David Cross

  Funny   Humor   Together  

  "David Cross: The Pride Is Back". TV Special, September 18, 1999.

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• When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

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  William Shakespeare

  Heaven   Comets   Halley's Comet  

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.

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  Max Lucado

  Shining   Heaven   Comets  

  Max Lucado (2011). “Cure for the Common Life”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs. Many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.

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  Mikhail Gorbachev

  War   Poor Quality   Achievement  

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Ernest W. Lefever (1989). “Perestroika: how new is Gorbachev's new thinking? : Mikhail Gorbachev's views and responses from Zbigniew Brezinski ... [and others]”, Ethics & Public Policy Center

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