Eldest Quotes

• When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.

  Christopher Paolini

  Journey, Goal, Want

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.966, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'

  Chris O'Dowd

  Brother, Children, Thinking

  "Chris O'Dowd: from The IT Crowd to Hollywood". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

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• Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

  John Dryden

  Gun, Self, Law

  John Dryden (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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• Asher means 'happy and blessed' which embodies my eldest. Caleb means 'stubborn and tenacious dog' and I can't even tell you how much that is my little boy! It was a useful warning.

  David Oyelowo

  Dog, Blessed, Mean

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• The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design.

  Peter Zumthor

  Running, Art, Father

  "Peter Zumthor: In pursuit of perfection" by Rowan Moore, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2011.

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• Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

  John Webster

  Children, Sorrow, Sin

  John Webster (1830). “The Works of John Webster: Now First Collected”, p.316

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• It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

  Christopher Paolini

  Punishment, World, Want

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• Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

  Christopher Paolini

  Inspirational, Life, Insperational

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1032, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Im the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then theres a few more albums in us.

  Barry Gibb

  Albums, Stones, Drag

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• Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

  David Rockefeller

  Father, Taken, Son

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

  Victor Hugo

  Wisdom, Children, Caution

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.

  John Hume

  Children, Father, Support

  "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

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• My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.

  Gary Lineker

  Baby, Son, Miracle

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• Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

  Thomas Fuller

  Beauty, God, Daughter

  'The Holy State and the Profane State' (1642) bk. 3 'Of Building'

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• If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

  Christopher Paolini

  War, Fighting, Honor

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.612, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You cannot miss what you have never had.

  Christopher Paolini

  Missing

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• I have a new name for pain.
  What's that?
  The Obliterator. Because when you're in pain, nothing else can exist. Not thought. Not emotion. Only the drive to escape the pain. When it's strong enough, the Obliterator strips us of everything that makes us who we are, until we're reduced to creatures less than animals, creatures with a single desire and goal: escape.
  A good name, then.

  Christopher Paolini

  Strong, Pain, Animal

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.1078, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?

  Christopher Paolini

  Pain, Pay, Too Much

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.789, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.

  Christopher Paolini

  Wise, Cabbage, Matter

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.697, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.

  Christopher Paolini

  Song, Lamentation

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.611, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• ....avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!" -Angela

  Christopher Paolini

  Looks, Cabbage, Sides

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• Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

  Christopher Paolini

  Family, Aliens, Closeness

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• Always look on the bright side of life.

  Graham Chapman

  Positive Attitude, Positivity, Good As It Gets

  Graham Chapman (2001). “Monty Python's the life of Brian (of Nazareth)”, Methuen Pub Ltd

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• They may fight with us, but they don't fight for us.

  Christopher Paolini

  Fighting, May

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.738, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You can have anything you want

  Jenifer Lewis

  Confidence, Fashion, Singleness Of Purpose

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