Quotes About Neglect

Dije que los libros transtornan, especialmente a las mujeres, y conté de la madre de Susana que leyó unas cuantas páginas en su vida pero eso bastó para que lo abandonara todo, de Susana que siempre soñó con escribir aunque fuera sólo uno, de mi madre que me crió obedeciendo al pie de la letra las instrucciones de varios, de mí que partí a un país lejano y desconocido en busca de lo que ellos ofrecen y de mi hija que ni los mira.

She felt like the loser kid the teacher made everyone play with at recess. -Hanna Marin

To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.

All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

I pick up the New York Times or Time and it's talking about the latest rock group, which I'm sure is exciting to some people, but it neglects a huge area of music.

Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.

The Afghan War has clearly reached a stage similar to that moment at your child's party where you realise you've forgotten to give the other parents a pick up time.

To desire revival...and at the same time to neglect(personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another.

Francamente me ne infischio

But why bother? So cold. A woman's life dismissed in three words.

La mémoire de la plupart des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir. Toute douleur prolongée insulte à leur oubli.

La mémoire des hommes est un cimetière abandonné, où gisent sans honneurs des morts qu'ils ont cessé de chérir.

The world, which is sometimes too stern, compensates for its harshness with its inattention.

Sentía que en torno a mí empezaban a ofuscarse frente a un dolor tan prolongado; su violencia causaba mayor escándalo que su causa. Si me hubiera abandonado a las mismas lamentaciones por la muerte de un hermano o de un hijo, lo mismo me hubieran reprochado que llorara como una mujer. La memoria de la mayoría de los hombres es un cementerio abandonado donde yacen los muertos que aquéllos han dejado de honrar y de querer. Todo dolor prolongado es un insulto a ese olvido.

De herinnering van de meeste mensen is een verlaten kerkhof, waar de doden die ze hebben opgehouden lief te hebben eerloos terneerliggen. Elk langdurig verdriet is een aanklacht tegen hun vergetelheid.

Ä°nsanlar?n pek çoÄŸunun bellekleri, sevmekten vazgeçtikleri ölülerinin sessiz sedas?z yatt?klar? terk edilmiÅŸ mezarl?klard?r. unutulmayan ac? unutkanl?klar?na yönelen bir küfürdür.

In the same way that the stewards of the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital.

In the same way that the stewards on the Titanic were more concerned about the unemptied ashtrays on the bar than the enormous hole in the side of the ship which was letting in zillions of gallons of water, I too was worrying about the unimportant and ignoring the vital. Sometimes it's easier that way. Because although there was little I could do about the huge hole, it was within my power to empty an asthray.

God, the boring relative everyone ignores—no one calls, no one writes—until they need a serious favor.

Beauty is real. I would never deny it; the appalling thing is that I forget it.

Leave him alone, you grahzny bratchny, and then he began the old whine about how nobody loved him.

But women can bear anything better than desertion. Cruelty is bad, but neglect is worse than cruelty, and desertion worse even than neglect.

He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking.

Your child! Wouldn't they be kept properly for him, and for the family, if the jewellers had them? I don't believe you care about your child.