Quotes About February

Late in the afternoon of a chilly day in February, two gentlemen were sitting alone over their wine, in a well-furnished dining parlor, in the town of P——, in Kentucky. There were no servants present, and the gentlemen, with chairs closely approaching, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness.

My focus in 2016 will be the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland, and as preparation for that, I will try to break the world indoor mile record in Stockholm on February 17.

But with this February sun, see, the light's absolutely pure and makes the colors of the sky and the tree limbs and the bricks on these suburban houses so clean that just looking at them is like inhaling purified air. The colors flow into your lungs, into your bloodstream. You are the colors.

My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa.

Why do all our friends and relatives destroy the summer for us? Why can't they get married in February?

the attempted military coup of February 1981, the Tejerazo.

Even at its most spontaneous, [the Carmina ] has not the sudden miracle of the earliest vernacular ... It is the contrast between the thrushes in February and the violin.

His thirst was as tall as he was and more the man. It walked alone and was the only real life in the wind-weary February night.

Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.

One of the major dangers of being alone in February is the tendency to dwell on past relationships. Whether you're daydreaming about that 'one that got away,' or you're recalling the fairy tale date you went on last Valentine's Day, romanticizing the past isn't helpful - nor accurate.

My birthday is two days before Valentine's Day so it has always been about that rather than romance.

I like Valentine's Day. It's fun.

it was as hot as Alaska in February.

Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003.

On the west side of the island was a village called Tomibo, where a force of about fifty American soldiers landed on February 28.

I buy most of my plants from nurseries outside London these days, but there is a man who mysteriously appears each February to sell plants from a derelict site in Market Road. I think he's Greek, but people say he comes from Essex. He vanishes at the end of May only to reappear in December as suddenly as he went.

On the next day (9th of February) an election was held for the chief executive offices, resulting, as I afterward learned, in my election to the Presidency, with the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, as Vice-President. Mr. Stephens was a delegate from Georgia to the congress.

I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960.

You have never ridden a ship until you have ridden an LST in the North Atlantic in the month of February.

On that cold day I was born, in February 1955, my great-aunt gave me a classic fruitcake for the celebration of the occasion of my birth. Every year during the holidays I pull it out of the attic and take a look at it and it still looks great, and every year I try to get up the nerve to take a slice and try it. —Dean Fearing, chef of The Mansion on Turtle Creek

These unwelcome feelings could be attributed, Mary realized, to her mother's death this past February.

VALENTINE'S WORD HUNT Directions: Can you find all ten Valentine's Day words hidden in this messy jumble of letters?

For Valentine's Day, I'm going to do nothing. But the next day, I'm going to buy all the discount chocolates I like.

February can be one of the loneliest times of the year, even for those who are normally comfortable being single.