Quotes About Transition

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.

Notice to step out of time into eternity.

There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.

There is a time for hello and a time for good-bye. It's why the act of burying thing seems natural, but the act of digging them up does not.

You can get there from here, though there's no going home. Everywhere you go will be somewhere you've never been. "Theories of Time and Space

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.

Some guys leave a place after a long time, and they're bitter. Not me.

When the time comes to die, make sure that all you have to do is die!" ~Jim Elliot

Yes, he is not unused to playing in midfield, but at the same time he's not used to playing there either.

It's the way of all flesh, you know. Aging takes its toll. Like I said, it's the way of all flesh. When the time came and he finally had to step down, the thing that kept him going disappeared.

Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time.

Youth eats all the sugared fancy cakes and regards them as its daily bread. But there'll come a time when you'll start asking just for a crust.

I was born in Poland I came to Sweden when I was eight and always wanted to act and suddenly ended up in a Bond movie which was for me at that time absolutely enormous.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.

Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.

I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'

It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

Officially I'm not playing any more. I've stopped. My time is up. Everything has been a lot of fun.

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time.