Top 1200 Letter Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.

This book was made possible by the letter “ø.

A letter does not blush.

Hypocrisy is the scarlet letter in politics.

A 5 letter word for happiness: MONEY.

On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.

I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English major. But an English major who knew shorthand would be something else again. Everybody would want her. She would be in demand among all the up-and-coming young men and she would transcribe letter after thrilling letter. The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters.

I'm lucky if I write a letter.

I've got a letter from the Dalai Lama at home.

the best 4 letter word in the world is Hope

Will the kindness of this letter excuse the shortness of it?

truth is a letter from courage!

Why' is a crooked letter and can't be made straight.

The four-letter word for psychotherapy is Talk.

He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, Live.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter.

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

My book is basically a love letter to America.

Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.

Love is a letter on pink stationery.

When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother.

Ducking for apples -- change one letter and it's the story of my life.

A letter is the portrait of the soul.

One night when my longing for her was like a fire burning out of control in my heart and my head, I wrote her a letter that just seemed to go on and on. I poured out my whole heart in it, never looking back to see what I'd said because I was afraid cowardice would make me stop. I didn't stop, and when a voice in my head clamored that it would be madness to mail such a letter, that I would be giving her my naked heart to hold in her hand, I ignored it with a child's breathless disregard of the consequences.

But what can you say in a letter?

I wrote a letter to the magazine [Time magazine] pointing out that [Richard] Corliss's comparison of Christopher Lee's Saruman to Osama Bin Laden, and the vastly outnumbered defenders of Helm's Deep united against the Orcs to the "Coalition of the Willing" fighting the good fight against Muslim hordes, displayed the simplistic, xenophobic, and arrogant worldview that makes the government of the United States feared and mistrusted around the world. The editors claimed they had no space to print my brief letter, which I felt was dishonest and cowardly.

The Bible is God's love letter to us

'Programming' is a four-letter word.

Survival is a four letter word.

You say love is just a four letter word.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

The hearts letter is read in the eyes.

I still have to stand on a box to post a letter.

Life is a four-letter word.

Work is a four-letter word.

Never write a letter while you are angry.

My favorite thing that I can do with my iPhone is dictate a letter.

Only one letter divides the comic from the cosmic.

A good face is the best letter of recommendation.

Just another four-letter word.

Don't send me no letter, cause I can't read.

A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.

Ah, you're the one who wrote the letter. So you can write then.

I'll (Phil Rizzuto) never forget September 6, 1950. I got a letter threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my manager Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Can you imagine that! Guess Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot.

I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my first-born novel, laughed at my phrasing, twirled my lacy pretensions around and gobbed into the seething mosh pit of my stolen clichés. As I read the report, the world became very quiet and stopped rotating. What poisoned me was the fact that the report's criticisms were all absolutely true. The sound of my landlady digging in the garden got the world moving again. I slipped the letter into the trash... knowing I'd remember every word.

This isn't a letter, it's a gift.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.

This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me

I have never written a letter in my life.

Without such a Life, the Word as to the letter is dead.

Fear is only a four letter word.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

A Letter is a Joy of Earth - It is denied the Gods

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Senator John Kerry, who is running for president, said that when he voted for the war in Iraq, he didn't expect President Bush to 'f--- it up as badly as he did.' Here's some breaking news, tomorrow former Vice President Al Gore expected to endorse Howard Dean as the Democratic nominee for president of the United States - and you thought John Kerry was using four letter words before! Actually, to John Kerry, Dean is a four letter word.

I received a wonderful email after I spoke at a school from a girl who'd lived in a war zone and endured horrors no human being should suffer, let alone a child. This young lady was fortunate to be bought to Britain and seemed to adjust well, but suddenly found herself falling off the rails and sliding into hell when I chatted to her. In her letter, she told me the difference that I'd made. She's now 20 years old and a fashion designer employing staff and she puts her work ethic down purely to talking to me. It's my most treasured letter.

A letter is the most imperishable thing on earth.

You don't have to follow every recipe to the letter.

A dream ignored is like a letter unopened.