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Never glad confident morning again!
Robert Browning— 1845 Dramatic Romances and Lyrics,'The Lost Leader'.
Many girls have not the advantage I have and I [am] very very glad that satan has not geven me boils and many other Misfortunes.
Marjory Fleming— 1810 'Journal 2' in F Sidgwick (ed) The Complete Marjory Fleming (1934).
This is the end of Art. I am glad I have had my day.
— Attributed, on first seeing a daguerrotype. Quoted inJ G Links Canaletto and his Patrons (1977).
The ages rollForward; and forward with them draw my soulInto Time’s infinite sea.And to be glad or sad I care no more;But to have done and to have been beforeI cease to do and be!
robert bulwer-lytton— The Wanderer, Book iv, Stanza 9, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.
black kettle— p. 101 (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970))
I am very glad to hear this, since I come from the Ukraine. From now on I can sleep peacefully. I will immediately telegraph my daughter in Kiev.
nikita khrushchev— Khrushchev's reply when the Swedish prime minister Erlander assured him that Sweden had no intention of repeating the 1709 Battle of Poltava in eastern Ukraine between Russia and Sweden. From a Swedish-Soviet summit which began on March 30, 1956, in Moscow, as quoted in Raoul Wallenberg (1985) by Eric Sjöquist, p. 125 ISBN 9153650875
"One thing there's no getting by—I've been a wicked girl." said I;"But if I can't be sorry, why, I might as well be glad!"
edna st. vincent millay— From "The Penitent", A Few Figs from Thistles (1922)
from mike: art show success! the show last night was amazing! thanks to everyone that showed up. we had a line around the block the entire time, and i think some people couldn't get in (i wouldn't know, i was inside signing things for 3+ hours). a lot of people said a lot of really nice things about the work -- glad you got to see it in person.
mike shinoda— LP/FM MB 2006
For me there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer, because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.
p. l. travers— Quoted in "Hail, Mary!" in The Independent (19 September 2004) by Mark Bostridge
Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away from the hustle and bustle of Whitehall.
munir butt— Source: Countryside Alliance Magazine interview, 2006.
I should be glad, if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
edward everett— Letter to Abraham Lincoln on his Gettysburg Address (20 November 1863).
I'm glad whenever they cut interest rates, I wish interest rates were zero.
john mccain— The Republican presidential debate, October 9, 2007. [7]
Some men like Jack and some like Jill I'm glad I like them both but still I wonder if this freewheeling Really is an enlightened thing, Or is its greater scope a sign Of deviance from some party line? In the strict ranks of Gay and Straight What is my status: Stray? Or Great?
vikram seth— Dubious from 'Mappings' (Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1980)Repeated by Seth in online interview.
I'm so much happier now that people seem to find better things to ask me about than all my "accomplishments" from when I was a little girl. I feel like that was so long ago, and so irrelevant to who I am now, that I am glad the focus isn't really on that as much any more.
alicia witt— AOL Live (1996)
Should feel happy, should feel glad I'm alive and it can't be bad But back on planet Earth they shatter the illusion The world's going 'round in a state of confusion
— Ray Davies, in "State of Confusion" on State of Confusion (1983) by The Kinks
The bells of Ryleston seemed to say, While she sat listening in the shade, With vocal music, "God us ayde!" And all the hills were glad to bear Their part in this effectual prayer.
william wordsworth— William Wordsworth, White Doe of Rylstone, Canto VII, Stanza 11.
I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.
thomas moore— Thomas Moore, The Fire Worshippers.
Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light. O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun, See the tall vessel goes gallantly on.
thomas kibble hervey— Thomas Kibble Hervey, The Convict Ship.
But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness each system only too delighted to find that the other is wicked each only too glad that the sins give it the pretext for still deeper hatred and animosity.
herbert butterfield— Herbert Butterfield, Christianity, Diplomacy and War (1953), p. 43.
And kind the voice and glad the eyes that welcome my return at night.
william cullen bryant— from A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets, pg. 627
Layle, I felt gravity within you. I am so glad it was you. I am glad I chose you.
— Who: Amidatelion:
— Source: Final Fantasy: The Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
I'm glad we're together now. Our destiny's complete.
— Who: Shinzon
If we would despise the enemy, our thoughts must always be of God and our souls always glad with hope.
— Book II, Chapter 10 (From St. Athanasius' Life of St. Antony)
glad you asked! Funny story - not funny "ha-ha". But, it was a Tuesday...
— Who: Dr. Drakken
— Source: Kim Possible (2002-2007)
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