Halley's Comet Quotes

• I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.

  Mark Twain

  Disappointment, Years, Two

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.170, Courier Corporation

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• Our rockets can find Halley's comet, and fly to Venus with amazing accuracy, but side by side with these scientific and technical triumphs is an obvious lack of efficiency in using scientific achievements for economic needs. Many Soviet household appliances are of poor quality.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  War, Poor Quality, Achievement

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Ernest W. Lefever (1989). “Perestroika: how new is Gorbachev's new thinking? : Mikhail Gorbachev's views and responses from Zbigniew Brezinski ... [and others]”, Ethics & Public Policy Center

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• There are people in our lives whom we love, and lose, and unfailingly long for. They orbit our hearts like Halley’s Comet, crossing into our universe only once, or if we are lucky, twice in a lifetime.

  Jamie Ford

  Heart, Long, People

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• Thirteen states with a population less than that of New York State alone can prevent repeal [of prohibition] until Halley's comet returns. One might as well talk about a summer vacation on Mars.

  Clarence Darrow

  Summer, New York, Vacation

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• Success is like Halley's comet, you know. Every now and then it just comes around.

  Ross Perot

  Funny, Success, Now And Then

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• When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

  William Shakespeare

  Heaven, Comets, Halley's Comet

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

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• I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

  Mark Twain

  Astrology, Return, Born

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• You are heaven's Halley's comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.

  Max Lucado

  Shining, Heaven, Comets

  Max Lucado (2011). “Cure for the Common Life”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I had always wanted to name a daughter Hailey, after Halley's comet from Once in a Lifetime.

  Nancy Grace

  Daughter, Names, Once In A Lifetime

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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• [On the Dating Handbook] 'With a telescope, some munchies, and a warm blanket, watch for Halley's comet.' Yeah. I like that. There's no time limit. Just sit there and grow old together.

  David Cross

  Funny, Humor, Together

  "David Cross: The Pride Is Back". TV Special, September 18, 1999.

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