Preliminary Final Loss

Famous quotes containing the words preliminary, final and/or loss:

    “Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the answer to the question of a meaning of our life.”
    —Paul Tillich (1886–1965)

    “The train rounds, bending to a scream,
    Taking the final level for the dive
    Under the river—”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)

    “When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a good many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)