“I don't aim to quit while I'm ahead. I just aim to quit.”
Cormac McCarthy book No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men (2005)
E! Television (1988)
“I don't aim to quit while I'm ahead. I just aim to quit.”
Cormac McCarthy book No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men (2005)
“I am Yali, and I would like to welcome you to Heaven. I hope you will enjoy your stay.”
Larry Niven book Dream Park
He laughed heartily, as at a private joke. “Yes, I most certainly hope you do. After all, some of you may stay forever. It is a nice place, actually, one of those infinitely rare situations where one is rewarded commensurately to one’s efforts. Surely that is Heaven by any man’s definition?”
Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 19, “Neck Riddles” (p. 258)
“… The pain didn't bother me. In fact, I welcome it: It meant I was alive.”
Darren Shan book The Vampire's Assistant
Source: The Vampire's Assistant
Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) British composer, writer and grocer
thou wantest nothing- more than, what's in thy possession, or in thy power to possess:- I would neither give thee Money, nor Territory, Women, nor Horses, nor Camels, nor the height of Asiatic pride, Elephants;- I would give thee Books
(from vol 2, letter 60: 5 Jan 1780, to Mr J. W___e [still in India] ).
“I would welcome a Westminster election next month - just as long as it is not organised by the!”
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)
“I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Homecoming saga, Earthfall (1995)
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
"Pope: welcoming refugees helps keeps us safe from terrorism", Lexington Herald-Leader (17 September 2016) http://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/world/article102453732.html <br class="br">2010s, 2016
“I am Dracula…. I bid you welcome.”
Garrett Fort (1900–1945) screenwriter
Dracula, welcoming Harker to his castle
Dracula (1931)