I believe there is now light at the end of the tunnel,
Richard Bacon
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CHARLES BARKLEY There is light at the end of the tunnel
PROVERB There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!
MARIAH CAREY Your role is to shine your light so others see theirs. There is no light at the end of the tunnel, w...
ELIZABETH ALRAUNE There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters.
EMILY BLUNT This is the light at the end of the tunnel,
BRUCE AYLWARD The light is definitely at the end of the tunnel.
SCOTT DREW I guess you could (say) that the Fed sees the light at the end of the tunnel. They believe that they...
PAUL KASRIEL Light at the end of the tunnel? We don't even have a tunnel; we don't even know where the tunnel is.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.
ROBERT LOWELL The light at the end of the tunnel is temporarily out of service.
DON ZEIGLER The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realis...
SYDNEY J. HARRIS We can see light at the end of the tunnel.
KLAUS KLEINFELD There is a light at the end of the tunnel. It can't go lower. It can only go up.
JAY PATEL I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is on a locomo...
SOURCE UNKNOWN I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you ha...
JOSS WHEDON I think finally we will see the light at the end of the tunnel.
CHU WOO SIK There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will...
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.
BARRY COMMONER Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody th...
SARA HENDERSON He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.
TERRY PRATCHETT If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
ROBERT LOWELL If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
ROBERT LOWELL There comes a point where you no longer care if there’s a light at the end of the tunnel or not. <...
RANATA SUZUKI No matter how dark it feels there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Even if you can't see it...
CATHY GIPSON Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.
STEVEN TYLER There's always the light at the end of the tunnel with these events.
ERIC THORNE The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.
DAVID LEE ROTH Every time I'm shooting a movie I want to kill myself. Because I don't see the light in the ...
EMIR KUSTURICA "There will always be light at the end of every tunnel if we just look for it."
~ Tom Baker
TOM BAKER AKA THE PONDERING MAN I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than...
NEIL GAIMAN This is the first time that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
DR. MASSIMO TRUCCO We're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel here in Northern California.
ROB HARTMAN The light at the end of the tunnel is not only flickering, but is getting nearer and nearer.
MOHAQHER IQBAL It's true. The storms won't last forever. The nasty weather will never last. There is always that li...
DIANA ROSE MORCILLA Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more t...
JOHN QUINTON Always remember that there will be a source of light at the end of every dark tunnel. You just need ...
MEHUL DESAI Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see t...
HARRISON FORD Some days are better than others, ... It's been a long journey, but we're starting to see the light ...
BRIAN ROBERTSON with the expression of one who knows that the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
TERRY PRATCHETT [Meanwhile, as Sodini] sees light at the end of the tunnel ... I think we're in for a long time.
GARY KING Don't be too optimistic. The light at the end of the tunnel may be another train.
SOURCE UNKNOWN I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.
RYNE SANDBERG Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel.
DON RICKLES It's hard no matter where you are in the world, it's always a bit of a battle, but there is light at...
ANDREW JACK Nightmares appear many times before your dream.
J.R. RIM Due to current economic conditions the light
at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.
WOODY ALLEN People think I'm a freemason, and I'm not. People think I believe the end of the world is co...
GRAHAM HANCOCK Now I am able to see some hope at the end of a dark tunnel.
MOHAMMAD ASLAM If I truly believe everything that's in that book, God is in control. He is in control. He's...
SHAWN MICHAELS Due to technical difficulties the light at the end of the tunnel will be off until further notice.
UNKNOWN There is light at the end of the tunnel, and, personally, even though I loved the base and was sad t...
DANIEL STEWART Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of ...
IAN BOTHAM Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of ...
PAUL DICKSON When you start to see light at the end of the tunnel, make sure you're not digging another one.
RENATE VULLINGS Also the wonderful thing about film, you can see light at the end of the tunnel. You did realise tha...
JOHN HURT We wish we could tell you there's light at the end of the tunnel, but it's probably an oncoming trai...
SEAN COMEY People can see the light at the end of the tunnel but they have to find the ways to keep going.
MARSHALL SMITH The reaction of the Tibetan people have now been made aware of the results of their actions - it giv...
BELINDA WRIGHT I can see light at the end of the tunnel as far as getting up there again. For me, the key is to get...
ZACH DAY not discouraged, but disappointed. ... As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end...
TYRONE WILLINGHAM I saw John the happiest and most upbeat I have seen him in some time, as he could finally see light ...
DENNIS VAUGHN For the 15 member states, it's strategic objective Number One. For candidate countries, it's a light...
GUENTER VERHEUGEN It's a very exciting group. They see a lot of light at the end of the tunnel and there's a lot of co...
LUKE FICKELL There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things...
JOHN PODHORETZ Some weaker-than-expected economic data is supporting the plight of equities (Thursday), ... With si...
BRYAN PISKOROWSKI Today's earnings reports obviously didn't sit well, and buyers reacted as if the light at the end of...
STEPHEN CARL For me, as I began to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I became aware of how on an instinctiv...
RENE AUBERJONOIS What you're seeing with that mom trying to meet with President Bush is echoes of Vietnam. Because no...
BARBARA BOXER The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
NEIL GAIMAN Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do
SOTONYE ANGA If you do not see light at the end of the tunnel, consider it an opportunity to create an opening yo...
ASHOK KALLARAKKAL The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming tra...
PAUL DICKSON People don't see light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq. If the situation a year from now is the sam...
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY You think you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it’s only some bugger with a torch b...
DAVID BRENT We were just slogging on from day to day and making the best of it. But with a light at the end of t...
FRANK MCCOURT I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and rede...
MICHAEL MORPURGO The state's doing it tough. And the fundamentals of weak house prices and record household debt mean...
BRIAN REDICAN I'll find you, don't worry. My body won't be with you all the time, but you'll always have my heart....
P.C. CAST Sometimes life seems a dark tunnel with no light at the end, but if you just keep moving forward, yo...
JEFFREY FRY I suspect there will be enough positive news in other areas to persuade consumers there is a light a...
DOUGLAS PORTER It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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FRANCIS BACON Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure kno...
ROGER BACON Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.
FRANCIS BACON He that gives good advice builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example builds with b...
FRANCIS BACON There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself,...
FRANCIS BACON Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
FRANCIS BACON They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
FRANCIS BACON Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
FRANCIS BACON People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingraine...
FRANCIS BACON God's first creature, which was light.
FRANCIS BACON Speech of yourself ought to be seldom and well chosen.
FRANCIS BACON Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
FRANCIS BACON