There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
Fashion is such an insider’s club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.
I’d just woken up from a nap, it was around 6:30 in the evening. I was eating some shrimp crackers at my desk. Then I get a call from an unknown number in Burbank, California and my heart immediately skips a beat because I know the Disney home office is in Burbank.
On June 22, 1793, Vancouver’s Discovery and Chatham anchored in Klekane Inlet. Archibald Menzies, the ship’s botanist, wrote that on the evening of June 28, they were visited by eight natives in two canoes who brought them two large salmon. This is the first known published encounter with the Haisla people.
I’d rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I’m a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you’re going to lose some too.
I used to wake up in the morning, rehearse for two hours, leave for office, travel an hour-and-a-half, then go for shows in the evening.
I don’t drink alcohol too late in the evening; I read a good book.
I think I have something tonight that’s not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.
After a really hectic week, I hate going out on a Friday evening, so I’ll always opt for a night at home.
‘Blacks were too scared to do anything, but they came out to greet James Meredith’: That would have been the story in the evening news if I hadn’t gotten myself shot. I got shot, and that allowed the movement protest thing to take over then and do their thing.
My means of entry to ‘Christianity was singing in a choir. As a boy chorister, I grew up with Ancient and Modern, the evening canticles, versicles and responses, and carols.
I come into work late morning time and go at it until early evening, and I’m lucky that I’m at the point where I’m able to do that.
A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.
I don’t eat shellfish. I drink wine moderately and have one whiskey every evening before dinner.
I went to these mixers, you know, where you’re supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.
Obviously if it’s a larger bag, you can always debut it at a nice lunch or a good shopping date – maybe like a luncheon or a Dodger’s game. Obviously for smaller bags, clutches and stuff, you can always wait for something in the evening like a big party.
After I’d produced about two dozen pen and ink drawings, one evening I decided that they needed poems to accompany them. I still have no idea where that notion came from, but it took me about two hours to produce verses for these creatures.
My overcoat is worn out; my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening; it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.
There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can’t think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening – there’s something to be said for that.
From the water we drink to the roads and bridges we travel each morning and evening, infrastructure touches every Kentuckian, every day.
We are doing what Prince did. Everyone that comes to a show billed as An Evening with Journey will get our new CD. We figured that is our best store because they are our biggest fans.
I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.
I work on a word count basis, so I have to write three thousand words a day. I can write them in the morning, I can write them in the evening; as long as they get done.
The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.
After tea it’s back to painting – a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighbouring villages, but not very often.
I last played in Dubai in the summer of 2009 and it was still over 40 degrees in the evening. It was extremely exhausting and absolute madness.
Bombay was an expensive place and I didn’t want to spend my nights without food in my stomach. For 400 a month, I would make bills from morning till evening and then would head to Prithvi Theatre.
If you’re in a company, you’re dancing from 9 a.m. till 7 in the evening, and then you go home and get in a hot tub and get some Epsom salts and try to get your body goin’ again. There’s no social life, no anything.
Nudity is who people are at the most interesting point of the evening, when they take off their protective layer, when no one is watching.
In Filey, you eat early to prepare for the highlight of the evening: social intercourse of a kind one thought relegated to Stanley Holloway monologues.
The first thing I remember is that my dad had a big iron Olivetti typewriter and he worked all night. He was a staffer at Punch but in the evening he wrote columns for the Evening Standard and The Times.
I get up at 7:30 and work four hours a day. Nine to twelve in the morning, five to six in the evening. Businessmen would achieve better results if they studied human metabolism. No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours.
Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
I sometimes train twice a day, so usually save my carbs for the evening.
One of the most overwhelming things about dating is imagining going on an entire dinner date for an evening with someone you don’t even know you have chemistry with yet.
I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls.
If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.
If you’re making a social call, don’t call past 8 P.M. The evening is a time when people need a respite from their work – a time to unwind, uninterrupted.
On the road I don’t shave until the evening before I go out on stage.
It is every producer’s dream to be part of a dedicated, hard-working team that produces an outstanding broadcast like the ‘CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley.’
The day I entered St Columb’s College, my parents bought me a Conway Stewart pen. It was a special afternoon, of course. We were going to be parting that evening; they were aware of it, I was aware of it, nothing much was said about it.
I never want anyone to have a bad evening because I caused it.
I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something.
Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren’t delicious any more.
For me, a bit of anthropology in the evening is always better than staying and watching the telly.
The people who can step up my experience are those who have a common set of experiences with people I know. Think about it. How often did a total stranger come into your life to make your evening better? Not very often. But the friend of your friend? That happens all the time.
Everybody notices if you’re the last one in in the morning and the first one to go in the evening. Always remember that as an employee.
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama’s election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
It’s absolutely delightful to get dressed up for a lovely evening, but when it goes from being a fun thing to being a chore, and a chore that men don’t have to do, then we need to think about it differently.
In conclusion, evenings gift us with moments of tranquility and reflection, inviting us to embrace the beauty of twilight and find solace in its embrace. As we reflect on these quotes, may we savor the serenity that evenings offer, finding joy in the simplicity of quiet moments and appreciating the delicate transition from day to night. Let us cherish the enchantment of evenings, and allow their peaceful aura to inspire us, replenish our spirits, and remind us of the beauty that exists in the quieter moments of life.