Ill Quotes

We knew shortly after the war that our troops were becoming ill.

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

Being ill like this combines shock - this time I will die - with a pain and agony that are unfamiliar, that wrench me out of myself.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

I am scared of getting old. I am scared of being ill.

Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

Books and marriage go ill together.

My mom was truly an iconic figure, a great journalist and a pioneering woman who died at 54 of cancer without ever having revealed to viewers that she was ill.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

The man who does ill must suffer ill.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.

'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

At early previews, the theater gossips are there, wishing you ill every night. They don't grant you any slack. Agents are in from Hollywood. Your friends are there. People who are going to spread the word-of-mouth. If something doesn't work, everyone will know.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

Even if you're ill, physical activity at a lower level will help you beat it.

I've always had a huge fear of dying or becoming ill. The thing I'm most afraid of, though, is being alone, which I think a lot of performers fear. It's why we seek the limelight - so we're not alone, were adored. We're loved, so people want to be around us. The fear of being alone drives my life.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.