I’m often very relaxed when I’m on the wire. There may be some tears because this is a dream of mine. – Nik Wallenda
A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. – Charles Peguy
In Paris, everything’s for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles. – Emile Zola
One night I’d had some beers, and then I Googled myself and spent the night in tears. – Ginnifer Goodwin
Before ‘Whiplash,’ I’d had a string of failed scripts. I’d pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them. – Damien Chazelle
I’m sure when the times comes, there will be tears, but there are other avenues that I am embracing with much more passion these days. – Cat Osterman
I cry when I feel moved by incredible generosity or a connection to someone. We spend so much of our lives being separated. It’s the relief of connection that produces the tears. – Michael Sheen
He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. – The Bible Isaiah 25:8
To Marines, love of liberty is not an empty phrase… Rather, it’s displayed by blood, sweat, and tears for the fallen. – James Mattis
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery. – John Cleveland
You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age – it doesn’t matter whether you are 20 or 60. – Linda Evans
Next to a circus there ain’t nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit. – Kin Hubbard
Joe Frazier is so ugly that when he cries, the tears turn around and go down the back of his head. – Muhammad Ali
I vividly remember sixth grade. It’s the year when kids turn mean, and it’s definitely no longer okay to cry in public. So we force our hot tears back, and they burn our throats all the way down. – Lisa McMann
Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry? – Kirsten Dunst
‘Blue Valentine,’ Derek Cianfrance’s emotional gunslinger of a film, tears into the topic of moribund marriages with an honesty that’s hard to come by in Hollywood these days. – Katie Hafner
I remember stealing some pic n’ mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears. – Jessica Brown Findlay
I read the last Harry Potter, and I cried for at least the last 70 pages. Awful! I was curled into a ball and I just kept sobbing. It was embarrassing. I was loud, and I just kept wiping tears away so I could see the page. – Jesmyn Ward
It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves. – Joseph Bruchac
I’ve dominated past competitions, but I’ve sweated blood and tears for every medal. I take nothing for granted, and I’m fully focused on doing my best. – Lee Pearson
If you go back and look at President Reagan’s speeches, they bring you to tears almost. – Lawrence Bender
Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand – she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters. – Jo Bonner
If you laughed earlier in the poem, and I bring you close to tears in the end, that’s the best. – James Tate