Poignant Quotes

The Americans who went to Iwo Jima knew it would be a tough fight, but they always believed they`d win. The Japanese were told they wouldn`t come home - they were being sent to die for the Emperor. People have made a lot out of that very different cultural approach. But as I got into the storytelling for the two movies (Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)), I realised that the 19-year-olds from both sides had the same fears. They all wrote poignant letters home saying: "I don`t want to die." They were all going through the same thing, despite the cultural differences.

It was, when I read it, I thought, such a beautiful script. I loved the story. I thought it was well handled. I thought it was even more moving because it was a true story and that made it even more poignant.

We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life.

Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.

From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment.

Comcast Video Mail offers our customers a powerful and poignant way to communicate how and when they want.

John H. Johnson, what a man, what a legacy. Although his written words were many, his spoken words were few. I`d like to share some of his most poignant taken from his autobiography `Succeeding Against the Odds.` He says, and I quote, `I believe that the only failure is failing to try and if my life has meaning, it is because millions of Americans, black and white, have proved through me that the dream is still alive and well and working in America,`

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

I`ve never been around anybody like him. A perfect example was at the memorial. He didn`t know Thomas, but the things he said were probably the most poignant.