“Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.”
Bible
“If you're here for inspiration, you're too late. If you're here for the funeral, you're too early.”
Will & Grace
“When i die i would rather be remembered for my accomplishments not my personality”
Kenneth waters Jr
“But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.”
“The audience was not the issue, ... because they did not want to be associated with (Martha Stewart, the persona).”
Martin Walker
“Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.”
“It's a great story. Even though we may think we know everything, Martha was not particularly a public person. We didn't know much about her personal or private thoughts. It was an opportunity to find some emotion in a different way than what we've seen.”
Cybill Shepherd
