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Life Quotes
"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."
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"We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."
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"Dance with me through moments of surreality. We are one."
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"Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice."
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"Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap."
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"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak."
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"A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity."
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"If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story."
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"Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it."
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"You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.'Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?'The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself."
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"The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy."
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"It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads."
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"I was moved beyond words. The train ride over the mountains from lake Titticaca to Cusco reminded me of Africa where I grew up; and 4 days walking on the Inca Trail, then more in the jungle, just magnificent - time, space, and splendour. Our planet is superb!"
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"P.S. May, don't these strawberry tarts just make you want to cry?"
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"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing."
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"There isa time to liveand a time to diebut never to reject the moment."
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"The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life."
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"Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something."
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"All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life."
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"I mean, look, I wear makeup in films. I don't wear makeup in real life. It's just part of the gig, that's all."
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"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup."
Life,
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"You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you."
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"After all, she is lucky. I have been much too calm these past three years. I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity. I leave."
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"Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?""
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"The best things in life make you sweaty."
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"When you are a child at home alone, you're afraid someone might come; when you are old and at home alone, you're afraid no one will come."
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"There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult."
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"It's just a fact of life. Everybody grows up and goes through changes, and our audience has seen it all."
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"We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero."
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"That it will never come again is what makes life sweet."
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"I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it."
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