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Life Quotes


"I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important."



"When you understand what you see, you will no longer be children. You will know that life is pain, that each of us hangs always upon the cross of himself. And when you know that this is true of every man, woman and child on earth, you will be wiser."


"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."


"Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies."


"We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free."


"The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result."



"Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life."


"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences."


"Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert."


"The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way."



"The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions."


"Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending."


"I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind."



"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."



"Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody."


"I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people a really fulfilling sense that they had seen a white classical ballet - in a very pure form."


"Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None."


"The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky."


"Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle."


"Marriage is the most serious long-term contract a couple will make in their lifetime, but many enter into it with a lack of maturity and knowledge. The growing number of divorces shows how imperative it is that young people be adequately prepared for marriage."


"Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity."
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