Life Quotes | Beyond Motive 95/317

top of page

Life Quotes

1......317

......

"In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time."

"In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time."

Christopher Fry, English Playwright

Life, Time, Existence, First

13

"Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling."

"Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling."

Dean Stockwell, American Actor

Life, Opportunity, Mind

13

"Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism."

"Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism."

Abe Fortas, American Judge

Life, Injury, Journalism

13

"Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?"

"Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

13

"I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up."

"I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up."

James Woods, American Actor

Life, Being, Earth, Famous

13

"Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow."

"Be yourself, fill your life with good people, and don't get a big head. It can all be gone tomorrow."

Molly Sims, American Model

Life, People, Tomorrow

13

"And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it."

"And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it."

Aaron McGruder, American Artist

Life, Love, People, Want

13

"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started."

"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

Life, Hope, Energy, Fact

13

"But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise."

"But when I was a teenager, the idea of spending the rest of my life in a factory was real depressing. So the idea that I could become a musician opened up some possibilities I didn't see otherwise."

Wayne Kramer, American Musician

Life, Idea, Possibilities, Rest

13

"Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make."

"Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Life, Force, Will

13

"Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and heart out of my will."

"Interfere with the reality of my world, and you therefore take the very life and heart out of my will."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

Life, Heart, Reality, Will

13

"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become."

"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become."

Julia Roberts, American Actress

Life, Famous, Nothing

13

"My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life."

"My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Life, Time, People, Idea

13

"The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry."

"The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry."

Evan R. Wood, American Physician

13

"I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting."

"I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting."

David McCallum, Scottish Actor

Life, Money, Acting, Famous

13

"No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life."

"No no there wasn't any planned 14th season, we all saw the writing on the wall. The ratings had been going down and so fourth, that curve goes on every show and in everybody's life."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

13

"I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to."

"I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But it wore me down. By the time I was 18, I was done. I didn't want to live the life any more. I needed to develop past the point that busking takes you to."

Madeleine Peyroux, American Musician

Life, Time, Deep, Past

13

"I find this life so interesting."

"I find this life so interesting."

Brittany Murphy, American Actress

13

"I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie."

"I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie."

Will Estes, American Actor

Life, Dogs, Kids

13

"I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to their lives in some of these small towns where, you know, there are probably two gay people in the whole damn town."

"I meet a lot of young people in the Midwest, and I saw what a difference a show like In the Life can make to their lives in some of these small towns where, you know, there are probably two gay people in the whole damn town."

Lesley Gore, American Musician

Life, People, Difference, Gay

13

"My first book was the book that changed my life."

"My first book was the book that changed my life."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

13

"A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one."

"A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one."

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist

Life, Measure, Word

13

"Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities."

"Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities."

Bernard Berenson, American Historian

13

"Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing."

"Basically, my life is so boring, it's embarrassing."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

13

"I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way."

"I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way."

Bruce Davison, American Actor

13

"Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to."

"Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to."

Anne McCaffrey, American Author

13

"One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle."

"One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle."

Michael Palin, British Comedian

13

"Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old."

"Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old."

Bill Walton, American Athlete

Life, People, Growth, Old

13

"I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer."

"I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Life, Action, Career, Want

13

"Surrender to life itself and you'll just be rewarded with so many things. And I've been rewarded so many times, in so many mysterious ways. So I have no reason to be disappointed with anything."

"Surrender to life itself and you'll just be rewarded with so many things. And I've been rewarded so many times, in so many mysterious ways. So I have no reason to be disappointed with anything."

Jason Mraz, American Musician

Life, Reason, Surrender

13

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

Ted Demme, American Director

13

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Life, Time, Trying

13

"Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better."

"Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better."

Laurel Clark, American Astronaut

Life, Science, People, Flying

13

"That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love."

"That's life - to turn each other on, to feel good, to feel in love."

Laura Dern, American Actress

13

"Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life."

"Thus the sum of things is ever being reviewed, and mortals dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

Life, Being, Generations, Living

13

"There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men."

"There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men."

George Wald, American Scientist

Life, Men, Earth, Universe

13

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!"

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!"

Gail Sheehy, American Writer

Life, Melancholy

13

"Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup."

"Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup."

Sara Teasdale, American Author

Life, Children, Faces, Fire

13

"I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me."

"I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me."

Lorna Luft, American Actress

Life, Pain, Past, Shadows

13

"I've watched a lot of guys through the years, and they hold their breath until they finally win The Big One, thinking then they can exhale and chill out. You have to breathe through life, man. Have fun."

"I've watched a lot of guys through the years, and they hold their breath until they finally win The Big One, thinking then they can exhale and chill out. You have to breathe through life, man. Have fun."

Lee Haney, American Athlete

Life, Fun, Man, Thinking

13

"Life is generally something that happens elsewhere."

"Life is generally something that happens elsewhere."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

13

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."

"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."

Dorothea Lange, American Photographer

Life, Time, Photography

13

"Make peace with yourself before you move forward. Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward."

"Make peace with yourself before you move forward. Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward."

Roy T. Bennett, American Author

Life, Truth, Today, Wisdom, Inspirational

13

"Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly."

"Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly."

Elihu Root, American Lawyer

13

"My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life."

"My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life."

Maria Monk, Canadian Celebrity

Life, Time, Marriage, Canada

13

"If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers."

"If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

Life, Answers, Questions

13

"Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake."

"Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake."

Edward Dahlberg, American Novelist

Life, Mistake, Decision, Disney

13

"The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and although I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets."

"The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and although I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets."

Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

Life, Truth, Mistakes

13

"We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life."

"We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

Life, Time, Bed

13

"Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life."

"Once upon a time we did not focus on a president's private life."

Tom Ford, American Designer

Life, Time, Focus, President

13

1......317

......

bottom of page