Life Quotes

Small: What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of
Dinah Sheridan
"What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history"
Dinah Sheridan, Actress
Small: You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life
Dave Winfield
"You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life"
Dave Winfield, Athlete
Small: And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball
Dave Winfield
"And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak"
Dave Winfield, Athlete
Small: If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? B
"If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own"
Ernestine Rose, Activist
Small: Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you cant create it if you dont have one
"Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one"
Brad Bird, Cartoonist
Small: Life asks not merely what you can do it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled
"Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nic
"The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues"
Bianca Jagger, Celebrity
Small: Everybodys a mad scientist, and life is their lab. Were all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to sol
"Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos"
David Cronenberg, Director
Small: I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. Its a busy kind of life, but I guess Im lucky
"I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky"
Brian May, Musician
Small: There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someo
"There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life"
Byron Dorgan, Politician
Small: The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me t
Clarence Thomas
"The thing that bothered me when I was in college was that I saw myself rejecting the way of life that got me to where I was"
Clarence Thomas, Judge
Small: In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a ti
"In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer"
Akhmad Kadyrov, Statesman
Small: During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After
"During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult"
Bianca Jagger, Celebrity
Small: I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and
Carol Alt
"I went along doing the one-salad-a-night routine for a year. And I remember feeling so tired and depressed and irritable. I had no personal life. I was always flying someplace - weekends, holidays, vacations. Dinners at night were no fun because I couldn't eat"
Carol Alt, Model
Small: The last 16 years of my daddys life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that
"The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that"
Buck Owens, Musician
Small: I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when Ive had far more experiences
"I prefer Princess. I would love to be known as a diva later on in life when I've had far more experiences"
Deborah Cox, Musician
Small: No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagar
"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined"
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clergyman
Small: Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this p
"Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned"
Bill Scott, Actor
Small: The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an
"The reason why I take my life is because I want to go to my wife and boy. My usefulness in this world is at an end. I can not be satisfied in any business and can not be without their companionship"
Alex Campbell, Politician
Small: I didnt think there was life after modelling, believe me. Its a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on th
Carol Alt
"I didn't think there was life after modelling, believe me. It's a hit to the ego when you are not the diva on the set any more. But I think what keeps me going are challenges. I love when people tell me I can't do something"
Carol Alt, Model
Small: Life is so unlike theory
Anthony Trollope
"Life is so unlike theory"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: No skill shapes a childs future success in school or in life more than the ability to read
"No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read"
Bob Riley, Politician
Small: Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early
Anthony Trollope
"Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life Ive b
"Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country"
Bianca Jagger, Celebrity
Small: Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes
"Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes"
Carl Friedrich Gauss, Mathematician
Small: Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile
"Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them"
Abbie Hoffman, Activist
Small: Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someones life, no matter what the project
Bill Owens
"Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project"
Bill Owens, Politician
Small: It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own ri
"It is the gift of seeing the life around them clearly and vividly, as something that is exciting in its own right. It is an innate gift, varying in intensity with the individual's temperament and environment"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: People are concerned, here again, about life, and havent given a whole lot of attention to how you make father
"People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world"
Birch Bayh, Politician
Small: There is no such thing in anyones life as an unimportant day
"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day"
Alexander Woollcott, Critic
Small: These girls come they last one season theyre completely used up and dried out and sent back home. Thats not ho
Carol Alt
"These girls come; they last one season; they're completely used up and dried out and sent back home. That's not how to make a life. I want a girl to come in knowing full well what she's getting into and being able to deal and make decisions that will create a career"
Carol Alt, Model
Small: A society that has made nostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the sugge
"A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today"
Christopher Lasch, Historian
Small: The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how th
Anthony Trollope
"The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of whic
Anthony Trollope
"As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now Im spending years of my life trying to get away from it
"I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it"
Brian May, Musician
Small: Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path
"Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love"
Charles Schumer, Politician
Small: A womans life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a mans life perfect or w
Anthony Trollope
"A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife"
Anthony Trollope, Author
Small: Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life.
Adrienne Rich
"Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women"
Adrienne Rich, Poet
Small: The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. Its
"The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him"
Morgan Freeman, Actor
Small: As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relin
Anthony Trollope
"As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour"
Anthony Trollope, Author
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