Life Quotes

Small: The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age
Orson Welles
"The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age"
Orson Welles, Actor
Small: Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying in
Laurel Clark
"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, Astronaut
Small: Its such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... were doing such exciting research.
Laurel Clark
"It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, r
Joseph Pulitzer
"I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people"
Joseph Pulitzer, Publisher
Small: Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life wa
Joseph Wood Krutch
"Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with that ceremonial grace which is impossible without some affectionate loyalty to traditional form and ceremonies"
Joseph Wood Krutch, Environmentalist
Small: I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk
"I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger"
Rick Mercer, Comedian
Small: Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable do
Swami Sivananda
"Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination"
Swami Sivananda, Philosopher
Small: Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is th
Swami Sivananda
"Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation"
Swami Sivananda, Philosopher
Small: This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didnt play there, cause we had such alot of
"This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home"
Jim Capaldi, Musician
Small: Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
"Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?"
Aulus Persius Flaccus, Poet
Small: I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really kn
"I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance was or what I was required to repent of. It was indeed the turning point of my life"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
Small: I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discoverin
"I am rediscovering the whole sexual dimension of life at the age of 86, really. And that also means discovering the feminine. So the whole of this dimension, which I had been seeking for a very long time, is now sort of opening itself up to me"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
Small: God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had bee
"God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
Small: The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in
Morrie Schwartz
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in"
Morrie Schwartz, Educator
Small: So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when theyre busy doing things
Morrie Schwartz
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things"
Morrie Schwartz, Educator
Small: Because if youve found meaning in your life, you dont want to go back. You want to go forward
Morrie Schwartz
"Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward"
Morrie Schwartz, Educator
Small: After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left
Morrie Schwartz
"After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left"
Morrie Schwartz, Educator
Small: This is where I have wasted the best years of my life
Greta Garbo
"This is where I have wasted the best years of my life"
Greta Garbo, Actress
Small: The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and ou
Greta Garbo
"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"
Greta Garbo, Actress
Small: A lot of my work comes from my life experiences
"A lot of my work comes from my life experiences"
Kim Weston, Photographer
Small: I just try to live my life and do my thing
Robert Mapplethorpe
"I just try to live my life and do my thing"
Robert Mapplethorpe, Photographer
Small: It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death
Jacqueline Cochran
"It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death"
Jacqueline Cochran, Aviator
Small: What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, an
"What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life"
Michel Foucault, Historian
Small: The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of ones self to others
"The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others"
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Philosopher
Small: An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life"
Robert A. Heinlein, Writer
Small: I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for some
Anna Quindlen
"I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me"
Anna Quindlen, Journalist
Small: But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do
"But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it"
Morgan Freeman, Actor
Small: Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would ne
Michael Jackson
"Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child"
Michael Jackson, Musician
Small: Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in oursel
Marie Curie
"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained"
Marie Curie, Scientist
Small: One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making o
"One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself"
Lucille Ball, Comedian
Small: Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead
"Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead"
Lucille Ball, Comedian
Small: In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by
"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by"
Lucille Ball, Comedian
Small: I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life.
"I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally"
Lucille Ball, Comedian
Small: It is not progressive to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life
Pope Francis
"It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life"
Pope Francis, Pope
Small: The church must be a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encour
Pope Francis
"The church must be a place of mercy freely given, where everyone can feel welcomed, loved, forgiven and encouraged to live the good life of the Gospel"
Pope Francis, Pope
Small: Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. Its a weird combination of elements
Bruce Willis
"Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements"
Bruce Willis, Actor
Small: Presents dont really mean much to me. I dont want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a
"Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love"
Gabriel Byrne, Actor
Small: I do not regret one moment of my life
"I do not regret one moment of my life"
Lillie Langtry, Actress
Small: Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has tru
"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life"
Stefan Zweig, Writer
Small: People should always have something which they prefer to life
"People should always have something which they prefer to life"
Johann G. Seume, Theologian
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