Live Quotes

"Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do"

William Merritt Chase, Artist

"Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance Popes"

J. Irwin Miller, Businessman

"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes"

Hugh Prather

"As far as my favorite songs to perform live, most of the songs we did live were my favorite. If they weren't, I would have gotten rid of them"

Johnny Ramone, Musician

"Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them"

Jerry Kramer, Athlete

"No, I like today's cinema a lot. But I've spent so many decades only making movies. There's so much that I still want to do. Like, live. It's only up to me"

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Actor

"But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace"

Roberto Clemente, Athlete

"The British are so funny. It's like they can't believe I lived in Hackney. 'You could live in Bondi Beach. Why would you want to live in 'Ackney?' But Hackney's fantastic. I'm serious. There are so many artists there. I loved the markets, the parks, the pubs, the diversity. It was a cultural melting-pot"

Rose Byrne, Actress

"It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around"

Mario Vargas Llosa, Writer

"Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died"

Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer

"We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity"

Oliver Tambo, Politician

"Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws"

Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor

"You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it"

Faith Baldwin, Novelist

"We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly, angrily"

Celeste Holm, Actress

"Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss"

Nathaniel Branden, Psychologist

"There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others"

William Temple

"I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born"

David Baltimore, Scientist

"Performing live is the greatest high in the world. That's why I do what I do"

Toni Braxton, Musician

"I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me"

Tom Cruise, Actor

"Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live"

Mick Mars, Musician

"My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago"

Claire Forlani, Actress

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true"

James Branch Cabell, Novelist

"Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio"

Frank Stallone, Actor

"To be free and to live a free life - that is the most beautiful thing there is"

Miguel Indurain, Athlete

"There may be a new album, and there may not. Right now, we're encouraging bootlegging because there have been some great live things that ended up on the Internet. Rather than try to stop it, we like it. If nobody gave a crap about you, they wouldn't bother to bootleg you"

Burton Cummings, Musician

"The most important thing is to preserve the world we live in. Unless people understand and learn about our world, habitats, and animals, they won't understand that if we don't protect those habitats, we'll eventually destroy ourselves"

Jack Hanna, Celebrity

"If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do"

Luther Campbell, Musician

"Peter Lucas and I live in Durham but spend a great of time in North Wales, where we have a cottage in the mountains, and in Vermont, USA, with my sister - who is a children's writer married to a poet"

Anne Stevenson, Poet

"Walking your talk is a great way to motivate yourself. No one likes to live a lie. Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do"

Vince Poscente

"I miss performing before a live audience - the energy and excitement - there's nothing to compare with it"

Rena Marlette Lesnar, Model

"I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile"

Alan Alda, Actor

"I mean, I could just go round and use session musicians for every song, but I don't find that helps when it comes to setting up a band for live. Derrick has been with me for donkey's years"

Jay Kay, Musician

"I think it's something that needs to be said - that there are interracial marriages out there, and the couples live happy lives, and there's nothing wrong with it"

Tia Mowry, Actress

"Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life"

Avril Lavigne, Musician

"Our state's beautiful natural environment is part of why we all love and live in New Hampshire. It is also one of our state's most important economic assets"

John Lynch, Politician

"The coward sneaks to death; the brave live on"

George Sewell, Actor

"If you don't live a normal life, how do you relate to people?"

Scott Speedman, Actor

"One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that"

Ira Glass, Journalist

"I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion"

Barry Williams, Actor

"We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy"

Martin L. Gross

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