“Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson727
American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes
W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer
Quoted in Somerset Maugham (1980) by Ted Morgan
“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.”
David Hume (1711–1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian
Source: Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul
“I'll take a quiet life
And a handshake of carbon monoxide
And no alarms and no surprises”
Thom Yorke (1968) English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter
"No Surprises"
Lyrics, OK Computer (1997)
“Some risks are worth taking, even if it means losing a life.”
Rick Riordan book The Throne of Fire
Source: The Throne of Fire
“I would not be surprised if there were another cause of AIDS and even that HIV is not involved.”
Walter Gilbert (1932) American biochemist
As quoted in Omni (June 1993)
“If tomorrow were never to come, it would not be worth living today.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Source: On Humanism
“An individual who isn't worth the ink it would take to write about him.”
Sharon Stone (1958) American actress and fashion model
About Steven Seagal <br class="br"> Sharon Stone tells all and then some http://web.archive.org/web/20030220075717/http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/08/13/stone/
José Saramago book The Cave
A vida é assim, está cheia de palavras que não valem a pena, ou que valeram e já não valem, cada uma que ainda formos dizendo tirará o lugar a outra mais merecedora, que o seria não tanto por si mesma, mas pelas consequências de tê-la dito.
Source: The Cave (2000), p. 28 (Vintage 2003)
“It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer.”
Arthur C. Clarke book Breaking Strain
Breaking Strain, p. 172
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)