“If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.”

“Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
You're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.”

“Love while you've got
love to give.
Live while you've got
life to live.”

“If you're looking at the Bible for a guide to living a compassionate, wise and humane life, well, frankly you've got more chance of finding a lap dancing club in Mecca or a virgin in a catholic orphanage.”

“If you're not busy living, you're dying.”

“Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?”

“If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish”

“When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.”

“Live as big as you can, with what you've got.”

“I don't think you should die until you're ready. Until you've wrung out every last bit of living you can.”