“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

“It seems that I have spent my entire time trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”

Alfred Jules Ayer (1910–1989) English philosopher

“I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.”

Marcel Marceau (1923–2007) French mime and actor

“Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had”

Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter

“Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

“Don't try to change the world, find something that you love
And do it every day
Do that for the rest of your life
And eventually, the world will change”

Macklemore (1983) American rapper from Washington

“911. Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.”

George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest

“There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.”

William Wharton book Birdy

“I really do believe we can stuff enough algorithms in a movie that only the dedicated hackers can spend the time and effort to try to plumb through those 1,000 algorithms to try to find a way to beat it.”

Jack Valenti (1921–2007) President of the MPAA

“Too much of our time is spent trying to chart God on a grid, and too little is spent allowing our hearts to feel awe. By reducing Christian spirituality to formula, we deprive our hearts of wonder.”

Donald Miller book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality