“My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure.”
Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself
Cited in Whitney Museum of American Art (1975 Brochure), "Minnie Evans" Call number ND237.E78 W43 1975
“My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure.”
Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself
“My whole life has largely been one of surprises.”
Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor
Source: 1900s, Up From Slavery (1901), Chapter XVII: Last Words
Context: My whole life has largely been one of surprises. I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant, unexpected encouragements of this kind if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day of his life — that is, tries to make each day reach as nearly as possible the high-water mark of pure, unselfish, useful living.
“My whole life has been one big broken promise.”
Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer
Source: How to Save a Life
“I realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been.”
Arthur Miller book Death of a Salesman
Source: Death of a Salesman
“Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you.”
Jodi Picoult (1966) Author
Source: Vanishing Acts
“I have had a dream my whole life… and it was not this good.”
Joss Whedon (1964) American director, writer, and producer for television and film
On being attached to direct The Avengers at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkINcovFxaY
“The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher
Eva Hesse (1936–1970) German-born American sculptor
Art since 1940, strategies of being, Jonathan Fineberg, copyright Prentice Hall, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0 13 045469 9