“Life is not a dress rehearsal.”
Rose Tremain (1943) English author, chancellor of the University of East Anglia
"Miss Me", Thank Me Later, Lil Wayne (2010)
2010s
“Life is not a dress rehearsal.”
Rose Tremain (1943) English author, chancellor of the University of East Anglia
“Ron's funnier than Robin Williams. The hard thing is not to laugh when the camera is rolling.”
Daniel Radcliffe (1989) English actor
on Rupert Grint
“And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”
Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being
pg 8
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part One: Lightness and Weight
“I just believe that life is more than rehearsing how to die.”
Ralston Bowles (1952) American musician
From the song "Draper" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)
Joe Strummer (1952–2002) British musician, singer, actor and songwriter
Strummer on Man, God, Law and the Clash (31 January 1988)
Yanni (1954) Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin
David Souter (1939) Judge of the United States of America
On Cameras in Supreme Court, Souter Says, 'Over My Dead Body' https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E6D71539F933A05750C0A960958260, The New York Times, March 30, 1996
“Life is short, short, brother!
Ain't it the truth?”
Yip Harburg (1896–1981) American song lyricist
"Ain't It the Truth" originally written for Cabin in the Sky (1943), but pulled from the show, and later included in Jamaica (1957) - Lena Horne version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMSyXuvNpeM <br class="br">Context: Life is short, short, brother!<br>Ain't it the truth?<br>And there is no other<br>Ain't it the truth?<br>You gotta rock that rainbow while you still got your youth!<br>Oh! Ain't it the solid truth?