Quotes about living page 53
“Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.”
Elizabeth Peters The Serpent on the Crown
Source: The Serpent on the Crown
“That's what I'm living on now, honey, dreams, dreams of what I used to do.”
Fannie Flagg book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Source: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
“I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.”
Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007) Swedish filmmaker
Source: Images: My Life in Film
“I told you I wanted to live in a world in which the antidote to shame is not honor, but honesty.”
Maggie Nelson (1973) American writer
Source: The Argonauts
“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue”
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, I've Been to the Mountaintop (1968)
Context: Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like any man, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
“Only mystery allows us to live, only mystery.”
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director
“Live as a villain, die as a hero”
Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Source: Wall and Piece
“What has no shadow has no strength to live.”
Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Variant: We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self destruction.
Source: Mockingjay
“To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.”
Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor
Ally Carter I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Source: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
“The Shift is coming. The Shift has to be coming. Because if you keep living like this you'll die.”
Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ally Carter I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Source: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) American writer
Source: Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
“The function of man is to live, not to exist.”
Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist
Variant: The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
“Now what state do you live in?'
'Denial.”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“People living alone get used to loneliness.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book Tender Is the Night
Source: Tender Is the Night
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
"Why We Need To Understand Science" in The Skeptical Inquirer Vol. 14, Issue 3 (Spring 1990) http://www.csicop.org/si/show/why_we_need_to_understand_science
“It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince
Source: Clockwork Prince
“… at times, the greatest courage of all is to live.”
David Clement-Davies book The Sight
Source: The Sight
“The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong.”
Neil Strauss book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Source: The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
“Very quiet and yet quieter living-for-ourselves.”
Victor Klemperer (1881–1960) Philologist, author of LTI – Lingua Tertii Imperii
I Will Bear Witness 1933-41 A Diary of the Nazi Years
“If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Source: Burning Chrome (anthology, 1986)
“Don't we all live in our heads? Where else could we possibly exist? Our brainsthe universe.”
Kate DiCamillo (1964) American children's writer
Source: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
“Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived.”
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
“A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?
- Then I shall build you wings.”
Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer
Cameron Dokey (1956) American writer
Source: Before Midnight: A Retelling of Cinderella
“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential for Excellence
Caroline Knapp (1959–2002) American writer
Source: Appetites: Why Women Want
Melody Beattie (1948) American writer
Source: The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist
Source: Belonging: A Culture of Place
Simon R. Green (1955) British writer
Source: The Bride Wore Black Leather
“Everything is barely weeks. Everything is days. We have minutes to live.”
Don DeLillo book Cosmopolis
Source: Cosmopolis
“If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.”
Barbara Kingsolver (1955) American author, poet and essayist
Andrew Solomon book The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
Source: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
“The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.”
Tavis Smiley (1964) Talk show host, author, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist
Source: The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Jim Harrison (1937–2016) American novelist, poet, essayist
“Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.”
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
“Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third”
Angelina Jolie (1975) American actress, film director, and screenwriter
Maya Angelou book Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Cesar Millan (1969) Mexican - American dog trainer and television personality
Source: Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . . . and Your Life
“Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live.”
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker
“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”
Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
