Quotes About Life

Nothing we have, no one in our lives, no state of mind is exempt from change.

Surely there can't be so many countries worth dying for.' Anything worth living for,' said Nately, 'is worth dying for.' And anything worth dying for,' answered the sacrilegious old man, 'is certainly worth living for.

I'm not running away from my responsibilities. I'm running to them. There's nothing negative about running away to save my life.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon them.

They couldn't keep Death out, but while she was in she had to act like a lady.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?

Of course you're dying. We're all dying. Where the devil else do you think you're heading?

All you've got to do is lie there a few minutes and die a little.

He was working hard at increasing his life span. He did it by cultivating boredom.

Be thankful you're healthy." "Be bitter you're not going to stay that way." "Be glad you're even alive." "Be furious you're going to die.

Being born with a sickly resemblance to Henry Fonda was the first of a long series of practical jokes of which destiny was to make Major Major the unhappy victim throughout his joyless life. Being born Major Major Major was the second

Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for.

How do you feel Yossarian? Fine. No, I'm very frightened. That's good, said Major Danby. It proves you're still alive. It won't be fun. Yossarian started out. Yes it will.

Well, maybe it's true,' Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone. 'Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?' 'I do,' Dunbar told him. 'Why?' Clevinger asked. 'What else is there?

I'm not running away from my responsibilities. I'm running to them. There's nothing negative about running away to save my life.

Man was matter. Drop him out of a window and he'll fall. Set fire to him and he'll burn. Bury him and he'll rot, like other kinds of garbage.

The years are too short, the days are too long.

Of course you're dying. We're all dying. Where the devil else do you think you're heading?

You have a morbid aversion to dying.

Appleby was a fair-haired boy from Iowa who believed in God, Motherhood and the American Way of Life, without ever thinking about any of them, and everybody who knew him liked him.

Lehet, hogy egy hosszú életet tényleg sok kellemetlen körülménnyel kell megtölteni, ha azt akarjuk, hogy hosszúnak látsszon. De ha így van, kinek kell? – Nekem – mondta neki Dunbar. – Miért? – kérdezte Clevinger. – Tudsz jobbat?

Dehogynem haldoklik. Mindahányan haldoklunk.

Légy hálás, amiért egészséges vagy. – Keseredj el, amiért nem leszel mindig az. – Örülj, hogy élsz. – Dühöngj, hogy meg kell halnod. – Rosszabbul is állhatnának a dolgok – kiáltotta Scheisskopf hadnagy felesége. – Átkozottul jobban is állhatnának – felelte szenvedélyesen Yossarian.

Oly sok boldogtalanság van a világban, t?nÅ'dött, komoran meghajtva fejét a tragikus gondolat elÅ'tt, és Å' mit sem tehet senki boldogtalansága ellen, legkevésbé a saját boldogtalansága ellen.