Quotes About Life

All those who leave immigrate to better lives, but I wanted to better my death. Maybe it is the ending that matter, not the life, I thought. Maybe we, like elephants, walk towards our chosen burials.

So long, I replied, may we all have one good flight before we rest among flowers and the orbits of hungry worms.

There are two ways to taste things in life: the sweet way and the bitter way.

I would argue that our libertine ways are better suited than any religion to protect man's core against the devastating and tragic reality of life.

It's all just a dance, Pavlov thought. And nothing is more devastating than a dance

This lesser world is all about reproduction, as you might well know. Those who cease to duplicate simply die.

Death makes one forgive and love again. We humans only value our losses and regrets.

The plane had seating for twelve, legroom for five, and all the turbulence of Darcy's family life.

But in God's shadow I had been dazzled by the detour, amazed at the fraternity, and flabbergasted by the depth that comes from simplicity, from serving in a village that was shabby, green, and pulsing with life.

The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we've drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down, comprehend it, we've got to thinking of it as an entity, strangely alive and greedy. All it is, however, is a stopped watch, a loss, an end, a darkness. Nothing.

I don't believe in being serious about anything. I think life is too serious to be taken seriously.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong." Or "She's going to hurt me." Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ." Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities ?I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science - in all of biology.

Don't listen to the enemy. The devil came to kill, steal and destroy (see John 10:10). All he offers is death. Instead, if you want to live, listen to the life-giving words of the Word of God.