Quotes About Existence

I a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside.

I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.

Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol.

What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms.

All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger.

What does this patch-sewing mean you ask? Eating and drinking. The heavy cloak of the body is always getting torn. You patch it with food and other ego-satisfactions.

Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

My whole existence is spent just trying to not shove bad food in my fat face. It's like a constant struggle. I'll do really good for a while, and then I do bad, then I do really good.

Enlightenment is the food that eats you.

Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.

The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years.

It's good when food tastes good, it's kind of like proof you're alive.

The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation.

Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.

Stop. Stop everything. Then you will realize you are the freedom you have been searching for.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

I am living breathing freedom.

Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

A small nation, faced with the denial of its sovereignty — indeed, of its very existence — reminded us that the price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of freedom.

You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.