I felt in a bit of a philosophical mood and found some quotations about life I liked and would like to share with you. Which one would you pick as best for you?
You're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.
Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben SteinNot a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan GillLife is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
Dick WerthimerOh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 - 1950)Life is just one damned thing after another.
Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )Life is something that everyone should try at least once.
Henry J. TillmanLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon (1940 - 1980), "Beautiful Boy"The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.
Norman Thomas (1884 - 1968)Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), "The Poet at the Breakfast-Table", 1872Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act ILife is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter De VriesLife is a sexually transmitted disease.
R. D. LaingThe supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), "Job", 1984Life is just a bowl of pits.
Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), in Plato, Dialogues, ApologyLife is an unbroken succession of false situations.
Thornton Wilder (1897 - 1975)Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Truman Capote (1924 - 1984)Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
Wally 'Famous' Amos (1936 - )Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
William Goldman, "The Princess Bride
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This is my favourite one:
ReplyDeleteIsaac Asimov (1920 - 1992). Life is a long lesson in humility.
As for me, the older I get, the more I appreciate those small things I didn’t use to.
The one I like most is this:
ReplyDeleteYou're alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative was so uncomplicated. It could be expressed in single words, not complete sentences. It sounded like this: Look. Listen. Choose. Act.
I think that life should consist of doing what you think is the best and trying to change what you think is wrong.