On Life Quotes

That's the life really isn't it? You write. You record. You play. And it never grows old.

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.

So much for modern science and its wonderful discoveries that just about everything can kill you. Life is only a bedtime story before a long, long sleep.

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?

There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life.

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'

My life as a professional musician is a joyless exercise in futility.

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.

There is an ache in my heart for the imagined beauty of a life I haven't had, from which I had been locked out, and it never goes away.

The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet unselfish act is now a perfumed flower.

If you’re hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.

Your Mentors in life are important, so choose them wisely

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

Every successful person in life began by pursuing a passion, usually against all odds.

Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

His life, though none too long, Was never dull: Of woman, wine and song Bill had his full.

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that... he is going to be a beginner all his life.

White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.

See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.

I'm surrounded by good people. That's the measure of a good life. All the rest is flotsam.

Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

Give your life to the one who already owns your breath and your moments.

If your guidance is your ego, don't rely on luck for help. you sleep during the day and the nights are short. By the time you wake up your life may be over.

The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others.

As long as there is life there is hope.

English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life.

I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.

All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.

Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.

It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,- Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

No one survives life.

There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where most of life happens.

Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.

Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft.

Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

I could do nice, but it's just not as much fun. Being nice isn't my biggest goal in life. I'm trying to be honest about who I am, and that's not always nice. I'm not always the world's cheerleader.

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist

All you really need in life is some fresh water, a good hat, and a really good pair of shoes.

Titles or awards are not the mark of your success. They are the beginning of a life-long sadhana.