Famous Quotes & Sayings

Billie Jean King

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

Billie Jean King

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

Brett Favre

Life deals you a lot lessons, some people learn from it, some people don't.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

Ben Harper

It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

Adam Sandler

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.

Dar Williams

Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.

Dash Mihok

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.

D. H. Lawrence

If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

Howard Tubin

Paul's had two-and-a-half years of solid performance. He's swung things around. I don't think that his luck has run out. It's more a matter of what's next.

Debby King

Our luck really just couldn't have been worse.

Andrew Stuart

Some of them are just down on their luck, but a lot are mentally ill.

Lofa Tatupu

Man! ... I'm lucky he didn't see me.

Billy Corgan

I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's day. I'm lucky sevens.

Bill Cowher

When have you ever seen a one on one match up on this platform? Andrew Luck on offense…going against J.J. Watt

Carrie Vaughn

You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky?

Carl Safina

From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're gotten ourselves into this sort of apocalyptic time. We're willing to destroy almost everything, risk almost anything, and go ahead with techniques for which we have no way of responding to the known problems.

Bill Bryson

Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist.