Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Godfrey Leland

Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again.

Charles Godfrey Leland

Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.

Charles Francis Richter

There is nothing more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face, and among country people it is always a sign of a well-regulated life.

Charles Francis Richter

Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. ... There is progress of California toward building new construction according to earthquake-resistant design. We would have less reason to ask for earthquake prediction if this was universal.

Charles Frazier

What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But what kind of world would it be if we all took every opportunity presented to us to assault the weak?

Charles Frazier

What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you.

Bindi Irwin

There is someone special in my life right now, and I'm really happy with that, life is wonderful at the moment.

Billy Wilder

He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

Bill Lee

I was always matching wits with authority. Pondering over my past and present hassles, I began to wonder why my life had taken the direction it had. What cosmic forces had led me to this precise moment that saw me, once again, dancing on the rim of the volcano? The answers started to come to me as my life flashed before my eyes. I think it all started when I was arrested as a pyromaniac.

Bill McKibben

We can no longer imagine that we are part of something larger than ourselves - that is what all this boils down to.

Bikram Choudhury

My wife never look at me anymore, my children, my wife ... we only die once in our life. I'm dying every day when I get up in the morning.

Bessie Smith

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

Bernard Malamud

Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.

Bernard Malamud

Completed, most lives were alike in stages of living-joys, celebrations, crises, illusions, losses, sorrows.

Bernard Malamud

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, Thou fount of life, thou Light of men, From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfilled to Thee again. We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. O Jesus, ever with us stay, Make all our moments calm and bright; Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o'er the world Thy holy light.

Bernard of Clairvaux

There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love.

Benjamin Hoff

When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.

Bob Marley

What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah. The process of what that struggle becomes, in time, the Truth.

Bob Marley

One lifetime is not enough to live

Bob Marley

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

Bob Marley

The good times of today, are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.

Bob Marley

Today, people struggle to find what's real. Everything has become so synthetic that a lot of people, all they want is to grasp onto hope.

Bob Marley

My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.

Bob Marley

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

Bob Marley

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.

Bob Marley

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

Bob Marley

Most people think great god will come from the skies, take away everything, and make everybody feel high. But if you know what life is worth, you will look for yours on earth.

Bob Marley

Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

Bob Marley

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

Bob Marley

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

Bill Walton

I'm a lifelong stutterer.

Bill Watterson

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.