Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jared Diamond

Ahead of me lies the familiar litany: weakening of the heart, hardening of the arteries, increasing brittleness of bones, decreases in kidney filtration rates, lower resistance of the immune system, and loss of memory. The list could be extended almost indefinitely. Evolution seems indeed to have arranged things so that all our systems deteriorate, and that we invest in repair only as much as we are worth.

Janice Dickinson

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me -and I love to live life at full throttle.

Janet Frame

Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought.

Janet Jackson

Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

It is sad and wrong to be so dependent for the life of my life on any human being as I am on you; but I cannot by any force of logic cure myself at this date, when it has become second nature.

Jane Seymour

You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself.

Jane Smiley

Many said that now there was no hope of salvation, for a man might do anything and be in the wrong. There was no way to tell. It was better to stay on the steading and mind the cows and be content with such days as are left to one and cease to wonder about life everlasting.

Jane Smiley

After a long day, folk rest at night. After a long summer, folk play games and sit about in the winter. After a long life folk sit about the fire and stay warm, for the chill of death is upon them, and even the thickest bearskin can't keep off the shivering.

What we really would like to see is lifetime supervision and GPS monitoring.

Charles Jenkins

When I'm praying for perseverance and patience, I'm praying for you too, ... Your life -- all our lives -- are going to be different.

Scott Aukerman

I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life.

Scott Anderson

I'd been to a number of war zones before in my life, but I had never been in one as terrifying as Chechnya.

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.

I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire.

Tom Scholz

Most people live their life around what other people do.

Thom Mayne

I lived in a state of rage from 12 to 20. Until college, I was beyond an outsider. I was a voyeur of life.

What we are missing over here is the life of soccer.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.

Sue Monk Kidd

'The Secret Life of Bees' was my first novel, so I had no process. I was flying by the seat of my pants, as they say, trying to understand how I, as a novelist, would work with story.

Sue Monk Kidd

I've noticed that most people tend to go through life preserving their differences from others.

I've never been to St. Petersburg in my life.

Richard G. Scott

If you seek His help, be sure your life is clean, your motives are worthy, and you're willing to do what He asks-for He will answer your prayers. He is your loving Father; you are His beloved child. He loves you perfectly and wants to help you.

Richard G. Scott

I bear witness that the Savior lives. He loves you. He will guide you through the Holy Ghost as you steadfastly choose to do what is right to a future glorious beyond your dreams. I know He will.

Richard G. Scott

You are one of the noblest of God's creations. His intent is that your life be gloriously beautiful regardless of your circumstances. As you are grateful and obedient, you can become all that God intends you to be.

Ang Lee

I hate to think life is just facts and laws.

Maureen Johnson

Even though she had been warned, she tripped over the bike. She probably tripped because she'd been warned and was telling herself not to trip over the bike. She did that sometimes. It was often easier not to know what obstacles were in the way.

Susan B. Anthony

If I could only live another century!

Thomas H. Cook

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

When I was 20, journalists would ask me what I would do when I retire from waterpolo. For me this is not just a five- or ten-year-period in my life. This is life itself.

Tawni O'Dell

I saw myself as a writer, a novelist, even though I was living the life of a mother and housewife. Writing was - and is - what I do.

Torii Hunter

My grandmother was the type of woman who always smiled and said, 'Treat people like you want to be treated, and life is so much easier.' My mom is the same way.

Trinny Woodall

I've had these lips all my life, and I love them.

Tracey Emin

One thing about an artist, it doesn't matter how much your work sells for in your life, it's going to sell for ten times more than that after you're dead, and that's what you have to protect.