Subject: Life (Page 10)

There are no winners in life; only survivors.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

(1928 – 1982) American novelist, short story writer & essayist

Immortality – a fate worse than death.


Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

If I had known what it would be like to have it all… I might have been willing to settle for less.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

Aren’t I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

You haven’t lived until you’ve died in California.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

Life is a game, the object of which is to discover the object of the game.

It is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy; I can't figure it out…. what am I doing right?

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)

Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

When opportunity knocks, you’ve got headphones on.

Try everything once except incest and folk dancing.

(1879 – 1961) English conductor

It is not a fragrant world.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter

Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.

(1871 – 1951) American artist

Anyone who lives within his means suffers from a lack of imagination.

(1908 – 1994) American actor

I had everything a kid could want: two square meals a day, a basket to sleep in, and an imaginary dog.

(1949 – ) American co-host of radio show “Car Talk”

The trick is growing up without growing old.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

There are two great rules of life: 1. Never tell everything at once.

(1931 – ) American golfer & broadcaster

There are moments when everything goes well, but don’t be frightened.

(1864 – 1910) French author

Somehow I never quite know what’s going on.

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist