Subject: Life (Page 8)

Next to Sammy’s life, my life has always appeared dull. Then again, next to a barnacle’s life, my life has always appeared dull.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

Life is uncertain… eat dessert first.

(1925 – ) American writer

Dying is no big deal, living is the trick.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room.

You live and learn… at any rate, you live.

(1952 – 2001) English writer, dramatist, & musician

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three – and paradise is when you have none.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which he has inflicted on men, he would kill himself.

(1824 – 1895) French writer

Most people my age are dead at the present time.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I’d rather die while I’m living then live while I’m dead.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet

Here’s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Life: A continuous series of disasters which result in one’s death.

In a perfect world, a fair world, Bob Hayes should be forced to carry a small calf on his shoulder when he runs the dashes…Mark Spitz, in all fairness, would swim with a sea anchor…[and] Ella Fitzgerald must sing every note with a mouth full of Tootsie Rolls.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

When life hands you lemons, make whisky sours.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Life is too short to drink cheap beer.

Everything is in a state of utter dishevelment.

I’m kind of jealous of the life I’m supposedly leading.

(1975 – ) actor, director, screenwriter & producer

Life’s too short for chess.

(1834 - 1884) - American born British dramatist & actor