November 29, 2013

Bo Jackson: I have...

I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.
/Bo Jackson/

Hans Urs von Balthasar: But the...

But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
/Hans Urs von Balthasar/

November 28, 2013

Lemony Snicket: Unless you...

Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.
/Lemony Snicket/

Leon Kass: In the...

In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.
/Leon Kass/

November 27, 2013

Truman Capote: Life is...

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
/Truman Capote/

Evan Dando: Since Elizabeth,...

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.
/Evan Dando/

Smiley Blanton: Men err...

Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home.
/Smiley Blanton/

November 26, 2013

Albert Einstein: Without deep...

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
/Albert Einstein/

November 24, 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow: My life...

My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.
/Gwyneth Paltrow/

November 23, 2013

George Bernard Shaw: Home life,...

Home life, as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.
/George Bernard Shaw/

November 22, 2013

Martin Yan: When I...

When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters.
/Martin Yan/

November 20, 2013

Anthony J. D'Angelo: The only...

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.
/Anthony J. D'Angelo/

Bernice Johnson Reagon: The Smithsonian...

The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American.
/Bernice Johnson Reagon/

November 18, 2013

Steve Irwin: We've evolved...

We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
/Steve Irwin/

November 17, 2013

Isaac Asimov: Life is...

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
/Isaac Asimov/

November 16, 2013

Marcel Proust: When the...

When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of one’s dreams if one is not to be troubled by them; there is a way of separating one’s dreams from one’s life which so often produces good results that I ask myself whether one ought not, at all costs, to try it, simply as a preventive, just as certain surgeons make out that we ought, to avoid the risk of appendicitis later on, to have all our appendices taken out when we are children.
/Marcel Proust/

Lynn Redgrave: I believe...

I believe I have lots of time. I have to believe that, that it won't come back, and that that's why I'm in good hands. But I also do live my life by putting nothing off.
/Lynn Redgrave/

Marge Piercy: With my...

With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life.
/Marge Piercy/

Cicero: History is...

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.
/Cicero/

November 15, 2013

Cecil Taylor: If you...

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process.
/Cecil Taylor/

November 12, 2013

William James: These then...

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
/William James/

November 11, 2013

John Muir: The beauty...

The beauty and completeness of a wild apple tree living its own life in the woods is heartily acknowledged by all those who have been so happy as to form its acquaintance. The fine wild piquancy of its fruit is unrivaled, but in the great question of quantity as human food wild apples are found wanting. Man, therefore, takes the tree from the woods, manures and prunes and grafts,plans and guesses, adds a little of this and that, selects and rejects, until apples of every conceivable size and softness are produced, like nut galls in response to the irritating punctures of insects. Orchard apples are to me the most eloquent words that culture had ever spoken, but they reflect no imperfection upon Nature's spicy crab.
/John Muir/

November 07, 2013

Rachel Carson: One summer...

One summer night, out on a flat headland, all but surrounded by the waters of the bay, the horizons were remote and distant rims on the edge of space. Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life. My companion and I were alone with the stars: the misty river of the Milky Way flowing across the sky, the patterns of the constellations standing out bright and clear, a blazing planet low on the horizon. It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators. But it can be see many scores of nights in any year, and so the lights burned in the cottages and the inhabitants probably gave not a thought to the beauty overhead; and because they could see it almost any night, perhaps they never will.
/Rachel Carson/

November 05, 2013

Thomas Merton: Each one...

Each one of us has some kind of vocation. We are all called by God to share in His life and in His Kingdom. Each one of us is called to a special place in the Kingdom. If we find that place we will be happy. If we do not find it, we can never be completely happy. For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God's will, to be what God wants us to be.
/Thomas Merton/

November 03, 2013

W. Somerset Maugham: It wasn't...

It wasn't until quite late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say I don't know!
/W. Somerset Maugham/

Albert Camus: We continue...

We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die.
/Albert Camus/

Pearl S. Buck: I am...

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge. It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.
/Pearl S. Buck/