Quotes on “life”

Who says life is fair, where is that written?

Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching one's feet.

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems -- not people; to focus your energies on answers -- not excuses.

Isn’t it queer: there are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country, that have been singing the same five notes over for thousands of years.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. " But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.