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“When we participate actively in our lives and open our senses to all the stimuli around us, we build memories that can be retrieved and enjoyed the rest of our lives.”
Marilu Henner (born 1952) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Total Memory Makeover (2012), p. 23.
“Lives were endangered, and I believe lives were lost. Not only that, we were forced to procure the supplies from other countries without the right quality standards, so even our doctors and nurses in the hospitals today are wearing N95-marked masks from other countries that are not providing the sufficient protection that a US-standard N95 mask would provide them.”
Rick Bright (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But that's not what... effects your lives, your children's lives [etc.]... It is important that we understand what the Trump administration is doing. ...[I]t's not Donald personally doing this. Donald's a lazy guy. He works about 4 hours a day. ...[H]e spends one third of his time at his properties. It's the people he brought in.”
David Cay Johnston (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We all have different aspects of ourselves, and who we are to different people in our lives, at different stages of our lives.”
“Many get problems because they no longer have faith in their lives, and some get something small and end up killing themselves. We do not know where this world is heading to after people losing faith and start behaving badly in public. If people continue to lose faith in their lives many bad things will continue to happen in this world, which leads many people to do ill to others.”
Charles Martin Wamika (1953–2025) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bishop Wamika tips Ugandans on faith (23 January 2017)
“The priest lives in constant spiritual tension, but the scenario in which he lives is anything but exhilarating. If he is unable to defend himself, he stumbles in the mud.”
Angelo Comastri (born 1943) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview of Vito Magno, Il cardinale Comastri, un canto nella bufera, RAI Vaticano (March 31, 2010)
“They have to look inside themselves and note what they want to do with their lives. If they know this, it will help them be vigilant about their own lives.”
Malebogo Molefhe (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many people reside in us. Many past lives, many future lives. If you listen carefully the air is full of laughter. Human beings are a great mystery.”
“Many people show themselves to be what we in Russia like to call traitors. They disappear from our lives on their own. Some resign from their jobs, some withdraw from their professional lives, and some leave the country and move to other places. That’s how the purification happens.”
Dmitry Peskov (born 1967) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'The traitors will disappear on their own' Dmitry Peskov on the coming 'purification of Russian society'", Meduza, 18 March 2022
“American Lives Are Not More Important Than Other People's Lives”
Bob Avakian (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was so frustrated during this second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement [in the Spring of 2020] because the environmental community was largely silent. So I posted the Environmentalists for Black Lives Matter graphic, along with my definition of intersectional environmentalism, and also an intersectional environmentalist pledge and I put it out there.”
Leah Thomas wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Last time, when fascism and Nazism engulfed the whole of Europe, mankind paid the cost of 71 million lives, 27 million of which were the lives of the best sons and daughters of the great Soviet homeland.”
Gennady Zyuganov (born 1944) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meeting with State Duma leaders and party faction heads" in Kremlin.ru (7 July 2022)
“I believe we are all here to help each other and that our individual lives have patterns and purposes. My illness turned out to have a very special purpose -- helping save other lives, and I am grateful for what I was able to do.”
Betty Ford (1918–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Earlier this week, Hamas used w:Telegram (software) to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives — or would it endanger more lives?”
Pavel Durov (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hamas’ social media following has skyrocketed since its attack. America is powerless to stop it (October 17, 2023)
“People mustn't use education or academia to come up with a different form of colonising people, African people specifically. Some people regretted giving up their lives, their grandmothers' lives. Out of desperation, you give your soul away. No, I cannot give up myself and my soul simply because I need some exposure.”
Zanele Muholi (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“men should look into their own lives, see their many doings, their sins (if you will), repent of them, [and] lead bettter lives than [in] their past.”
Gertrude Weil (1879–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whoever resigns himself in love, Lives with greater freedom than anyone. Such a person lives without anxious care, For God cannot lose what is his own.”
Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) said by 1471 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Denis the Carthusian, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, trans. Ide M. Ni Riain (Dublin: The Columba Press, 2013), 110.
“God gave me the ability to transform peoples’ lives by talking to them. When I talk to people, they understand the purpose of God in their lives. So, I decided to create awareness to people with sickle cell disorder and give them hope.”
Adeyinka Gladys Falusi (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A dream is the first step in any major journey, and if it is big enough, it might affect the lives of very many people. So I have dreams also, and i hope they affect the lives of many people, especially children.”
Zuriel Oduwole (born 2002) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We woke up on October 8 to the clamor of street protests in cities across the West condemning Israel even before any major Israeli response to the attacks. We watched celebratory crowds brandish swastikas and chant “gas the Jews” at events purporting to be about the loss of Palestinian lives. We saw Black Lives Matter chapters lionize terrorists.”
Konstantin Kisin (born 1982) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Day the Delusions Died" 22 October 2023
“Malaria still claims the lives of hundreds of thousands of children each year and has a major economic impact on the lives of many in sub-Saharan Africa. Children that survive severe malaria can be left with permanent physical disability that takes many forms.”
Faith Osier (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s so exciting, the little effort you put into technology, and how it can change people’s lives. The beauty of it is that you can do whatever you have to do anywhere and anytime. As a technologist, you can come up with something that touches a lot of people’s lives.”
Jamila Abbas (born 1984) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Black Lives Matter was a piece of genus called declarative marketing. I don't know if you've ever heard of it via products in the 1970's called "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific" or "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!" was the name of the product. So the name of the product is called Black Lives Matter. How can you disagree with that?”
Eric Weinstein (born 1965) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sam Harris X Eric Weinstein: Israel-Palestine" (at 33m43s), Triggernometry, 20 October 2023.
“When women are empowered, they improve not only their own lives, but also the lives of their families and communities.”
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And when he catches me looking at him, he gives me this incredibly sweet, calm smile, and I think that we've got our lives ahead of us, our whole lives.”
Delphine de Vigan (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I found myself in a classroom where most of my classmates were six years older than me. And it was the first time I was aware of the gift my parents had given me by risking their lives and our lives [referring to her sister]. Because when I went to school, my thinking and my aspirations changed.”
Shabana Basij-Rasikh (born 1990) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Afghan activist Shabana Basij Rasikh: ‘My family sent me to a secret school dressed as a boy’ EL PAIS (September 26, 2023)
“The only worthwhile independence that we could feel is changing our lives and the lives of our children for the better.”
Samia Nkrumah (born 1960) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why I want to run for president in 2016: — Samia Nkrumah .modernghana.com (Wed, 16 Dec 2015)
“The communication of faith is the principal duty of every Bishop. To proclaim Jesus as Saviour and to guide the work of the proclamation from the frontline is our most important task. Like the apostles who assumed the task of proclaiming the Good News, and even gave their lives for this cause, the Bishops, as their successors, should also be prepared to give their lives if necessary.”
Varkey Vithayathil (1927–2011) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil is the new President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (20 February 2008) Fides News Agency
“Referring to the devastating landslides in Bulambuli District on May 23, 2023, which claimed the lives of more than six people, I am calling for the implementation of strong mitigation policies to safeguard the lives and well-being of all citizens in the face of such tragedies.”
Miriam Mukhaye wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lives of the missionaries who are devoting themselves exclusively to the native population are lives of intense isolation, but their personal sufferings and inconveniences count for little when there are souls to be saved.”
Joseph Raphael John Crimont (1858–1945) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alaska (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
“Amina Doherty, Changing Lives,https://wadadlipen.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/amina-doherty-changing-lives/”
Amina Doherty (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Several humanitarian workers have been targeted by armed groups, and several have sadly lost their lives. As I said, this is the work of the enemies of peace, those who do not want the crisis in the country to end. They continue to attack people who are only seeking to save lives. This shows a total lack of patriotism on the part of those who claim to have taken”
Virginie Baïkoua wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The mirrors have seen much laughter and tears laughter and tears Reflected in the mirrors are our fragile lives our lives The mirrors have seen much laughter and tears laughter and tears.”
Irina Allegrova (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The saint is the new man, the one who lives according to the model left by Jesus Christ; he is the man of the beatitudes; he is the man who has stripped himself of his selfishness and lives for God and others; he is the transfigured man. He is the truly and fully human man.”
Enzo Bianchi (1943–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to hear what they want Government to focus on, to make their lives and other children’s lives better.”
Rachel de Souza (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Each of us lives other lives in our imagination, fueled by literature and the media. Through them, we attempt to remedy the limitations of our own existence.”
Remo Bodei (1938–2019) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Corriere della sera, 16 January 2009
“We believe in depth, not breadth—at any given time, we’re only touching maybe 10,000 students. A lot of people say that we could be touching so many more lives, but you can’t touch that many lives if you’re trying to make a leader”
Roshni Nadar (born 1982) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Roshni Nadar Malhotra on Building India’s Future,2 November 2017
“If you look at beauty, it fades. What we are working on is a legacy that will last beyond our lives. If you really look at what Miss World has achieved in raising millions of dollars for charities, you’ll see that we’re making a big difference in people’s lives.”
Rolene Strauss (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. That represents 23,000 lives lost every day, or more than six people killed every minute, for six long years.”
Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I take a lot of joy in seeing people learn skills they can apply in their lives, and I am fortunate to experience that regularly in my current role. When I look back on my time at Vispero, and even in my previous roles, what really stands out is the ability to empower others through learning. Helping people gain skills that make their lives easier or more independent is incredibly rewarding.”
Rachel Buchanan (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Seeing so many vehicle accidents on the news with lives tragically taken. So many young lives being taken away so soon.”
Anne Curtis (born 1985) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://philnews.ph/2025/05/05/anne-curtis-on-recent-vehicular-accidents-wake-up-call/
“The “remembered” lives had always been exciting and ended in murder, execution, or dramatic suicide. Not one of them had been a potato farmer who died quietly in his bed after seventy years of monotonous hard work. I had heard the argument that only violent personalities survived intact, but I frankly saw more late-night television than actual memory in the “past lives” I heard retold.”
Randall Garrett (1927–1987) said by 1987 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who lives by the sword lives long.”
Thomas Hoyer Monstery (1821–1901) said by 1901 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in H. S. Canfield, "Monstery: Soldier of Fortune", Everybody's Magazine (October 1902) p. 329
“You can’t take policing outside governance. That is the truth because policing is part of governance. The primary purpose of government is to protect lives and property, and in protecting lives and property, you use security structures and systems. The police is one of those structures.”
Benjamin Kalu (born 1971) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we reflected on the role that law plays in our lives, both private and social, we shall realize that without law, organized society would be impossible … From the moment of birth to the moment of death, our lives are regulated by law … between two legal documents—the birth and death certificates … In all these cases, it is the law that will determine his or her rights and duties.”
George Kanyeihamba (1939–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My family’s lives and their migration from one place to another were forced by broader structural forces. I can’t tell the story of their lives and choices without telling the story of white settler colonialism in Southern Africa”
Thero Makepe (born 1996) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call them enhancement centres, We want to make a difference in people’s lives if we can. We are there to help people and families whose lives have been troubled. We give them toys at Christmas and age does not matter. From 0-100. But I am not doing it for effect; I am doing it because I want to.”
Gail Devers (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”
Marcus Aurelius (disputed) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in The Life You Were Born to Live : Finding Your Life Purpose (1995) by Dan Millman, Pt. 2, Ch. 2 : Cooperation and Balance
“Who lives longer? the man who takes heroin for two years and dies, or a man who lives on roast beef, water and potatoes 'till 95? One passes his 24 months in eternity. All the years of the beefeater are lived only in time.”
Aldous Huxley (attributed) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Kevin A Fabiano, The Shortcut: 20 Stories to Get You From Here to There (2006), p. 179
“We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives . . ., not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
Ellen Goodman (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source