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“Well, it's fucking not. Embrace life, because u only get one life. The ppl u mentioned wasted that life.Don't be 1 of those ppl”
Frances Bean Cobain (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We strive towards death like an arrow towards its target, and we never miss. Death is our only certainty, and we always know that we will die, no matter where, when, or how. The idea of eternal life is nonsense, eternity is not life, death is the rest we seek, life and death are intertwined, and those who demand something else ask for the impossible and will earn nothing but smoke.”
Albert Caraco (1919–1971) said by 1971 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Age d'homme, Lausanne (1999), p. 7 .
“All those Creationism vs. Evolution debates are misaligned and misleading. The real debate should be Creationism vs. Abiogenesis. Creationism is a belief about a supernatural origin of life. Evolution is a theory about how life changes over time. Those are not the same things. Abiogenesis is the science of life’s origin that logically stands in direct opposition to creationism.”
Guy P. Harrison (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Green" issues make headlines these days, but many seem unaware that without the "blue" there could be no green, no life on Earth and therefore none of the other things that humans value. Water-the blue-is the key to life. With it, anything is possible; without it, life does not exist.”
Sylvia Earle (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the body of the lower soul dies," says Fechner, "the higher soul takes it up out of its life of contemplation into its life of ." The souls of perished creatures shall, therefore, form the elements of the soul-life of the earth.”
Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866) said by 1866 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You’re not immortal, you’re not eternal and to believe otherwise is to diminish everything that you really have. Life is precious because it is short and there is nothing after it. There is no purpose and there is no destiny beyond anything you give it yourself. If you want your life to mean something try making someone else’s life meaningful. - “Give the Devil His Due”, 1st November 2014,”
“Paul Nurse ...in his visionary essay ..."Life, Logic and Information" extols the virtues of thinking in an information, web-based way about life, and how, instead of worrying... about... the molecular level, we should think of life as being a collection of logic modules... with information flowing between them... control systems... [an] engineering approach.”
Paul Davies (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life was onto this... billions of years ago. Life uses many many nano-molecules... in effect, Maxwell demons. Our bodies are full of [them]... doing the business of life. ...not quite perfect ...but they're coming pretty close to the theoretical limit, in terms of energy expenditure.”
Paul Davies (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business I've met wonderful people and I've traveled all over the world ... I ain't down yet, and I've had a wonderful life, and I still have more life to go.”
Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being in show business, as cited in "FLASHBACK: Debbie Reynolds Recalls Poor Upbringing and How Gene Kelly Helped Her Career in Early ET Interviews", ET Online (December 29, 2016)
“Some sensual unthinking persons affirm, that a long life is no great blessing, and that the state of a man, who has passed his seventy-fifth year, cannot really be called life; but this is wrong, as I shall fully prove; and it is my sincere wish, that all men would endeavour to attain my age [of eighty-three], that they might enjoy that period of life, which, of all others is most desirable.”
Luigi Cornaro (1484–1566) said by 1566 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's experience.”
Robert Henri (1865–1929) said by 1929 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s not until they tell you you’re going to die soon that you realize how short life is. Time is the most valuable thing in life because it never comes back. And whether you spend it in the arms of a loved one or alone in a prison-cell, life is what you make of it. Dream big.”
Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter post (March 10, 2018), as quoted in "LazyTown’s Stefan Karl Stefansson confirms ‘inoperable’ cancer has returned" (March 16, 2018), by Emma Kelly, Metro
“History has literally led me to a complete denial of all that I had been praying for my whole life [...] The only thing I can be proud of — the greatest merit of my life — is that I was able to fundamentally alter my views [...] I feel very happy that by the end of my life I've freed myself from this horrible nightmare, this primitivism.”
Dmitri Volkogonov (1928–1995) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As cited in an interview with Steven Erlanger "Writing History, Soviet General Finds Revelation", The New York Times (1 August 1995)
“If the aim of life is to escape from life, the watchword of life must be Control. For if the wandering senses are allowed to dwell unchecked on objects of sense, attachment to those objects will arise and cause continual rebirth. The evil must be checked at its source; mind and sense must be restrained. Control, or balance of character, is called Yoga.”
W. Douglas P. Hill (1884–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a lot of changes in my life since I turned 40. In fact, even since I turned 50. I became a vegetarian. I have never felt better in my life. I have more energy, I'm so much more alert. I lost 20 pounds, that's right! I really really recommend going vegetarian whatever time in your life. Peace begins on your plate. I'm Carol Leifer and I'm a vegan.”
Carol Leifer (born 1956) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carol Leifer: Vegetarian Testimonial (Life After 40),” ad for PETA (13 July 2009).
“And the sad fact is that all nanotech life out of our control—out of anyone’s control. The essence of nanotech life’s evolution is autonomy, self-will, and goals which have nothing to do with those of the harboring life form.” “Humanity, you mean,” said Lourdusamy. “Precisely.”
Dan Simmons (1948–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One needn't be a Christian to be pro-life. Many pro-life people aren't. But a fundamental tenet of Christian faith is the profound, inherent & equal dignity and right to life of every member of the human family. That, in the end, simply cannot be squared with the pro-choice view.”
Robert P. George (born 1955) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter post (13 December 2017)
“It is life energy that causes us to grow. It is life energy that enables us to heal. ... It evokes the true and only healing, that which occurs from within. A drug may relieve the symptoms of a disease but it does not cure. The true cure always involves a major change in the person's attitude toward himself and toward life.”
John Diamond (doctor) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must show our ability to become One with All, the whole of this planetary life: with our fellow beings... We must stop exploiting the planet and misusing its resources; stop exploiting the lower kingdoms and misusing their life; show that this is One World, One Humanity, One Life. This is the destiny of mankind.”
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don't think she understands that, there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble, two, a whole lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, family in their life and children in their life.”
Kamala Harris (born 1964) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding to comments by Sarah Huckabee Sanders (7 October 2024) cited in "Kamala Harris Says It's 'Not the 1950s Anymore' and That Not All Women Are 'Aspiring to Be Humble'", People (Magazine)
“[I]n the theatre, life is happening now. That's Falstaff's first word: "Now!" It's not reported life, it's life right there.”
Ian McKellen (born 1939) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with Claire Allfree, as cited in "Ian McKellen: ‘Whenever I fall in love, I wonder: are they going to leave me one day?’", The Telegraph (24 February 2024)
“In a sentence: Life is bad, but so is death. Of course, life is not bad in every way. Neither is death bad in every way. However, both life and death are, in crucial respects, awful. Together, they constitute an existential vise—the wretched grip that enforces our predicament.”
David Benatar (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“External activity is good; but, it is obviously of secondary importance and lesser still in comparison with the interior life, the life of recollection and of prayer, with the life of our personal love towards God”
Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is most likely to spring from another's need for us, and the fact of spending ourselves for another always generates new life in us. To give life is the purpose of love, and we love those people most of all whose needs waken a response in us that floods us with creative energy, causing us to put out new green shoots of life.”
Caryll Houselander (1901–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One’s life is one’s faith when you commit your life to Christ, if you really want to be a Christian it will cost you your life. I learned that from a man who wrote books.”
Douglas Gresham (born 1945) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: More to Douglas Gresham than 'Narnia' (January 2006)
“Nothing is more devastating than a life without liberty. A life in which one can be forced into parenthood is just such a life. Rape is among the most profound denials of liberty, and compelling a woman to bear a rapist's child is an assault on her humanity. How different is it to force her to remain pregnant... because efforts at birth control accidentally failed?”
Laurence Tribe (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know how much he loved that animal; I think I know what was going on in his mind: If you will give me my life and the life of my family, I will give you the life of this black-eared horse.”
N. Scott Momaday (1934–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Death is not the end of life. It is an aspect of life. It is a natural incident in the course of life. It is necessary for your evolution.”
Aloysius Paul D'Souza (born 1941) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Death of Fr Patrick Rodrigues is ‘Nirvana’ – Bishop Aloysius D’Souza (March 24, 2017)
“For me it’s the experience of somebody who wants to treat life as an adventure and explore life. So acting is great for that, whereas a priest is somebody who has a vocation and knows exactly what their purpose is in life. And to be honest, I wasn’t there as a young man. I didn’t know absolutely. I didn’t have that calling.”
Cliff Curtis (born 1968) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cliff Curtis On Playing Jesus Christ in Risen (February 19, 2016)
“Life is suffering. Life is war, and sacrifice. Life is victory.”
Jenni Williams (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lady of my life, won't you comfort me tonight, when the troubles of the world are on my shoulders? Lady, make it right, please don't fuss or fight, I need some peace now I'm a little older. Lady, lady, lady, lady of my life, lady, lady, lady, lady of my life, stay with me tonight.”
John Miles (1949–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been suffering. So taste your grief to the fullest. Don’t try and press it down. Don’t hide from it. Don’t escape. It is life too. It is truth. But it will pass and time will put a strange honey in the bitterness. That’s the way life goes.”
“The desert holds them as in their mothers’ lap while they long for eternity, despising this brief life; indifferent to the present life, they are confident of the life to come. In this way, by hastening toward the world’s end, they manage to attain the world without end.”
Eucherius of Lyon (380–449) said by 449 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Theory and practice, philosophy and religion, and heaven knows what, how little all that means compared to this one simple thing: the desire for life of a completely healthy, physically harmonious person — and I’m not one of them. — Only such a person knows what life really is. Life can be trusted — if Liese trusts it." -- Renate, p.52”
Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a difference between imposing a meaning on someone's life, and saying it arises from their life, and having an interpretation that you own as your own that arises from your own life. And it should be full of questions, not just statements.”
Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Winning Miss Galaxy changed my perspective about life. It helped me to be more coordinated, got a wider view about life. It has impacted on my life positively, I leveraged on the crown to achieve greater heights, which includes being the face of top Nigerian and International brands such as Bacchus Tonic Wine, featuring in Nollywood movies, and running my boutique (Hugs Couture) amongst others”
Peggy Ovire wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On one hand, I am thinking about how ‘good things ultimately trump’ in our world, in spite of life’s unpredictability and abnormalities. It is my mantra – a way to remind myself that life events always tend to have cycles, so good things will definitely come to pass, even when life seems grim.”
Nnenna Okore (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I felt it an honor to serve my country, God and country, same as the rest of them. The only thing, I just didn't want to take life. I wanted to save life instead of taking life and for them to look at my records, which they did.”
Desmond T. Doss (1919–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To speak of superior and inferior ways of life is necessarily to deny that every form of life has dignity or meaning. But, in particular, the net effect is to deny that mere life has any worth.”
Bronze Age Pervert (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must work for this. Our God is the God of life and life is his gift. In no way can we be among those who work for death, on the contrary we must work for life. The Congress was a call to all men and women to remember we are loved by God and we must love him in return.”
Hugolino Cerasuolo Stacey (1932–2019) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: At the end of the Eucharistic Congress Fides spoke with some of the participants: “The Congress was a cry to all men and women to remember that they are loved by God ” (18 October 2004) Fides News Agency
“Parents tell me about their children and say, "Basketball is his life," or "Skiing is her life" but at a deeper level as Catholics we say, "Christ is my life," and so the athletes and every Catholic need to be integrating that relationship into their activities — sports or otherwise.”
George Hugh Niederauer (1936–2017) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Conversation With The Bishop of the Salt Lake Olympics (3 March 2002) National Catholic Register
“Music is my life. And through these last few years, I've experienced various challenges. But through it all I have recognized that music and life are quite similar. Music and life alike is a balance of order, rhythm and harmony.”
Mercy Myra wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was obviously born Russian, but I had no control over that. However, when I got the freedom to choose my life, I gave my old life up for the West, which is the only real ‘privilege’ I truly have. It’s certainly the only one that matters. In doing so I’ve built a life for myself here that’s far better, much safer and more more rewarding than anything I could’ve had anywhere else.”
Konstantin Kisin (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She fought like a trooper. She tried her best, but in the end she was really tired of fighting. My mother fought throughout her life. What pains me the most is she never got that break. She was always fighting through life, working through life. Always doing something for other people ... She gave and got nothing in return”
Lerato Moloi (born 1985) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'I pleaded with her to not leave': Lerato Zah Moloi bids farewell to her mom Candy Moloi,30 June 2020
“The song Destiny, basically, I'm taking control of my life, and I am the one in charge of it. Nobody else can move my life in any other way. Just me. It's inspired by everything my life is saying today. Like, I have just been moving like this at my own pace, in my own time.”
MzVee (born 1992) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I experienced many mental struggles in my early days in music - MzVee, Ghana Web, 19 September 2023.
“Abba Isidore of Pelusium used to say: “A life without a word is more advantageous than a word without life; for the first, even in silence, is advantageous, while the second is a trouble-maker when it cries out, whereas if life and word run together they constitute the portrait of all philosophy.”
Isidore of Pelusium (370–440) said by 440 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And life is so strong | that passes through walls to be seen. | Life is so real | that it seems impossible to have to leave it. | Life is so big | that when you are about to die, | you will plant an olive tree | still convinced to see it flourish. (from Dream boy dream, n. 1)”
Roberto Vecchioni (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Does it make sense that life is cellular? Would you expect to find life being cellular elsewhere? I suspect that for organic life... it would be cellular.”
“in many ways my personal life (which I wrote about a lot) was really a public life. This may not be the case for many, even most people, but for me my private and public life became one. People can say what they thought – and did – but what I was doing, felt perfectly natural to me.”
Michael Bronski (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are essential elements which no activism must take away from religious life in a local Church. Although expressing itself according to different models and according to charisma, fraternal life is an essential component of consecrated life. Encourage communities to be an evangelical sign in the various environments, especially for the young and offer the local Church wealth of universality.”
Anastácio Cahango (born 1937) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Father Anastasio KAHANGO (Provincial of the Order of Minor Capuchin Friars, Angola) (1994) The African Synod