Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.
George Bernard Shaw
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What ever lives obeys . . . he who cannot obey himself is commanded.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
Oscar Wilde
And the wild regrets, and the bloody sweats, None knew so well as I: For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die.
Oscar Wilde
We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives.
Chuck Palahniuk
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.
Oprah Winfrey
There is a history in all men's lives.
William Shakespeare
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.
William Shakespeare
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Benjamin Franklin
It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more efficiently, but more pleasantly. This forms our manners, our opinions, our lives.
Edmund Burke
A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history.
Deepak Chopra
America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.
Woodrow Wilson
We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.
Jimmy Carter
If, after all, men cannot always make history have meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.
Albert Camus
Sometimes old things need to go away. That way, we have room for the new things that come into our lives.
Randy K. Milholland
Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors.
Evelyn Cunningham
We're thankful to be counted among the many of you that are changing the world with your music and your lives.
Jon Foreman
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Agnes Repplier
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson still lives.
John Adams
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
Edgar Watson Howe
Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.
Greta Garbo
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Samuel Johnson
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
Charles Bukowski
It is obvious now that diets don't work. People need to change their lives and lead more healthy lives.
Dr. Jana Klauer
Everyone who knew them was truly blessed to have known them. We paid tribute to their lives.
Rabbi Shawn Zell
A devastating thing happened. People lost their homes, their families, their lives. We want to bring a little joy back to Louisiana.
Tasmin Mitchell
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
George Bancroft
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
They are dedicating a large part of their lives to this choir. Any gift from God is meant to be shared.
David Chalmers
This was about contributing Hollywood's creative imagination and their persuasion skills to help in this war effort so that one day Americans can lead normal lives again.
Jack Valenti
This event allows students to learn about their own and others' backgrounds. We should all embrace other cultures and learn to live lives of celebration and joy.
Josh Taylor
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H. L. Mencken
Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.
Gordon B. Hinckley
I don't think it's bad to get divorced. I think it's more unhealthy to have miserable lives. We weren't put here to live miserably, we were put here to grow and learn and be happy.
Ginger Wynn
We Mexicans don't fear death much. We're more interested in taking care of our cars than our lives.
Mario Perez
We want to reach out not just to sports fans, but parents who are involved in their kids' lives.
John Maroon
Every child decided that in honor of the children who lost their lives, they would all compete in the competition.
Colleen Roche
It's important for the district to hear from all of its constituents the students, the students' parents and everyone else who lives in the district.
Susan Gordon
They were just sick of their day-to-day lives. They had just had enough. They were feeling down and anxious.
Dina Wilke
Delaware's firefighters put their lives in jeopardy every day in an effort to keep families safe.
Thomas Carper
An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen.
Philip Guedalla
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
Barbara Boxer
The widespread financial difficulties being experienced by our citizens are a good indicator that the fair would not and should not be a top priority as individuals rebuild their lives.
Don Thompson
Cat people are different, to the extent that they generally are not conformists. How could they be, with a cat running their lives?
Louis Camuti
Our hope is there are several families that are celebrating that lives have been saved because of this tragedy.
Mark Nation
The greater concept of the Kroc Center is to be able to meet people where they are and offer things that remove barriers in their lives. That will enable them to be freer people.
Patricia Phillips
Whites they pretended to ignore, as they busily lived mirror-image white lives.
Gail Lumet Buckley
This is really great exposure to agriculture for most of these kids. There are not as many kids growing up on a farm as there used to be. Coming here gives them the opportunity to see the animals up close and learn how much agriculture affects their daily lives.
Jeff Mccutcheon
A good friend of mine lives in Cleveland (Ohio) and going to see the buzzards seemed like a good thing to do. This is a big deal. It's spring break for adults.
Barb Mcclain
I'm an enemy of what I call 'computer theology.' There's a class conflict out there. There's a techno-elite that lives in a different world.
Walter Mossberg
We're just grateful that we go out with our lives. It could have been far worse.
Michelle Hall
But in reality, in the long term, it does become a destructive influence in lives as it begins to consume more and more.
Brett Beal
Thousands of people around the world must live with the constant threat as they go about their daily lives.
Richard Lloyd
He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I remember hearing on NPR from pharmacists who had their lives turned upside down.
Bruce Braley
We're spending a lot more tax dollars and we're wasting lives because we're not treating them early enough to keep them from deteriorating.
Stephanie Contreras
It builds their self-esteem, it builds their confidence. It helps them understand they have control over their lives.
Pamela Jones
This isn't about saving money, this is about saving lives. Just focusing on foster care is too late. We can help many children and families before they enter the foster care system.
Marianne Udow
It is in our policy to facilitate their movement into the system so that their education is not as interrupted as their lives are.
Jane Riley
We get all kinds of clientele in here so it could be anywhere from a rich businessperson to somebody who lives in low-income housing across the street.
Stacey Carey
Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.
Gary Ryan Blair
Maybe (people) will enjoy it and continue to do it for the rest of their lives.
Deanna Krautner
Under this rock lives someone who rocks.
Sheryl Crow
God's already blessed us because he spared our lives so it can't get no worse than it already was. And I already see better things happening already.
Dominick Ballard
Each must in virtue strive for to excel ; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick
It's the top executive who wants to live the way he lives elsewhere--in a fine, fine building, in an extraordinary living space.
Barbara Stewart
In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .
Florida Scott Maxwell
Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.
Rupert Holmes
We'd owned all of our lives. We didn't want the responsibility of a home anymore.
Norman Barasch
Anyone can influence others' lives, anyone can be a leader. Hopefully, they are the emerging life of leadership.
Olivia Myers
I want a competitive edge for my company, and, as a member of the community, I want to do the right thing. Energy efficiency has become more important in our lives.
Brian Spears
We're hoping that every truck company in the job will get one of these things. This is something that's going to save lives, not only firemen but civilians.
Tom Oswald
Every man dies. Not every man lives.
Tim Robbins
He cared about what he was doing and how it would affect lives.
William Wright
Their lives amaze me. Actual people giving their lives for Christ.
Brian Connelly
It's amazing the responses we get from the people who have attended the camp. We can see the difference we're making in their lives. And the best part is as much as they say they've learned from us, we have learned just as much from them.
Giancarlo Falcioni
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.
William Mathews
The Force has been able to challenge elementary age to high school age students all over the world and helped to change their (the students) lives.
David Mcclure
You're taking your lives in your hands going across that water.
Sharon Harrold
They can remember so much about what happened to them in their lives because it's all about them.
Chris Stakes
The most important thing for us is to save lives.
Patrick Perry
It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.
Guy De Maupassant
Our motto is creating opportunities, changing lives,'.
Grace Jones
I've been a fan forever. My brother lives here, so when the bowl was announced I said, 'God is telling me to go to Phoenix.
Jim Curran
It's one of those situations where it really impressed me. We had two people that nearly had lost their lives. Something like this you see on a TV show.
Cmdr. Lee Vance
Our biggest problem is the freezing cold, which is endangering the lives of those trapped in the rubble.
Andrzej Gaska
It may appear a low-level crime, but it's the kind of crime that seriously affects the lives of people in Edinburgh.
Donald Anderson
We're not going to sell a golden retriever to someone who lives in a small apartment. We need to know just what kind of life they will have before we let our babies go home with someone.
Bobbi Benedetti
The one thing that is most difficult to communicate about what we do is what our lives are like. What does it mean to be an artist?
Rebecca Merblum
We wanted to give back and get involved and make a difference in their lives. These are great kids. Most of them have never had an eye exam.
Al Bernstein
What we pay for with our lives never costs too much.
Antonio Porchia
The question of intergenerational progress is, 'Are you doing better than your parents? Often when immigrants come, one of the reasons is so that their children will have better lives, and having a better life in California and the U.S. is often associated with more education.
Deborah Reed
This is not for any fame or any financial benefits. This support group is only for our children to have a better future. If stimulated properly, these kids can live almost regular lives.
Saleem Parker
Kirk and Michael said, `Say the truth. Don't pretty it up. This is our lives. The way to give it dignity is to tell the truth,'.
W. Lee Grant
Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted can prevent accidents and save lives, and the safety of our Sailors is important.
Capt. Shawn Morrissey
It obviously shows that she's a candidate that is being fielded from outside the district. She lives outside the district. And her support is from outside the district.
Christine Cegelis
I passionately believe in the word 'home' and the part it plays in our lives. It's cool to have a well-run, comfortable and inviting home.
Anthea Turner
It was a completely different time for me. Now, the children are all grown ... They are all starting their families and well into their own lives. I thought if I was ever going to college, this would be the time to do it.
Michael Walker
Originality is important. The athletes have worked their whole lives for this. They should shine.
Michael Budman
The truth is, ... the only way to protect children from these sex offenders is to incarcerate them for the rest of their lives.
Jack Levin
First dedicate all of their attention to protecting their lives, their health and their family members.
Vicente Fox
We know exactly who he is and where he lives and we are actively investigating and looking for him.
Sean Whitcomb
Why not give immigrants an opportunity to progress here and help the country here? We come to work and to improve our lives.
Maria Gomez
The parties just decided to get on with their lives and put it behind them.
David Weeks
Great lives never go out; they go on.
Benjamin Harrison
They better close it down. It's unsafe. It's unfit. My God, 12 men lost their lives.
Ann Meredith
Higher education for me was a transforming experience. I'm hoping to transform the lives of students.
Mel Netzhammer
I won't cooperate in anything. The boy lives in my house and they'll have to go find him there.
Lazaro Gonzalez
In our busy lives, having access to spiritual resources on the go will help us all keep connected to God.
David Kirkpatrick
Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.
Alvin Toffler
You don't know how it's impacting these kids. It might be making some of them want to do something with their lives.
Ron Shelton
As Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich dedicated much of his energy to improving the lives of the children of the District of Columbia. We are blessed that the Newt and Callisita Gingrich Foundation are continuing that work through this generous donation to Cornerstone.
Derrick Max
People are willing to spend money on things that make their lives easier.
Art Spinella
We got together. I called him down ... to sit with the guys and talk to him. They basically explained how some of the things he did and the ways that he acted affected their lives. That kind of opened his eyes to how big this family is and what they go through when he has a bad day.
Greg Zipadelli
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
Frederick W. Faber
I can't even fathom what I caused in their lives. I've thought about it for years, for decades ... but I will never fully fathom it. But I will never let myself forget it, either. And I pray for them every night.
Alex Kelly
Most clients we meet every month and redo the cash flow if anything changes in their lives that will affect their spending.
Debra Seefeld
You're talking about poor people whose lives have been destroyed.
Walter Mosley
Both of us had the same response when we heard about this, ... It was kind of like, 'Been there, don't want to do that again.' Our whole lives, we both have lived with the potential of our father's death.
John Glenn
When you donate, you are doing it anonymously. You are helping friends and family, and sometimes someone you don't even know, but lives here in the community.
Kristie Waterfield
People forgot that God created all of us and everybody lives and breathes and eats alike. Thank God that we are where we are today.
Hazel Smith
I feel that he set out to kill me. There's absolutely no way that he should be able to go out on the streets and put any of our lives in danger.
Jonathan Samuels
Right now, the focus is on saving people's lives.
Margaret Walker
Sometimes we get tunnel vision on what our job is, and if your job is to go get that energy out of the ground and make money, sometimes you forget about the guy that lives on the surface.
Sen. Kit Jennings
To be able to make a difference in people's lives is one of our missions. Responses like that are amazing.
Steve Heimer
We'll look at having the capability for more community outreach. We are so excited. All of us when we get together, we can just feel the presence of Jesus in our lives.
Deb Reuvers
For me it was this idea that there was something really important to be gained just by hanging out with the kids and getting to know them ... and for them to get to know other people who live different lives.
Rebecca Jaffe
When they got to the scene, they didn't know there was a monster there waiting for them, who didn't care about the job they were doing. He took their lives in a cowardly fashion.
Ray Schultz
These are good people to talk to. They are down there in the trenches and they deal with who lives there every day.
Tim Carter
We're focused on finding out the cause of crashes so we can take the best approach long-term to saving lives.
Tom Lindsay
There's things during the trial that were out of my control, ... At times there's things in our lives that are out of control.
Amber Frey
You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
Dick Murphy
That'll be something they remember the rest of their lives. It may not be all good, but it'll be good.
Norris Ashley
We like to reflect all areas of our viewers and their lives.
Tony Disanto
First, let me begin by thanking each of you and the companies for what you all did to save lives, to save property, to restore the communities along the Gulf Coast.
Mary Landrieu
Our fans are getting their lives back in order, trying to do things with their homes. This has just been a major catastrophe.
Willis Reed
The congregation wanted me to stay permanently, so I've done that. It's a disadvantaged community, and I wanted to help as many lives as I could.
Jon Drummond
We believe in personal choice, rather than society dictating how we must live our lives.
Mike Peters
HIV and Aids are issues very close to business and very close to everyone living and working in the country. We are all affected by the epidemic in some way, at our workplace and in our private lives.
Jerry Vilakazi
Somebody who lives next door, who stands up for a cause, who do something that causes a change with their neighbors.
Betty Middlebrook
The press is reporting things that are absolutely irrelevant to any of our lives and they are sensationalistic and it is damaging.
Daphne Zuniga
People are people, humans are humans, everybody still lives in this one world.
Brandon Luckett
She just did so many good things for so many people, she touched so many people's lives we don't even know half of them. She would just give things to people, to charities.
Sue Little
Nothing can ever justify the shedding of innocent blood or the taking of lives.
Prince Abdullah
The popularity has really developed on word of mouth, and it lives up to it. It also has that universal appeal.
Nancy Parrott
We are all a composite of everyone we meet and take the good things from them we need in our lives.
Danny Lyons
As silly as it seems to all of us, it has made a difference in a lot of children?s lives.
Dawn Wells
She had an impact on every child, and all the children knew her. She played a special part in their lives.
Rev. Windy Price
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Harrison Ford
I can understand what they need to do. Their families are at risk. Their lives are at risk. I can understand where they're coming from.
Jeffrey Skilling
I'm glad you could join me tonight to celebrate the efforts of this community of artists and volunteers. I like to think we're all here because we believe in the value of art in our lives, and especially in our children's lives.
Teri Hatcher
This program really enhanced their (the senior citizens') lives; they really appreciate stories being read to them.
Pat Harrington
No damn man kills me and lives.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well.
Mark Pryor
It wasn't the intent of term limits to make things run smoothly at the Capitol. It was the intent to make things run smoothly in citizens' lives.
Pat Anderson
It's been a difficult day. Anna touched many lives.
Terry Whitesell
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.
Greg Anderson
Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.
Aron Ralston
The theme is absolutely important. We don't realize how much of our lives are absolutely random.
Robert J. Shiller
It's hard to fathom how many lives he touched.
Charlie Young
Finding the host families is her biggest challenge. She brings a tireless effort toward saving the lives of babies and children. She inspires everyone in the [Rotary] Club with her energy and enthusiasm.
James Ryan
What better gratification than seeing that you allowed someone to carry on with their lives, that you made a difference.
Jennifer Openshaw
We've been up and down, and finally we got to where we'd like to be. It just depends on how badly they want it. I think if we win (today), it will be something to talk about all our lives.
Ivan Dejesus
In addition to just the sheer communication, if we succeed with this, there will be enormous benefits in terms of coordination, and we'll actually be able to save lives.
Jason Bell
The youths in this show are amazing. They are very respectful, focused and committed, not just to the show but in all aspects of their lives.
David Tuttle
Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.
Anne Sophie Swetchine
If we wait until our lives are free from sorrow or difficulty, then we wait forever. And miss the entire point.
Dirk Benedict
It gives ( the addicts ) hope that their lives will actually change.
Paul Welsh
This technology is valuable because it will improve health and extend lives. But we need to begin thinking about how to pay for it.
Dana Goldman
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.
Roger Lewis
We really can be a strong voice and make a big impact in these workers' lives.
Christina Lee
Students have very routine oriented lives.
Brett Carney
We have to bring in a bill that is balanced, ... Most people aren't adopted so most people have no concept of the impact it has on people growing up and living their lives not knowing where they come from. It's nothing that we can ever imagine.
Sandra Pupatello
If it meant I was just gone from their lives for 10 hours at a stretch, I wasn't interested. I wouldn't take a job like that.
Amy Deluca
Anything that can keep a driver from being distracted has the potential to avoid accidents and then save lives.
Capt. Shawn Morrissey
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
Amy Lowell
I've never heard from him, I don't have a clue as to what he's doing, or what he's about, or where he lives, ... And, you know, if I haven't heard from him, he's not going to hear from me.
Joseph Bruno
We will not allow a minority to dictate to us how to live our lives.
Craig David
I was surprised by what the team was able to find. I think the lives of the astronauts were in very good hands.
Michael Rollins
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Roger Caras
We're fighting for our lives, yet we comply with more laws than any other processing plants that I know of.
Jim Bradshaw
We view this as a fairy tale ... a story about damsels who have to fight off the dragons in their lives.
Chris Willard
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