You get older, and people start passing away. And so if you're lucky - my mom died very young, for instance, and I have friends who died very young - but the point being that, I think if you're awake, you know you're going to pass on. And that the real treasure in life is the long term - relationships that you really value.
A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
I believe that without memories there is no life, and that our memories should be of happy times.
Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.
Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seeing that life has more meaning to it. The people that you love are the people you want to start trusting and start wanting them to trust you and start respecting them.
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.
I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years, and it's not really a glory-getting sport.
I have obsessed about my weight in some sort of way all my life. I used to write in my journal what I weighed every day.
It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it.
I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.
I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.
If you think about it, everything we do in life is set to some kind of music.
Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.
I think we have to be careful about what we label as a prerequisite for spirituality. I don't think you have to know a lot to have a spiritual life, but knowing gives life richness.
We can raise our sights high when we're willing to break free from being conformists who live a conventional life simply because we are too afraid to express our uniqueness.
They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen.
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.
Faith is a really important part of my life and inspires me in all facets of my life, including my songwriting and my singing.
Life's complicated and people do things for a lot of reasons.
Sometimes it makes me sad that I didn't get to have one family for my entire life.
If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
It doesn't matter what people think of me. I've lived my life.
My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life.
If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.
Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life.
Riding clothes are ageless and timeless, and I love to incorporate that comfort and elegance in my life.
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in and pays the bribe just to get on with life.
It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.
All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.
Educate yourself as much as you can with life. Just go out there.
If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.
I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.