It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living.
I once told Tommy Smothers, 'If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.'
Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, the color of my skin and my rather peculiar background as an Ethiopian immigrant delineated the border of my life and friendships. I learned quickly how to stand alone.
Left to my own devices I'd get up at midday every day of my life.
Why do I find the fantasy - husband, family, kids - exhausting instead of alluring? Is there something wrong with me? Do I have a life?
Ralph Ellison's essays were models for me when I began my life as a critic. Slipping cultural yokes and violating aesthetic boundaries, he made criticism high-stakes work, especially for a black critic.
Sometimes life limits your choices - rising tuition costs may put university out of reach, or like me, personal circumstances might simply make it difficult to complete your education.
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.
I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.
Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?
I believe life takes us where we need to be.
Life is much more available in New York - there are a dozen movie theaters within walking distance. Living in California is easier, but you get sedentary.
I've been on both sides; I've interviewed people, and I do an okay job, I guess. But it's awful. Because you feel like you have to defend your life, which is such an interesting concept. It's not an easy process to sit down and talk about, 'What's your motivation?' Because as I'm answering, I'm working it out for myself at the same time.
We should all relax about life because you don't have a clue as to what's really going on.
I am just a normal professional with a great job and a great life.
A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
For some strange reason, my gay life didn't get easier when I came out. Quite the opposite happened, really.
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'
I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life.
I don't regret any steps that I take in life.
Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.
Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.
Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.
I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.
It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
Serving in Congress is the great honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the people of the 4th Congressional District for placing their trust in me.
We were marooned in a frozen desert. There was not a sign of life on the horizon and a thousand signs of death... The marvel is we did not all die of cold.
In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.
I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.
