I like to think of myself as a 'live life to its fullest' type of guy.
What has become clear to many Americans is that the electoral system is bankrupt. As the political process becomes more privatized, outsourced, and overrun with money from corporations and billionaires, a wounded republic is on its death bed, gasping for life.
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.
They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.
I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.
One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.
My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
If I had to think of what I would do different in my whole career, it's that I never would have picked up a beer, bottle of vodka. That definitely changed my life. That is an Achilles' heel for me.
To progress in life you must give up the things you do not like. Give up doing the things that you do not like to do. You must find the things that you do like. The things that are acceptable to your mind.
Things in themselves have no life in them. A car can't comfort or encourage you. A house means nothing if there's no life and love inside.
I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life.
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself.
My mom always talks about how hard it was to grow up in a political family. It's always split up, and just - I want to have fun in life. No, politics isn't on the list.
I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart.
We were also able to do a great deal of work to improve highways, airports and airways, waterways, and railways, all of which are important and have provided a better quality of life and economic development opportunities for my constituents.
I always wish life could be a musical. One person just says 5, 6, 7, 8.
Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Language is the soul of intellect, and reading is the essential process by which that intellect is cultivated beyond the commonplace experiences of everyday life.
Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'
There are wonderfully intrinsic moments when life makes sense, and doubts are banished as irrelevant in those moments. Of course, we can't stay in that state. We're not here to be blissed out all the time.
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.
While some no other cause for life can give, but a dull habitude to live.
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.
In my experience, all Americans - Republicans, Democrats, and everyone in between - want roughly the same thing: an assurance that if they work hard, they can create a better life for themselves and their families. They want to feel safe in their communities and secure in their future.
Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always return after killing their prey.
Even though my work life is very intense, I make a conscious effort to be healthy.
The most spiritual place you can be in your life is when you're being very real, when you're not allowing everybody and everything to influence your decisions and your moods, and what's morally right or ethically right.
My life was pretty rough.
Mr. C. Klackner has for sale four etchings etched by myself, at the expense of two years' time & hard work - 'The Life Line,' 'Peril on the Sea,' 'Eight Bells,' 'Mending Tears,' - all of which are very good and should have been put forward long ago, but C. Klackner is waiting for me to die, is my idea of the matter.
I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life.
If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life.
Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death.
