Subject: Life (Page 4)

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

(1803 – 1869) French Romantic composer

I’d rather die while I’m living then live while I’m dead.

(1946 – ) singer, songwriter, author & businessman

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

(1945 – ) American television journalist

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole!

public speaker & teacher

Puberty is a phase… fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle.

stand-up comedian

I never did say that you can’t be a nice guy and win; I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I’d trip her.

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager

Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and dead.

(1894 – 1961) author, cartoonist & humorist

It’s hard to be famous and alive.

(1948 – ) English novelist

I'm the kind of guy who will have nothing all my life and then they'll discover oil while they're digging my grave.

(1919 – 1991) American comedian & actor

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra; in real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

I do benefits for all religions – I’d hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.

(1943 – 1971) rock singer

Life is a game, the object of which is to discover the object of the game.

I had everything a kid could want: two square meals a day, a basket to sleep in, and an imaginary dog.

(1949 – ) American co-host of radio show “Car Talk”

If I can’t have it all, can I at least have some of yours?

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Coach: Hey Norm, how’s the world been treating you?

Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.

George Wendt (1948 – ) American actor

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

That's the secret to life… replace one worry with another.

cartoon character, Peanuts, Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000) cartoonist