Subject: Life (Page 18)

Aren’t I lucky, to have survived so much bad luck.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

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

(1945 – ) American television journalist

Life is uncertain… eat dessert first.

(1925 – ) American writer

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.

(1928 – 1982) American novelist, short story writer & essayist

Here’s a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

(1903 – 1968) movie actress

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

If you stop eating donuts you will live three years longer; it’s just three more years that you want a donut.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

In a perfect world, a fair world, Bob Hayes should be forced to carry a small calf on his shoulder when he runs the dashes…Mark Spitz, in all fairness, would swim with a sea anchor…[and] Ella Fitzgerald must sing every note with a mouth full of Tootsie Rolls.

(1919 – ) American sportswriter

Reality continues to ruin my life.

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in opposite directions.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

So far, I haven’t heard of anybody who wants to stop living on account of the cost.

(1856 – 1915) writer, publisher, artist & philosopher

For one brief moment today I thought I was winning in the game of life… but there was a flag on the play!

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

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

(1709 – 1784) English author, essayist, critic, editor & lexicographer

Never do anything you wouldn’t get caught dead doing.

We’ve been through so much together, and most of it was your fault.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

I’m kind of jealous of the life I’m supposedly leading.

(1975 – ) actor, director, screenwriter & producer

It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

(1874 – 1965) English dramatist & novelist

Life is one long process of getting tired.

Life is like a dogsled team; if you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

Live each day as if it were your last… because one day, you’ll be right.

(1924 – 1992) English comedian & actor