Subject: Life (Page 6)

There are no winners in life; only survivors.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure.

(1909 – 1959) Australian-born American actor

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

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet

If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.

(1862 – 1937) novelist & short story writer

There are moments when everything goes well, but don’t be frightened.

(1864 – 1910) French author

Man can not live by bread alone … he must have peanut butter.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

If your time ain't come, not even a doctor can kill you.

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer – not a book.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

As you slide down the banister of life, you are bound to pick up a splinter or two in your arse.

Australian horse trainer

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

(1960 – ) English singer

Dying is no big deal, living is the trick.

(1905–1982) American sportswriter

In larger things we are convivial – What causes trouble is the trivial.

(1906 – 1989) American poet & author

You haven’t lived until you’ve died in California.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

(1889 – 1977) English comedian, actor & film director

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

(1955 – ) cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.