--- title: "21 Life Quotes By Jeff Bridges" description: "21 Life quotes by Jeff Bridges. Plus more from Jeff Bridges and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-resist-life-540343_540343.jpg" --- > [I resist life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-resist-life/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-resist-life-540343_540343.jpg) > [Life's picking up speed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/life-s-picking-up-speed/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/jeff-bridges-1213_speed_life-s-picking-up-speed-1168964_1168964.jpg) > [Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-life/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/jeff-bridges-1213_horse_yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-l_1770239.jpg) > [Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/well-there-are-all-kinds-of-gutters-life-will-supply-you-with-gutters/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/jeff-bridges-1213_all-kinds_well-there-are-all-kinds-of-gutters-life_3038819.jpg) > [I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-have-hesitation-making-any-kind-of-decision-really-in-my-life-i-m/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b13/jeff-bridges-1213_decision_i-have-hesitation-making-any-kind-of-dec_2696981.jpg) > [When you truly commit in your life, you start receiving more than you could imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/when-you-truly-commit-in-your-life-you-start-receiving-more-than-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/jeff-bridges-1213_commit_when-you-truly-commit-in-your-life-you-s_390032.jpg) > [I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-think-my-love-of-journalizing-my-life-comes-from-my-mom/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-think-my-love-of-journalizing-my-life_1665381.jpg) > [I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-m-at-this-time-in-life-when-i-have-to-take-the-opportunities-i-have/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e9/jeff-bridges-1213_left_i-m-at-this-time-in-life-when-i-have-to_2466279.jpg) > [My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/my-mother-and-my-father-were-very-nurturing-and-wonderful-examples-of-2/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/jeff-bridges-1213_example_my-mother-and-my-father-were-very-nurtur_2535696.jpg) > [Life is having its way with me now. And I'm really pleased.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/life-is-having-its-way-with-me-now-and-i-m-really-pleased/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/jeff-bridges-1213_having_life-is-having-its-way-with-me-now-and-i_799701.jpg) > [Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/work-takes-me-away-from-my-wife-sue-and-my-life-in-santa-barbara/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/jeff-bridges-1213_barbara_work-takes-me-away-from-my-wife-sue-and_29914.jpg) > [My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life. I really had a cool…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/my-mother-and-my-father-were-very-nurturing-and-wonderful-examples-of/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/jeff-bridges-1213_cool_my-mother-and-my-father-were-very-nurtur_667836.jpg) > [All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier. To me, it makes it more difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/all-of-this-high-tech-stuff-is-supposed-to-set-us-free-and-make-life/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/jeff-bridges-1213_difficult_all-of-this-high-tech-stuff-is-supposed_2128062.jpg) > [Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/whenever-i-work-on-a-part-i-look-at-the-world-through-the-filter-of/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/jeff-bridges-1213_character_whenever-i-work-on-a-part-i-look-at-the_2941701.jpg) > [So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/so-i-have-this-word-for-much-of-what-i-do-in-life-plorking-i-m-not/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/jeff-bridges-1213_language_so-i-have-this-word-for-much-of-what-i-d_1139793.jpg) > [In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/in-life-and-in-movies-it-s-a-similar-challenge-where-you-have/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fb/jeff-bridges-1213_challenges_in-life-and-in-movies-it-s-a-similar-cha_491751.jpg) > [Play doesn't have to be a frivolous thing. You may think of a Beethoven symphony as something serious, but it's still being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/play-doesn-t-have-to-be-a-frivolous-thing-you-may-think-of-a/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/jeff-bridges-1213_being-played_play-doesn-t-have-to-be-a-frivolous-thin_879698.jpg) > [I don't even know what Instagram is, All of this high-tech stuff is supposed to set us free and make life easier.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-don-t-even-know-what-instagram-is-all-of-this-high-tech-stuff-is/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/jeff-bridges-1213_demanding_i-don-t-even-know-what-instagram-is-all_2263355.jpg) > [One of the things that I find so exciting about life is that you're constantly surprised. You never know what's going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/one-of-the-things-that-i-find-so-exciting-about-life-is-that-you-re/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jeff-bridges-1213_about_one-of-the-things-that-i-find-so-excitin_1882101.jpg) > [It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/it-s-a-wonderful-metaphor-catching-a-wave-for-how-you-can-look-at/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/jeff-bridges-1213_catching_it-s-a-wonderful-metaphor-catching-a-wav_2683649.jpg) > [Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/live-like-you-re-already-dead-man-have-a-good-time-do-your-best-let/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/jeff-bridges-1213_dead-man_live-like-you-re-already-dead-man-have-a_1224218.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Jeff Bridges > [Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/nowadays-in-the-contract-that-actors-sign-you-have-to-agree-that-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/work-takes-me-away-from-my-wife-sue-and-my-life-in-santa-barbara/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/what-are-the-aspects-of-yourself-that-line-up-with-the-character-you/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [We're here for such a short period of time. Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/we-re-here-for-such-a-short-period-of-time-live-like-you-re-already/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [You know, it's kind of a shame in a way but the more seasoned directors a lot of times have more difficult getting a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-know-it-s-kind-of-a-shame-in-a-way-but-the-more-seasoned/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-just-find-my-creativity-manifesting-a-bunch-of-different-ways/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-know-ballet-might-be-too-formal-of-a-title-for-the-type-of-dance/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/like-most-kids-you-don-t-want-to-do-what-your-folks-want-you-to-do/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/you-prep-you-prep-you-prep-and-on-the-day-that-you-film-you-let-all/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/the-oscar-nomination-is-great-it-s-a-great-pat-on-the-back-and-i-like/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/when-you-start-to-engage-with-your-creative-processes-it-shakes-up/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [There's lots of good movies where you feel that the dialogue could be improvised, but very little was. The "Big Lebowski" was like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/there-s-lots-of-good-movies-where-you-feel-that-the-dialogue-could-be/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/it-s-not-enough-just-to-treat-women-well-we-have-to-work-to-make-sure/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [Ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. I love to draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/ballet-might-be-too-formal-of-a-title-for-the-type-of-dance-i-do-but/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) > [It was fortunate for all of us to have Joaquin Jackson, who is a very renowned Texas Ranger, on board. He spent quite a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/it-was-fortunate-for-all-of-us-to-have-joaquin-jackson-who-is-a-very/) [Jeff Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bridges/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/jeff-bridges/#itemlist", "name": "21 Life Quotes By Jeff Bridges", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I resist life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/i-resist-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-resist-life-540343_540343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-resist-life-540343_540343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/jeff-bridges-1213_life_i-resist-life-540343_540343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I resist life.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life's picking up speed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/life-s-picking-up-speed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/jeff-bridges-1213_speed_life-s-picking-up-speed-1168964_1168964.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/jeff-bridges-1213_speed_life-s-picking-up-speed-1168964_1168964.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/jeff-bridges-1213_speed_life-s-picking-up-speed-1168964_1168964.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life's picking up speed.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bridges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bridges/yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/jeff-bridges-1213_horse_yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-l_1770239.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/jeff-bridges-1213_horse_yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-l_1770239.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/jeff-bridges-1213_horse_yeah-i-d-been-around-horses-most-of-my-l_1770239.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.” — Jeff Bridges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well, there are all kinds of gutters. 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