--- title: "11 Spends Life Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Spends Life quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Spends Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/ray-davies-3711_closing_when-he-feels-the-world-is-closing-in-he_278901.jpg" --- > [When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. He just spends his life, living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/when-he-feels-the-world-is-closing-in-he-turns-his-stereo-way-up-high/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/ray-davies-3711_closing_when-he-feels-the-world-is-closing-in-he_278901.jpg) > [“No man deserves a woman like that. He mortgages his very soul to win her and spends his life paying off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-dare/no-man-deserves-a-woman-like-that-he-mortgages-his-very-soul-to-win/) [Tessa Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-dare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ced/tessa-dare-564_feminism_no-man-deserves-a-woman-like-that-he-mor_2017302.png) > [Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/man-is-never-happy-but-spends-his-whole-life-in-striving-after/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/arthur-schopenhauer-226_life_man-is-never-happy-but-spends-his-whole_644522.jpg) > [A man spends his whole life trying to prove his worth to others. A woman spends her life trying to prove her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tawni-o-dell/a-man-spends-his-whole-life-trying-to-prove-his-worth-to-others-a/) [Tawni O'Dell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tawni-o-dell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/tawni-o-dell-33984_life_a-man-spends-his-whole-life-trying-to-pr_3137136.png) > [A person can't choose where he's born. But he can choose where he spends his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-capella/a-person-can-t-choose-where-he-s-born-but-he-can-choose-where-he/) [Anthony Capella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-capella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/anthony-capella-45509_born_a-person-can-t-choose-where-he-s-born-bu_3118394.jpg) > [The painter's appreciation for beauty is more conscious, for he spends his life trying to communicate his feelings to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-gruppe/the-painter-s-appreciation-for-beauty-is-more-conscious-for-he-spends/) [Emile Gruppe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-gruppe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f53/emile-gruppe-80974_appreciation_the-painter-s-appreciation-for-beauty-is_698176.jpg) > [The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/the-artist-spends-the-first-part-of-his-life-with-the-dead-the-second/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/pablo-picasso-552_art_the-artist-spends-the-first-part-of-his_3075002.jpg) > [If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/if-an-artist-is-one-who-spends-his-life-trying-to-define-his-being-i/) [Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/roger-ballen-34238_art_if-an-artist-is-one-who-spends-his-life_460395.png) > [A man never is happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/a-man-never-is-happy-but-spends-his-whole-life-in-striving-after/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/arthur-schopenhauer-226_disappointed_a-man-never-is-happy-but-spends-his-whol_781357.jpg) > [“In the first place a man never is happy but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvin-d-yalom/in-the-first-place-a-man-never-is-happy-but-spends-his-whole-life-in/) [Irvin D. Yalom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvin-d-yalom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/irvin-d-yalom-1519_butcher_in-the-first-place-a-man-never-is-happy_2588930.jpg) > [Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antoine-rivarol/man-spends-his-life-in-reasoning-on-the-past-in-complaining-of-the/) [Antoine Rivarol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antoine-rivarol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/antoine-rivarol-11451_complaining_man-spends-his-life-in-reasoning-on-the_657907.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/spends-life/#itemlist", "name": "Spends Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When he feels the world is closing in, he turns his stereo way up high. 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