But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
My secret to a long, healthy life is to always keep working. It keeps me busy and happy, and gives me a… — Johannes Heesters Copy Share Image
As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What I'm after is that wakeful state through language that stays alive. — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
A man stays alive as long as he is remembered. He is killed only by forgetfulness. — Richard Basehart Copy Share Image
Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results. — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think the dead have it easy. The difficult part is staying alive, and more than that, wanting to stay alive.” — Andrea Busfield Copy Share Image
Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
He hasn't accepted his death. He is already fighting hard to stay alive. Which also means that kind Peeta Mellark, the boy… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“This isn't a question of odds. Of all the men in the world, that woman hose you. If she's still out there,… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
“do,” he laughed humorlessly. His eyes were vibrant and there was no slur to his words. For once, he wasn’t drunk or… — Micalea Smeltzer Copy Share Image
But : We're still human. Human because we keep on battling against all these horrors, the horrors caused and not caused by… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
Any of us probably could do more important things than we are doing. Any of us could use some changes in our… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Life is really pretty tricky, and there's a lot of loss, and the longer you stay alive, the more people you lose… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother… — George Best Copy Share Image
Well, the kind of central question: "Do you want to live - and I don't mean stay alive - do you want… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The real life… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
You know what I think?" she says. "That people's memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. Whether those memories… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Josh wanted to be the one to break the color barrier. When the Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson he knew it was over… — Ted Page Copy Share Image
Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Logan studied him for a moment. “What exactly is your power?” “Staying alive,” Cristiano answered. “You’d better be sure she does,” Ayden… — A. Kirk Copy Share Image
It is puzzling to me that otherwise sensitive people develop a real docility about the obvious necessity of eating, at least once… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
“It was terribly risky, maybe even hopeless. But one or two properly armed, well-trained soldiers could hold off an undisciplined mob indefinitely.… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Why?' says the boy. 'Why? Because staying alive is more important than anything else.' 'Why is staying alive more important than anything?'… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Sentience is not an end in itself. It is a means to the end of staying alive. Sentient beings use sensations of… — Francione, Gary L Copy Share Image
At the very end, without memory we are nothing. The things you say; the way you feel; the way you act in… — Mauro Remiddi Copy Share Image
“I redefined winning, expanded it beyond my original definition of not losing, of merely staying alive. That was no longer enough to… — Phil Knight Copy Share Image
“She understood the genre constraints, the decencies we were supposed to be observing. The morally cosy vision allows the embrace of monstrosity… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
“Like many lifelong spacers, Ashby didn't care much for heights on land. Looking down at a planet from orbit was no problem,… — Becky Chambers Copy Share Image
“it is the nature of intelligent life to climb mountains. They all want to stand on ever higher ground to gaze ever… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
