Alive Quotes
4909 quotes by 2872 authors
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The body is never more alive than when it is dead; but it is alive in its units, and dead in its totality; alive as…
— Annie Besant
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I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in…
— Aneurin Bevan
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You want to know whether we're better off? I've got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is…
— Joe Biden
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You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.
— Steven Biko
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I want to know why I'm alive. I want to understand. It's like exploration; it's like someone being interested in a place and its history,…
— Juliette Binoche
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On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of first responders heroically rushed to the scene and saved tens of thousands of lives. More than 400 of those…
— Michael Bloomberg
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The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all…
— Roberto Bolano
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I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities. Whatever authority I have as a commenter on this world comes from the sheer weight of 28…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive.
— Christina Aguilera
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the…
— Barbara Boxer
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We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one.…
— Ray Bradbury
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Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.
— Richard Branson
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Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them…
— Jeff Bridges
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Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got…
— Mel Brooks
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
— Rita Mae Brown
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Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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I can't imagine there has ever been a more gratifying time or place to be alive than America in the 1950s. No country had ever…
— Bill Bryson
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I'm one of these people that likes adrenaline and new things, like extreme sports. It makes me feel alive.
— Gisele Bundchen
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It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by…
— Christopher Alexander
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