Alive Quotes

4909 Alive quotes by 2872 unique authors

It isn't easy to become a fossil. ... Only about one bone in a billion, it is thought, becomes fossilized. If that is so, it… — Bill Bryson
Once we meet our children, even for moments, in a place of "I don't know," of relinquished authority, we return to the realms of mystery… — Arjuna Ardagh
It was about the preciousness of that, and how they viewed those birds as art, as something valuable. I didn't care one way or another… — Nick Cave
If a lobster didn't look like a sci-fi monster, people would be less able to drop him alive into boiling water. — George Carlin
Wilbur burst into tears. "I dont want to die," he moaned. "I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all… — Elwyn Brooks White
Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed. — Nhat Hanh
To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact… — Eckhart Tolle
Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! At that… — Dwight L. Moody
History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive. — Francis James Grimke
Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no… — Sidney Hook
You will have a growing knack for gravitating toward wilder, wetter, more interesting problems. More and more, you will be drawn to the kind of… — Rob Brezsny
When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with… — Lewis B. Smedes
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means to give up… — Unknown Author
There are plenty of people who believe that Elvis is alive, or that aliens occasionally land here to do highly personal things to people, or… — Terry Pratchett
The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because… — John Guare
Beautiful and rich is an old friendship, Grateful to the touch as ancient ivory, Smooth as aged wine, or sheen of tapestry Where light has… — Unknown Author
Mind can never be intelligent - only no-mind is intelligent. Only no-mind is original and radical. Only no-mind is revolutionary - revolution in action. The… — Rajneesh
Close your senses and the imagination comes alive. It's inside us all, dulled by endless television reruns and by a society that reins in fantasy… — Tahir Shah
Arakawa: I'd follow three simple rules: 1) Never go within two kilometres of circus freaks. 2) Never go near the butcher shop in Dublith. 3)… — Hiromu Arakawa
Before the counter-culture revolutionary Li Lian was executed in 1971 for criticising the Cultural Revolution, pour policemen pushed her face against the window of a… — Ma Jian
To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get your emotions going. To be enthusiastic every day and as Ralph Waldo Emerson… — Jim Valvano
She was the murderous mother who cut us to the bone but left us alive, left us naked and bewildered as wrinkled newborn babies, as… — Jesmyn Ward
Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been — Harold Brodkey
War had the effect of encouraging people to try to stay alive. Poverty, too. Survival was simply too hard-won to be given up lightly. — Aminatta Forna
How attraction works, making one's body almost painfully alive and one's thoughts concentrated, also painfully. And the truth of these powerful attractions - they have… — Elizabeth Hay

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