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Life Quotes by J. B. Priestley
- But the point is, now, at this moment, or any moment, we're only cross-sections of our real selves. What we really are is the whole…
- California, that advance post of our civilization, with its huge aircraft factories, TV and film studios, automobile way of life... its flavourless cosmopolitanism, its charlatan…
- We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man…
- I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting…
- Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at…
- I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle