Surviving Quotes

263 quotes by 251 authors

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. — Sholom Aleichem
Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. — John Ciardi
Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long… — Jarvis Cocker
It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing… — Diablo Cody
College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school. — Judd Apatow
The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of weapons of war… — Dave Lindorff
The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based. — Paul MacCready
Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery. — Daniel Dennett
The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural selection of hypotheses:… — Karl Popper
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false.… — Nelson Goodman
At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages. — Cullen Murphy
No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Not only is there no guarantee of the temporal immortality of the human soul, that is to say of its eternal survival after death; but,… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour — Hugh Massingberd
In my own country, many of the movies in recent years express our innate fears about what awaits us. They are apocalyptic visions that leave… — Hillary Clinton
I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a… — Marlon Brando
I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher,… — John Malkovich
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong,… — Joaquin Phoenix
No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. — Art Spiegelman
Surviving war is an excellent training process. If it weren't so brutal, I 'd recommend it as an excellent start-up course in life. I feel… — Joumana Haddad

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