“I didn't invent the rainy day, man. I just own the best umbrella. That’s one of my favorite lines of all time. It’s from a movie called Almost Famous. I think what it means is that life is going to throw all kinds of stuff at you, good and bad. But all you can do is get out there and try to stay dry.” ThinkingMenTryingKindMeanLife IsStuffCan DoLinesMy FavoriteAll KindsAll TimeDryGood And BadRainyUmbrellaRainy Day Author:Valerie Thomas
“I think Nature, if she interests herself much about her children, must often feel that, like the miserable Frankenstein, with her experimenting among the elements of humanity, she has brought beings into existence who have no business here; who can do none of her work, and endure none of her favours; whose life is only suffering; and whose action is one long protest against the ill foresight which flung them into consciousness.” IfsThinkingFeelsChildrenLongActionLife IsSufferingHumanityInterestCan DoExistenceConsciousnessElementsEndureIllMiserableProtestFavourForesight Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“I believe that the best way to prepare for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.” WayBelieveWellsKindLife IsI BelieveCan DoWorkOne DayBest WayBe KindOne Day At A TimeFuture LifeLiving One Day At A Time Book:A Message to Garcia Source: A Message to Garcia
“I attacked those Western playwrights who use their influence and affluence to preach to the world the nihilistic doctrine that life is pointless and irrationally destructive, and that there is nothing we can do about it. Until everyone is fed, clothed, housed and taught, until human beings have equal leisure to contemplate the overwhelming fact of mortality, we should not (I argued) indulge in the luxury of "privileged despair."” WorldShouldHumansFactsUseLife IsCan DoHuman BeingsInfluenceTaughtEqualDespairWesternDoctrineLuxuryDestructiveFedsMortalityOverwhelmingLeisureContemplatingPrivilegedIndulgePlaywrightPointlessIndulge InAffluence Author:Kenneth Tynan
“Making an art out of your technological life is the way to solve the problem of technology...Art is anything that you can do well. Anything that you can do with Quality.” WayWellsArtProblemLife IsCan DoQualityCreativityTechnologyArt IsSolveTechnological Author:Robert M. Pirsig
“That's my sole purpose in life is to sit here today and tell you that you can do this, in any life. You can do this in one of your past lives, in a future life, or right now. I prefer now.” TodayPastLife IsPurposeCan DoBuddhismRight NowPurpose Of LifeSoleOur PastYour PastRamaPast LifeFuture Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can go to India and you can see gurus go into samadhi. But when they come out of samadhi, they're nasty. They're egocentric. They don't have a deep regard or understanding of what life is. It's just a little trick they can do, a one-trick pony.” LittlesLife IsUnderstandingCan DoIndiaRegardTricksNastyGuruSamadhiEgocentricPonies Author:Frederick Lenz
“The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.” ImportantLife IsCan DoMistakeFoolImportant ThingsProfitThings In LifeMost Important Things In Life Author:William Bolitho
“What we put into every moment is all we have. You can drug yourself to death or you can smoke yourself to death or eat yourself to death, or you can do everything right and be healthy and then get hit by a car. Life is so great, such a neat thing, and yet all during it we have to face death, which can make you nuts and depressed.” MomentsFacesLife IsCan DoCarHealthyDrugSmokeLife And DeathNutsNeat Book:It's Always Something Source: It's Always Something
“The Christian life is a thank-you from beginning to end as we ponder what God has done. What an absurdity to think that we could ever bargain with God, as if there were anything we could put on the table. Nothing we can do would ever earn his favor. Yet all is ours for free. And the cross reveals his willingness to forgive not just once, but over and over and over again. How can we repay such extravagant, generous love? We cannot and need not, and the heart's only answer is gratitude.” IfsThinkingNeedsHeartEndsDoneChristianLife IsCan DoAnswersGratitudeCrossesTablesForgivingFavorsChristian LifeGenerousWillingnessAbsurdityBargainsPonderingExtravagantGenerous Love Author:Rebecca Pippert
“One of my obsessions in life is that we have the tools to manufacture moments and real things, but it's overwhelming and there's a lot of fear and you think maybe you'll be rejected or embarrassed or somehow hurt emotionally. So we don't do the things we know we can do, but we can make people feel better and make people happier with compliments or just being positive and that sort of thing and sending it their way.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayFeelsRealMomentsLife IsCan DoHurtToolsObsessionComplimentOverwhelmingJust BeingFeel BetterRejectedEmbarrassedReal ThingsBeing PositiveMake People Feel Better Author:Pete Holmes
“Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.” ThinkingWritingI CanHardDonePastLife IsThreeBitsCan DoGoneFiveMaterialsAnxietyJokesPressureCome UpRelaxScreenplaysI Can Do ItParalyzed Author:Steve Martin