Life quotes

“Life is just a journey.” Princess Diana

“So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.” Princess Diana

“The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.” Richard Dawkins

“The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.” Richard Dawkins

“The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me.” Richard Dawkins

“Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.” Richard Dawkins

“I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.” Richard Dawkins

“Evolution never looks to the future.” Richard Dawkins

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.” James Dean

“An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.” James Dean

“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.” James Dean

“But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar.” Ellen DeGeneres

“Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for women. It's not a nurturing place. It's not like a lot of women are going to say, I can't wait to live that lifestyle and be in a writer's room until 2 or 3 a.m.” Ellen DeGeneres

“I do have ADD and in real life, I'm all over the place and can hardly focus. If we were talking for, for more than an hour or so, I'd start drifting off... I can't sit still too long.” Ellen DeGeneres

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.” Bertrand Russell

“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.” Bertrand Russell

“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.” Bertrand Russell

“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” Bertrand Russell

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” Bertrand Russell

“A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.” Bertrand Russell

“Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.” Bertrand Russell

“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.” Bertrand Russell

“It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.” Bertrand Russell

“There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.” Bertrand Russell

“Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.” Bertrand Russell

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.” Bill Cosby

“I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.” Ingrid Bergman

“I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.” Ingrid Bergman

“I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.” Ingrid Bergman