Life quotes

“There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.”
Robert De Niro

“Look, I really don't want to wax philosophical, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts...” (continue) (continue reading)
Mel Brooks

“I do know that I'm responsible not for what happens, but for what I make of it.”
Sir Sidney Poitier

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”
Danny Kaye

“A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.”
Rodolfo Valentino

“Life is nothing but a series of conflicts, in a way, surmounting one and coming to another.”
Diane Keaton

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Jack Lemmon

“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

“It's good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don't think I can handle being here all the time, it's pretty nutty.”
Johnny Depp

“We're here for such a short period of time. Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.”
Jeff Bridges

“They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.”
Myrna Loy

“We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.”
Yul Brynner

“A movie about life that doesn't confront us with drastic imagery, doesn't represent life.”
Tom Tykwer

“Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well.”
Brandon Lee

“Life don't make sense. It's not fair. It doesn't follow logic or obey orders.”
Christopher Walken - Charlie Barret

“There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.”
Richard Harris

“Maybe I would have liked a more normal life. Maybe I just don’t know how. Or maybe this is where I feel most comfortable.”
Rosamund Pike - Marie Colvin

“- Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris: Life is what we want it to be.
- Marina Mari: Words! Life is filthy and brutal.”
Marcello Pagliero - Giorgio Manfredi aka Luigi Ferraris
Maria Michi - Marina Mari

“Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.”
Michael Jackson

“The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.”
Michael Jackson

“The rules of improvisation apply beautifully to life. Never say no - you have to be interested to be interesting, and your job is to support your partners.”
Scott Adsit

Did you ever wish you could sometimes freeze frame a moment in your day, look at it and say "this is not my life"?
Robin Williams - Daniel Hillard

“Sometimes, the thing you've been looking for your whole life is right there beside you all along.”
Chris Pratt - Peter Quill

“You have a new backpack. Only this time, I want you to fill it with people. Feel the weight of that bag. Make no mistake - your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. All those negotiations and arguments, and secrets and compromises. You don't need to carry all that weight. Do you feel the straps cutting into your shoulders?...” (continue) (continue reading)

George Clooney - Ryan Bingham

“Martyrs are fools who die because they want to. My son wants to live!”
Lucile Watson - Mme. Maret