Life Quotes

The big one. What it means, how to live it, and why it's worth the effort.

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"Becoming an adult is mainly just an accumulation of mistakes."
Lily Tomlin
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"Life is a sexy little dance, and you better dance it well or you'll fall on your ass."
Lily Tomlin
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"You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."
Lily Tomlin
"Life is like a river - you have to learn to navigate the currents."
Johnny Carson
"Life is short. Make it sweet."
Phyllis Diller
"I tried to be good about housework, then I decided life was too short."
Phyllis Diller
"I learned that life is full of surprises, like your husband."
Phyllis Diller
"Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind."
Don Rickles
"You've got to have style. It helps you get down the stairs of life with a little more grace, a little more joy."
Don Rickles
"Life's too short to be anything but honest. Especially with yourself."
Don Rickles
"Life's a tough business. Toughen up or get out of the way."
Don Rickles
"Life's not fair. That's what makes it interesting."
Don Rickles
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"People ask me the secret to a long life. I tell them: bad luck."
Rodney Dangerfield
"The most important thing is that you feel alive and present in your life."
Goldie Hawn
"Life is too short to take seriously all the time."
Goldie Hawn
"The journey is more important than the destination."
Goldie Hawn
"Life rewards the curious and the bold."
Goldie Hawn
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"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end."
Gilda Radner
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"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."
Gilda Radner
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"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."
Gilda Radner
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"Life is a journey, not a destination."
Gilda Radner
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"Life is like a bowl of cherries - you have to spit out the pits."
Carol Burnett
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"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat."
Lily Tomlin
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"No wonder we're all so crazy. Normal is in the minority."
Lily Tomlin
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"I feel like my life is a series of movies. I don't have a life, I have movies."
Lily Tomlin
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"The magic happens in the space between what we plan and what actually occurs."
Lily Tomlin
"Life's too short to be boring, so I decided to be a pain instead."
Don Rickles
"Life is like a dogsled team. If you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes."
Phyllis Diller
"My life has been a series of mistakes, and I wouldn't change a single one."
Phyllis Diller
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"I've learned that life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."
Mort Sahl