I feel like my whole life, I’ve had to prove myself to so many people because I’m young and because I’m a female; it’s just constant. I’m always surprising people. – Alessia Cara
There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world. – Alice Morse Earle
Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the lam. These homecomings typically involved prearranged surrenders to the FBI, in the hopes of earning lenient sentences. – Brendan I. Koerner
I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today. – Christy Turlington
I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that. – Christian Bale
I was utterly without worldly ambition because I knew that all that was needed for a rich, full life was a few shillings a week with which to buy SF magazines and beer. – Bob Shaw
I tend to approach characters not based on ethnicity but on some unique individual qualities, and I’ve set my whole life that way. I don’t want any sort of limitations imposed on my work. If you truly want to be a creative person, you can’t limit yourself. – Billy Dee Williams
I could not spend the rest of my life sitting in Brazil writing down who called whom uncle and aunt. – Alan Furst
When you’re going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known. – Bryan Burrough
You can’t be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you’re gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation. – Bruce Springsteen
In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old. – Alfred Marshall
I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has given their life to Christ. We read about Mother Teresa and what a wonderful example she was. – Bill McCartney
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. – B. R. Ambedkar
I think to be afraid is very important. It’s to save your life, too. And over the years, each of us, and all my colleagues, we developed certain antennas. I can’t really say why I don’t want to go right or left. It’s a feeling, and I trust mostly my feelings. – Anja Niedringhaus
Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and how you live your life – online and off. Search engine companies offer a benefit in return: more relevant search results. The more they know about you, the better they can tailor information to your needs. – Barton Gellman
I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint. – Alonzo Mourning
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. – Arnold Schwarzenegger
You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions. – Bryant H. McGill
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. – Ben Hogan
Welsh is my mother tongue, and my children speak it. If you come and live in this community you’ll work out pretty quickly that it’s beneficial to learn the language, because if you’re going to the pub or a cafe you need to be a part of the local life. – Bryn Terfel
I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams. – Charles Spurgeon