Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Bukowski

You can’t beat death but you can beat death in life, sometimes. and the more often you learn to do it, the more light there will be. your life is your life. know it while you have it.

Rajneesh

If you don't take the lamp of awareness with you, you are going to create a hell around you. Light your lamp wherever you gocourting, not courting, that is not the point. Wherever you go, whatsoever you do, always do it in the inner light, with awareness.

Rajneesh

Find the light and it will show you the path. The path that is shown by your own light is the only path that is right.

Rajneesh

People are imitative and imitation is bound to be unintelligent. They want to do exactly the things which others are doing. That destroys their freshness. Do things in your own style; live your life according to your own light. And even if the same situation arises, be alert to find a new response. It is only a question of a little alertness, and once you have started enjoying... and it is really a great joy to respond to old situations always in a new way, because that newness keeps you young, keeps you conscious, keeps you non-mechanical, keeps you alive.

Rajneesh

Come out of the masses. Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light.

Socrates

Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.

Merce Cunningham

Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.

Michelle Paver

How odd, that light should prevent one from seeing.

Michael Moss

Some of the largest companies are now using brain scans to study how we react neurologically to certain foods, especially to sugar. They've discovered that the brain lights up for sugar the same way it does for cocaine.

Andy Serkis

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.

Andy Rooney

I've learned... that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

Andy Rooney

Most of the people in the world are good and decent if you give them a chance to be ...

Andy Stanley

The value of a life is determined by what we give away.

Andy Stanley

What you fear most will determine whether you merely save for the future or give for the future.

Andy Stanley

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Andy Stanley

...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.

Andy Stanley

Any fear associated with giving to God's kingdom is irrational. It's on par with a farmer who, out of fear of losing his seed, refuses to plant his fields.

Andy Warhol

I used to drink Coke all the time. It was so good. It gives you a lot of energy.

Stephen Roach

The United States has long drawn comfort from the quality differential of its educational system. However, in the Internet Age with its ubiquitous diffusion of knowledge, innovation, and technological change, that may turn out to be an increasingly false sense of security.

Dennis Hastert

The United States has a rich immigrant background and continues to benefit from the arrival of law-abiding citizens of other cultures and nationalities. But in this age of terrorism we cannot be lax when it comes to controlling our borders.

Lisa Shirk

The unique thing about rehab is that we measure everything about patient function. We are literally compared with units all over the country. When you look at patients with a similar diagnosis, same age and similar ailments, our outcomes are very high.

Carol Windley

I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful thing that life had to offer. I think I wrote my very first piece of fiction at the age of 12, but then I didn't write any more for quite a long time.

Shirley Leinwand

I started the tradition of sidewalk sales at the ripe old age of 16,

David Peterson

I started swimming at the age of 8, ... The reason I started swimming was because I had an ankle injury and my parents threw me in the pool for therapy. It just kind of stuck after that.

Rain Phoenix

I started singing at age three - I opened my mouth some time, singing along to the radio, and my parents were like, 'Wow! You have a really great voice!'

Tim Howard

I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches would make deals with me so I'd do it. It's a tough position as a kid.

John Polson

I started as a musician. I play the saxophone, but from the age of 17, I realised that it's very hard to make a living as a jazz musician in Australia. So I went for an audition and got an acting job and, fortunately, I completely fell in love with that.