Quotes about life
life children believe
Believing everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she keeps. Paulo Coelho
life heavy traffic
Swearing when in heavy traffic.
life car armor
Using your car as a weapon and impenetrable armor.
life believe intelligent
Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing.
life three eating
Eating three times a day even if you're not hungry.
life party thinking
Going to a charity tea party and thinking that you've done your bit toward putting an end to social inequity in the world.
life world assuming
Assuming, as you grow older, that you're the guardian of the world's wisdom, even if you haven't necessarily lived enough to know what's right and wrong.
life winter snow
In the southern hemisphere, covering the Christmas tree with fake snow even though winter has nothing to do with the birth of Christ.
life spring winter
In the northern hemisphere, always dressing according to the season: bare arms in spring (however cold it is) and woolen jacket in winter (however hot it is).
life laughing matter
Never laughing too loudly in a restaurant no matter how good the joke.
life doors matter
Standing facing the door in an elevator and pretending you're the only person there, no matter how crowded it is.
life eye trying
Never looking anyone in the eye when you're traveling on public transport, in case it's interpreted as a sign that you're trying to get off with them.
life mean ordinary
Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.
life caring investing
Investing a lot of time and money in external beauty and caring little about internal beauty.
life believe people
Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.
life fashion trends
Following fashion trends, however ridiculous or uncomfortable.
life sacrifice easy
Despising anything that was easy to achieve because if no sacrifice was involved, it obviously isn't worth having.
life art believe
Believing that art is either worth a fortune or worth nothing at all.
life sorry feelings
Keeping a smile on your lips even when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.
life want asking
Never asking a direct question, even though the other person can guess what it is you want to know.
life names ties
Wearing a scrap of colored cloth around your neck, even though it serves no useful purpose, but which answers to the name of "tie."
life believe print
Believing absolutely everything that appears in print.
life morning wake-up
Waking up each morning to a hysterical alarm clock on the bedside table.
life children long
Getting married, having children, and staying together long after all love has died, saying that it's for the good of the children (who are, apparently, deaf to the constant rows).
life believe parent
Believing that your parents are always right.
life talking nasty
Never talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbors.
life real clothes
Comparing objects like cars, houses, clothes, and defining life according to those comparisons, instead of trying to discover the real reason for being alive.
life fun ambition
Making fun of anyone who seeks happiness rather than money and accusing them of "lacking ambition."
life believe important
Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.
life years boredom
Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.
life years giving
Working from nine till five every day at something that gives you no pleasure just so that, after thirty years, you can retire.
life years study
Spending years studying at university only to find out at the end of it all that you're unemployable.
life war conventions
Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).