Living Quotes

My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.

Inflation is not a Robin Hood, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Rather, it deals most cruelly with those who can least protect themselves. It strikes hardest those millions of our citizens whose incomes do not quickly rise with the cost of living. When prices soar, the pensioner and the widow see their security undermined, the man of thrift sees his savings melt away; the white collar worker, the minister, and the teacher see their standards of living dragged down.

Almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.

O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou hast to abandon a life of stillness and to obey the law which God and time gave to procreative nature.

It vexes me greatly that having to earn my living has forced me to interrupt the work and to attend to small matters.

Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living-a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

Without question the Fair Labor Standards Act starts us toward a better standard of living and increases purchasing power to buy the products of farm and factory.

We do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him and his a proper security, a reasonable leisure, and a decent living throughout life, is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever!

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.

My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.

Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!

I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

I'm living on things that excite me, be they pastry, or lobster, or love.

The beautiful people in the magazines, got the normal ones living beyond their means.

I don't want to die but I ain't keen on living either.