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- Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
- Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York TImes, Apr. 29, 1930
- Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
- James Thurber (1894 - 1961), My Life and Hard Times (1933)
- A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
- A lifetime is more than sufficiently long for people to get what there is of it wrong.
- Piet Hein (1905 - ), "Grooks"
- A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
- Donald Trump (1946 - )
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Letter to Mrs Foote, Dec. 2, 1887
- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
- If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
- Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 1968)
- Is there life before death?
- Graffito, in Belfast
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