quotes about Living On

“I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fail and succeed.....It is my right to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations, and to face the world boldly and say, THIS I HAVE DONE.”

“It seems like the millennial generation is a little bit of a cultural punching bag.”

“What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!”

“Demon. Gremlin. Poltergeist. Ghost. Phantom. Spirit. Shadow. Ghoul. Devil. People are afraid of them, so they relegate their existence to stories, volumes of books that can be closed and put on the shelf or left behind at a bed and breakfast; they clench their eyes shut, so they will see no evil. But trust me when I tell you that the zebra is real. Somewhere, the zebra is dancing.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

“Some people are born with the first word of a language resting on their tongue though it may take some time before they can taste it.”

“If men had to bear babies, there'd never be more than one child in a family.”

Source : Clare Boothe Luce (1966). “The Women”, p.6, Dramatists Play Service Inc

“When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no reason for it, only risks remain.”

“College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.”

“It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.”

“What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.”