#life

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional."

"We didn't start the fireIt was always burningSince the world's been turningWe didn't start the fireNo we didn't light itBut we tried to fight it"

"Pain vs. Pleasure {Couplet} Pain and pleasure are nearly identical,the difference lies in their temporal perception.Pleasure feels fleeting, pain feels unending;both jolt us at the nerve's first inception."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"But how could you live and have no story to tell?"

"Inside of all of us there is the need and the desire to be heard, to have our innermost thoughts, feelings and desires expressed for others to hear, to see and to understand. We all want to matter to someone, to leave a mark. Writers just take those thoughts, feelings and desires and express them in such a way that the reader not only reads them but feels them as well."

"Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day."

"War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life."

"Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them."

"I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble."

"Stop searching the world for treasure, the real treasure is in yourself."

"Wherever there’s a gathering of people, there is networking going on. My favorite place to network is the cemetery."

"If her enemies were Brigan's friends and her friends were Brigan's enemies, then the two of them could walk through the world arm in arm and never be hit by arrows again."

"I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to 'Read my hips!' on 'Dancing With the Stars' or was happy to play along with Jason Alexander and Jerry Seinfeld in the great restaurant scene on 'Seinfeld.'"

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."(George Santayana)I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive."

"Life itself is simple...it's just not easy."

"He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave."

"Silence is argument carried out by other means."

"IT’s All In The Game Of Mind."

"Does our purpose on Earth directly link to the people whom we end up meeting? Are our relationships and experiences actually the required dots that connect and then lead us to our ultimate destinies?"