The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Arthur Miller
The combination of landing the biggest interview of my career and having a drill in my back reminds me that God only gives us what we can handle and that it helps to have a good sense of humor when we run smack into the absurdity of life. Robin Roberts
The Congo was the most difficult shoot of my life but was also maybe the greatest adventure of my life. Anthony Bourdain
The danger for a comedian on Twitter is the same danger that any civilian faces: sometimes you gotta put that phone down and go live your life. When you're on Twitter, you're not living, and if you're not living, you're not taking in stimuli with which you can create new material. Rob Delaney
The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.Albert Einstein
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.Confucius
The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers. Joan Didion
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem. Michael Chabon
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell
The God-given ability that you're given to use, it speaks as much about who and what I was and was around, and the crowd of people that I chose to live my life with, as it does about me. Curt Schilling
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other. Ernest Hemingway
The hardest thing I had to overcome in life? I think racism. That's so difficult because I don't think anyone can ever understand it. It's not that people don't want to understand it, but they don't want to touch it. Herschel Walker
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.Rabindranath Tagore