Even when I was living below the poverty line as a novelist, I was still living better than 99.5% of the human population of the world. But in my little, soft realm of trying to amuse a few dozen middle-class people with my books and articles, I did struggle to survive in my own way. Jonathan Ames
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. Robertson Davies
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. Robertson Davies
Human survival is something that you can't see in another person; you can see if someone has that will to survive or that will to win; you can't see that, you can only watch that evolve over time. Dhani Jones
I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.Stephen Hawking
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch. Ty Cobb
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.Lord Chesterfield
I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true. Michael Connelly
I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer. Nelson DeMille
If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it. Norman Cousins
If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive. Emanuel Steward
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis. Billie Jean King
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.Tom Brady
No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to. Frank Zappa
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde