Love & Life Sayings

208 sayings found from the Modern era from 208 authors

I like it that the dead don't talk. If they did, the past would be even more unbearable than it already is.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1997
Life & Death

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

— Helen Keller Unknown
Love & Relationships

I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

— Anne Frank 1944
Life & Death

The militancy of men, through all the centuries, has drenched the world with blood.

— Emmeline Pankhurst 1913
Life & Death

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

— Eleanor Roosevelt 1947
Life & Death

I am not a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

— Ursula K. Le Guin 1987
Nature & World

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

— Alfred Hitchcock 1960s
Life & Death

The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

— C.S. Lewis 1942
Life & Death

I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.

— Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) 1959
Nature & World

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

— Stanley Kubrick Unknown, but often attributed
Life & Death

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

— Charlie Chaplin Unknown
Life & Death

I'm a good girl, but I'm not an angel. I do sin, but I'm not the devil. I'm just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.

— Marilyn Monroe Unknown
Love & Relationships

I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

— Audrey Hepburn Unknown
Love & Relationships

I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of dying.

— Marlon Brando 1970s-1980s
Life & Death

I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.

— Agatha Christie 1950s
Life & Death

I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

— Arthur Conan Doyle 1921
Nature & World

Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.

— Alexandre Dumas 1844
Life & Death

I'm not a devil. I'm a man who's trying to make sense of the world.

— Lenny Bruce 1960s
Life & Death

I put my thumb up and I could hide the whole Earth behind my thumb. I felt like a little tiny speck in this vast universe.

— Neil Armstrong 1970s
Nature & World

When they asked me to write down a farewell letter to my wife, I was a bit surprised. I thought, 'What's the hurry?'

— Yuri Gagarin 1961
Love & Relationships
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