Life and Death

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality by living forever.

Woody Allen, in Life and Death

Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Tom Lehrer, (from the album An Evening Wasted), in Life and Death

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon, in Life and Death

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

Giacomo Leopardi, in Life and Death

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln, in Life and Death

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

Vincent T. Lombardi, in Life and Death

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. Here's to the brave!

Timothy Luce, in Life and Death

Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.

Nicolas Martin, in Life and Death and Science and Religion

While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

Ed Howe, in Life and Death

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Victor Hugo, in Life and Death

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten.

Doug Larson, in Life and Death

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.

Doug Larson, in Life and Death

Life is ours to be spent, not saved.

D. H. Lawrence, in Happiness and Misery and Life and Death

What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?

Ursula K. LeGuin, in Life and Death