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The swift years slip and slide adown the steep; The slow years pass; neither will come again.
You're only human. You live once and life is wonderful, so eat the damned red velvet cupcake.
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
When the human being sings he lends expression to the great wise ways in which the world was made.
Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.
Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.
That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.
All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?
There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.
I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.
The problem with putting off things you've always wanted to do is that eventually you run out of always.
It's just as sure a recipe for failure to have the right idea fifty years too soon as five years too late.
What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second.
When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
Remember there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools.
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.
If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically.
The artist has a special task and duty... reminding people of their humanity and the promise of their creativity.
Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet.
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
Carpe Jugulum," read Agnes aloud. "That's... well, Carpe Diem is 'Sieze the Day,' so this means-" "Go for the throat
We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.
Survival is not possible if the best of us lack all conviction, while the worst of us are full of passionate intensity.
Most people die at the last minute; others twenty years beforehand, some even earlier. They are the wretched of the earth.
Yes, I know. Death sits with his key in my lock. Not one day is taken for granted. Even nursery rhymes have put me in hock.
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.
Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin the less likely you are to find it at all.
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
Seize the day. Because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.
Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings a more coherent meaning to our world.
The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.
There is one thing we can do, and the happiest of people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present.
I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy.
'World On Fire' isn't necessarily a profound statement about where we are as a planet. It's about living life to the fullest... carpe diem.
Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.
Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.
We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero'Snatch at today and trust as little as you can in tomorrow' - (Odes) Often translated as 'Seize the day'.
To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.