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Live Quotes

Different ways of living, side by side.

This collection uses "live" as its thread but covers unusually varied ground — from reflections on how long humanity might last, to observations about wealth and poverty coexisting closely in Mexico. For quotes on love and connection, see Love quotes.

Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a...

Quotes by Lee Hall

It's my job to help people so that God can continue to help them live out the mission that they have... they've got to be healthy to do that.

Quotes by Lee Haney

I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to...

Quotes by Lee Child

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

Quotes by Lea Salonga

I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor.

Quotes by Lea Thompson

You decide the things that ultimately you do. You have choices in this world, and that's how I live.

Quotes by Leah LaBelle

If I live to be 90, and I'm planning to, I'll always love performing for a live audience.

Quotes by Lawrence Welk

When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot of friends there. I spent two years teaching there. I had very fond feelings for that part of...

Quotes by Lawrence Wright

The Israelis and the Palestinians don't know each other. They live right there, but they've become strangers. And it makes it much more difficult to make peace with a person you really don't know, and that's an obstacle in itself.

Quotes by Lawrence Wright

'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and...

Quotes by Laz Alonso

I can't prove that God doesn't exist, but I'd much rather live in a universe without one.

Quotes by Lawrence M. Krauss

For many, to live in a universe that may have no purpose, and no creator, is unthinkable.

Quotes by Lawrence M. Krauss

My mother sent me and my sisters to Italy every year for language school, so I spent a lot of my teenage years in Florence and Rome. After university I went to Harvard for a year, dropped out, and then...

Quotes by Lawrence Osborne

Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant.

Quotes by Lawrence Clark Powell

I've been lucky enough to travel widely. When you're based in Europe, it's very easy to go to Madrid or Budapest for the weekend. I also lived in Italy for ten years and now live in Ireland.

Quotes by Laurie Graham

I'm married to an American, and although we live in Europe, I think of myself as an honorary American.

Quotes by Laurie Graham

My earliest memory was watching gymnastics on live TV and wanting to do what the 'big girls' did.

Quotes by Laurie Hernandez

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

I live for watching TV and partying with my book club.

Quotes by Lauren Lapkus

I prefer to live in my own little bubble of my own reality.

Quotes by Lauren Lee Smith

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these "Live" quotes about?
They cover a mix of big and small ideas - from a claim that we live "roughly speaking, in the last generation of human beings," to an observation about wealth and poverty existing side by side in Mexico, to a short, stark line: "Schizophrenia demons live in my head."
Is there a quote about mental health here?
Yes, one short, direct quote states simply, "Schizophrenia demons live in my head." It's a personal statement about living with the condition, without further elaboration.
Is there a quote touching on politics or national security?
Yes, one quote comes from someone speaking as a presidential candidate, pledging to keep America safe, pursue terrorist networks including Osama bin Laden, and reject living in fear as national policy. For more on themes of safety and resolve, see the Like page.
Does this page mention inequality or social conditions?
Yes, one quote observes that in Mexico, wealth and poverty "live next to each other and are cordial with each other," based on the speaker's own experience. Browse the Life page for more reflections on how people experience the world around them.
Is there a big-picture or philosophical quote in this collection?
Yes - one quote puts forward the idea that we live "roughly speaking, in the last generation of human beings," a striking, long-held belief the speaker shares without much further explanation. For a different tone, the Love page offers warmer reflections, or browse Me for more personal ones.

Some entries are personal and difficult, touching on mental health, while others come from public figures discussing national security and counterterrorism policy after 9/11. Related themes continue in Life quotes and Me quotes.