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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.

I know it sounds crazy, but as soon as Christians start telling non-Christians how to live their lives, we've lost the Christian faith.

Quotes by Erwin McManus

Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible.

Quotes by Ernest Mandel

We can't just live as rentiers off the oil fund.

Quotes by Erna Solberg

When you are a country that is economically well-off - we are not leaving people to live on the street without help - then you have to be strict on immigration because you become the most attractive country to go...

Quotes by Erna Solberg

Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I figure out what the story is... My process is a bit messier.

Quotes by Erin Morgenstern

I'd love to do a live album, like a little bit old school but still progressive, influenced maybe by more electronic music. I like everything, but I don't know anything about music. So it comes in to a lot of...

Quotes by Erik Hassle

I don't know if I want to live in a country where lone wolf and random terror attacks are impossible 'cause that country would look more like North Korea than America.

Quotes by Erik Prince

I identify with Wyoming, I love the state of Wyoming, I love the people. It's a fantastic state - people that live in rugged conditions and who make their living doing things in the outdoors.

Quotes by Erik Prince

I live in Loudoun County, and the counties surrounding Washington, D.C., have the highest per-capita income in the country. Not because they create wealth, but because they suck wealth from the rest of the country, and that system needs to...

Quotes by Erik Prince

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

Quotes by Erica Jong

We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.

Quotes by Erich Fromm

We want to live at any price; so we cannot burden ourselves with feelings which, though they might be ornamental enough in peace-time, would be out of place here.

Quotes by Erich Maria Remarque

The only thing that can save us as a species is seeing how we're not thinking about future generations in the way we live.

Quotes by Erik Erikson

Our rights to live and to love each other, those rights are greater than any other right in the Constitution, period.

Quotes by Eric Swalwell

I've seen that most of us want the same things: to be safe where we live, secure in our finances, and free in our lives.

Quotes by Eric Swalwell

To have a live choir there on the stage and then these singers from different countries signing with us in real time through Skype, it's as if there aren't borders anymore.

Quotes by Eric Whitacre

Ultimately it doesn't matter whether you go forwards or backwards: you need to live your life as well as you can.

Quotes by Eric Roth

You have to dream dreams to live dreams.

Quotes by Eric Lindros

We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.

Quotes by Eric Liu

You want to defend citizenship? Don't persecute or isolate those without papers. Just live like a citizen. That'd be a first-class way to be American.

Quotes by Eric Liu

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.