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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.

When I wrote songs like 'Everyone I Love is Dead,' I never thought about how I was going to execute them live.

Quotes by Peter Steele

It's a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems.

Quotes by Peter Riegert

A movie is a filmed rehearsal in a way. The audience doesn't know that because you're taking out the things that don't work. There's no comparison to the theater because it's live. But making a movie is just as challenging...

Quotes by Peter Riegert

The middle class today would be poor by the standards of the 1950s. Today, with two people working, they would still live paycheck to paycheck.

Quotes by Peter Schiff

I actually speak fluent German. And I live in Vienna, and I'm married to a Viennese woman.

Quotes by Peter Morgan

I don't understand and don't enjoy sci-fi, and it's just that if people aren't real, and they don't live in a real and recognizable society, I don't understand what to do.

Quotes by Peter Morgan

I'm not a huge kind of visual director. For me, it's all about the acting. There's no greater buzz than working with actors and seeing what they can do and how much they can improve on what you'd written. That...

Quotes by Peter Mullan

My father's house was on East 55th Street on 1st and 2nd Avenues. I'm fifth-generation Marino in the East 50s - I live on 57th Street. I can't be more East 50s.

Quotes by Peter Marino

Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.

Quotes by Peter Marshall

We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace.

Quotes by Peter Maurer

My father was an air conditioning engineer and we lived in a three-bedroom terraced house in Langley before moving to a four-bedroom house in Maidenhead, where my parents still live.

Quotes by Peter Jones

We live in a country where people still get beaten to death because of their sexual orientation.

Quotes by Peter Krause

Edinburgh is my adopted home. It's a place where I wanted to come and live, and I managed to arrange my life so it happened.

Quotes by Peter Higgs

The world's poor have discovered that the E.U. (that's the country we live in, no point pretending there's anywhere called Britain any more) has absolutely no clue how to stop determined immigrants.

Quotes by Peter Hitchens

The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

Quotes by Peter Hammill

Of course it would disgust me to tell anyone how to live.

Quotes by Peter Handke

People should buy a house to live in, not as an investment. Property has become such a national obsession - it was the primary subject at dinner parties and how many television shows were dedicated to the market. It's not...

Quotes by Peter Hargreaves

Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for him to live it.

Quotes by Peter Hedges

If I'm going through life broke, I might as well live in the company of cheerful idiots like actors.

Quotes by Peter Finch

If there's ever a live record that deserved to be mixed in surround sound, it's 'Frampton Comes Alive.'

Quotes by Peter Frampton

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.