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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.

Myth-making is absolutely necessary to create the simplified images that people live off.

Quotes by Norman Davies

Surveys often show people would prefer a detached house with a lawn and driveway to an apartment. I understand this. It's not my place to presume to tell people where they can live. But perhaps that dream will simply not...

Quotes by Norman Foster

To live effectively is to live with adequate information.

Quotes by Norbert Wiener

It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set.

Quotes by Norm Coleman

I don't watch cricket very much, but of course I enjoy whenever I see the sport, especially live, because of the energy in the stadium with the fans going crazy.

Quotes by Nora Fatehi

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.

Quotes by Nolan Gould

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

Quotes by Noam Chomsky

Every child has a right to education as much as to life, and every woman the right to live.

Quotes by Nita Ambani

Never did I think I would live to see the day Jim Crow was resurrected, making repeat appearances in the South. And he has packed his bags, and he has moved North. Something is wrong.

Quotes by Nina Turner

You leave part of yourself on every stage you're on. How could you not live in the air somehow?

Quotes by Nina Arianda

I would hate to live in the country, unless I was living on a farm.

Quotes by Nina Bawden

Even though my grandparents live overseas and are so far away and we talk as much as we can, we don't see each other that often.

Quotes by Nina Dobrev

It's interesting because we live in a country where the obesity is so enormous. And then the reflection on the runways is girls that are so thin. So there's two extremes that are almost like a reflection of themselves, and...

Quotes by Nina Garcia

We live in a world where sort of nothing is shocking anymore.

Quotes by Nikki Reed

Right now I'm in 'Twilight' and I go around to signings and there are people screaming and crying, and it's so surreal. I know that when this is over in a month or two and whenever 'Twilight's no longer relevant,...

Quotes by Nikki Reed

If your album sells, that's cool, more people find out about you, more people get turned on to what we're really about-which is a live rock and roll band.

Quotes by Nikki Sixx

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

Quotes by Nik Wallenda

One thing that was passed on from generation to generation in my family, over seven generations in 200 years, was never give up. That's the way we live.

Quotes by Nik Wallenda

If you live among dogs, keep a stick. After all, this is what a hound has teeth for-to bite when he feels like it!

Quotes by Nikita Khrushchev

We put too much on contemporary dancers. A lot of them cannot change styles; a lot of them can't do anything else other than run around the stage reaching and stretching in anguish to somebody off camera that I never...

Quotes by Nigel Lythgoe

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.