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Living Quotes

On making a life, and making a living.

This set of living quotes includes a sharply critical political opinion, presented here strictly as the quote's own stated view about the administration it describes, alongside a separate observation about how thin the line has become between personal and professional life. Related reflections continue in our Life quotes.

The Iraqi people are living a long-running tragedy because of the legacy of the old regime, the Americans and their actions that are unsuitable for Iraqi society, and the weakness of national resolve.

Quotes by Ahmed Chalabi

Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won't hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!

Quotes by Agnes Smedley

I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.

Quotes by Agnes Smedley

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.

Quotes by Agnes de Mille

Life Quotes

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Agatha Christie

I have a living room full of clothes. It's insane.

Quotes by Afrojack

The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

Quotes by Aeschylus

I'm definitely living my dream.

Quotes by Aerin Lauder

Like Quotes

People always associated me with 'Vogue,' 'Vogue Living,' or 'Elle Decor.'

Quotes by Aerin Lauder

There are certain parts of the home that I think embellishment feels cozy and inviting. Then there are other environments, for example, the living room, where I don't have a ton of items on the table.

Quotes by Aerin Lauder

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when to burn, or even how to theorize. It reminds you... where and when and how you are living and might live, it is a wick...

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

In 2006, I made the decision to go after my dream. I was living in Atlanta and had a promising career in marketing, but I took a leap of faith and decided to move to New York, enroll in graduate...

Quotes by Adrienne C. Moore

I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Love Quotes

I know we live in a materialistic world. I am not living on Cloud Nine; I am not living in Disneyland. I understand all that.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

While shooting for 'Kaatru Veliyidai,' I was living my childhood dream of working with my favourite director. It was surreal and thrilling at the same time.

Quotes by Aditi Rao Hydari

Living in Indy, you have to be a race fan.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.

Quotes by Adam Sandler

I was living in my coach's basement.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

Me Quotes

It's my world, and the rest of us are living in it.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Living" quotes cover?
These quotes use "living" in different ways — describing a troubling political era, blurred lines between personal and professional life, the importance of public opinion behind the law, and education earned through struggle.
Is there a critical quote about a political era?
Yes, one quote is sharply critical of a political era, calling it "the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory," adding that it even "put Richard Nixon to shame." This is presented as the quote's own stated opinion. For more direct, opinionated lines, see the Like quotes page.
Is there a quote about balancing personal and professional life?
Yes, one quote reflects on modern life: "I feel as though we're living in a time where there is very little distinction paid between the personal and the professional." For more on navigating life's balance, see the Life quotes page.
Is there a quote about public opinion and the law?
Yes: "Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion." It's a reminder that laws depend on genuine public support to mean anything. For more thoughtful lines, see the Me quotes page.
Is there a quote about education earned through struggle?
Yes: "The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living." It frames hard-won experience as its own kind of education. For more heartfelt reflections, see the Love quotes page.

Other entries connect living directly to public opinion shaping the law, and to education earned through the struggle of making a living. See also Like quotes and Love quotes.