Life Quotes

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Jane Pauley
- Life
When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.

Ian Mckellen
- Real
- Yourself
- Emotions

I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.

Garry Wills
- Life
- Time
- Respect
When something's wrong, even though you're the one doing it, you shouldn't feel defensive about it. It's hard because you have to protect yourself as a person in your life, but you can't protect yourself as an actor. You have to just take criticism.

Jess Weixler
- Life
- Criticism
They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.

Adam Garcia
- True
- Sleep
- My Life
That's what all art's about - a sense of moving away from boundaries that you can't in real life. Like a dancer is always trying to fly, really - to do something that's just not possible. But you try to do as much as you can within those physical boundaries.

Kate Bush
- Real
- Trying
- Art
The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.

Karen Salmansohn
- Life
- Best
- Waiting
Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any other American; and is opposed to anything that aids in the exclusion; the face may be Africa, but the heart has the beat of Wall Street.

Chester Himes
- Heart
- May
- American