Quotes about Surviving

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant. Votes: 6

Thriving. That's fighting... Surviving is barely getting by. Votes: 6

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving. Votes: 6

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools.. but they must be kept to a minimum. Votes: 6

College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school. Votes: 6

More than most, I know the pain of surviving. Votes: 5

Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving? Votes: 4

If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. Votes: 4

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving. Votes: 4

Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land. Votes: 4

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. Votes: 4

I believe in poetry as a way of surviving the emotional chaos, spiritual confusions, and traumatic events that come with being alive. Votes: 4

Over the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim at best. Votes: 4

I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor and surviving. Votes: 4

You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and knowledge. There must be some purpose in life that is higher than just surviving. Votes: 4

The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm. Votes: 4

God is looking for imperfect men and women who have learned to walk in moment-by-momen t dependence on the Holy Spirit. Christians who have come to terms with their inadequacies, fears, and failures. Believers who have become discontent with 'surviving' and have taken the time to investigate everything God has to offer in this life. Votes: 4

The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents are unable to function effectively in the parenting role show more anxiety and depression, as well as sleep and health problems, than those whose parents have a strong support network and solid inner resources to rely on. Votes: 4

I probably have more female friends than any man I've ever met. What I like about them is that almost always they're generally mentally tougher, and they're better listeners, and they're more capable of surviving things. And most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house all by themselves. Votes: 4

I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised as a human being. You're going to trip over that for a good part of your life. Votes: 4

Surviving, that's my plan. Votes: 3

Surviving is the only glory in war Votes: 3

Surviving is the only glory in war. Votes: 3

Surviving Is the only warWe can afford Votes: 3

Surviving means being born over and over. Votes: 3

Surviving is much more painful than death. Votes: 3

Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind . Votes: 3

Surviving cancer is cool, but surviving old age is cooler. Votes: 3

Surviving and believing in tomorrow is just a habit I can't break. Votes: 3

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Votes: 3

I want to go to my grave a free man. Surviving against giants-that's victory. Votes: 3

Surviving is the strongest memory I have; the sense of having walked on water. Votes: 3

Just remember: Surviving is the best revenge, no matter what the disaster has been. Votes: 3

Surviving a tough situation means staying in the fight and maintaining a warrior's mindset. Votes: 3

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Votes: 3

Surviving - that is the other name of a mourning whose possibility is never to be awaited. Votes: 3

Surviving a stupor of madness,drunk silence 'have we not fingered the foulest wounds and left them unhealed ? Votes: 3

Surviving a stupor of madness,drunk silence 'have we not fingered the foulest wounds and left them unhealed ~? Votes: 3

Surviving is what most of us just do. To live and to be loved, needs courage and be loving, in that order. Votes: 3

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Kids get heavy. Quite literally. They're heavy to lift up when they're throwing tantrums. Votes: 3

Being a musician is to live, not to survive. Surviving is going to work every day and giving up your liberty and your time. When you do music, it's a free life. Votes: 3

Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic. Votes: 3

The cottages are full of life. It's incredible to think they are filled with people who know nothing of computerised technology, nor even running water, sewage systems or electricity. And yet here they live. Surviving. Votes: 3

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mothers loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles. Votes: 3

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles. Votes: 3

The reward for living my life in this manner? An existence like that of a seagull picking up scraps from the back of a fishing boat. Surviving day to day. Nothing left for tomorrow and no idea what tomorrow should be. Votes: 3

At the time Latin America was composed only of colonies. We were up against the biggest army of the colonial world, the Napoleonic army. Haiti was ostracized for almost a century. Surviving in that international context is in itself a feat. Votes: 3

I'm a survivor. But I'm also victim, too. Surviving has the connotation that you've been through it, you lived through it and that's wonderful - but a victim is what I was. "Survivor" is the more healing way to look at it. Votes: 3

I'm not all dolled up. We tried to keep it as real as we could. We're telling you something that happened. It's a part of history. I hope this movie [ 'Surviving Compton'] gives you a little bit of me and of my music and my heart. Votes: 3

I want us all to face our fears and stop behaving like our goal in life is to merely survive. "Surviving" is for wimps and game show contestants stranded in the jungle or on a desert island. You are not stranded. You own the store....You deserve better. Votes: 3

Surviving a loss and letting go is only half of the story. The other half is the secret belief that we will find, in one form or another, what we have lost. And it is that potential, shimmery as a star on a clear night that helps us survives. Votes: 3

I choose not to think of my life as surviving, but coping. Votes: 2

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor. Votes: 2

I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it. Votes: 2

When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult. Votes: 2

Nothing goes further toward a man's liberation than the act of surviving his need for character. Votes: 2

We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. Votes: 2

The death penalty is ineffective as a deterrent, and the appeals process is expensive and cruel to the surviving family members. Votes: 2

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do. Votes: 2

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end. Votes: 2

The Creative Habit' is basically about how you work alone, how you survive as a solitary artist. 'The Collaborative Habit' is obviously about surviving with other people. Votes: 2

If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits. Votes: 2

I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy. Votes: 2

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you. Votes: 2

Thank you, hard taco shells, for surviving the long journey from factory, to supermarket, to my plate and then breaking the moment I put something inside you. Thank you. Votes: 2

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed. Votes: 2

I always believed 'The Fly' to be a classic opera story. It's a tale of love and death, true love surviving in the face of physical decay and ultimate sacrifice. Votes: 2

If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game. Votes: 2

After Nigeria, we are the second biggest black African nation. We are the headquarters of the African Union. We are the only African country that has never been colonized. This is perhaps the last surviving African civilization. Votes: 2

President Obama made the right choice, over one million Americans are still working today. The American auto industry is not just surviving. It is thriving. Where Mitt Romney was willing to turn his back on Akron, Dayton and Toledo, Ohio, the president said, 'I've got your back.' Votes: 2

As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind. Votes: 2

Tarot cards likely originated in northern Italy during the late 14th or early 15th century. The oldest surviving set, known as the Visconti-Sforza deck, was created for the Duke of Milan's family around 1440. The cards were used to play a bridge-like game known as tarocchi, popular at the time among nobles and other leisure lovers. Votes: 2

To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam. Votes: 2

There are two industry secrets to surviving a long day on camera on the red carpet: First, no drinking the night before - ever. You can celebrate after with some bubbly. Second is make sure to use shoe insoles. I don't care if you are a guy or a girl, dress shoes are painful. Worth it, but painful. Votes: 2

I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans. No other animal, by our definition, can be considered intelligent. So intelligence can't be all that important for survival, because there are so many animals that don't have what we call intelligence, and they're surviving just fine. Votes: 2

Don't play his game. Play yours. Votes: 1

Thriving. That's fightingSurviving is barely getting by. Votes: 1

What do your parents know, about surviving? Votes: 1

Positive mind-set is vital for surviving hard-times. Votes: 1

We just did an awesome job of not dying. Votes: 1

Sometimes falling apart is the bravest act of all Votes: 1

When faced with trouble, never give up. You will win. Votes: 1

Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times. Votes: 1

Human spirit needs music. Music nourish the soul to survive life's trauma. Votes: 1

What they did to me does not matter, what matters is I survived the circumstance. Votes: 1

Don't just settle for surviving; Settle to make impacts. Life is deliberate; It's about making a difference! Votes: 1

You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun. Votes: 1

My heart had been crush torn and crumble but I'm still here and I'm not broken I'm still fighting my way out Votes: 1

Is this some sort of test?Everything that doesn't kill you is.Mind you, he added, surviving doesn't always mean you passed. Votes: 1

This is a story about survival.Letting go and learning to let in. Getting along and moving on. The truth about life.The things left unsaid Votes: 1

The gift of life, gives you the greatest opportunity to live and chance to rise above any situation. With hopeful attitude you can overcome any struggle. Votes: 1

The enemy plotted against you and awaited your downfall. Look at you surviving. And your enemies can not figure out how. What you have inside is greater than any negative force. Votes: 1

The best thing you can say to someone going through a tragic loss is not thatIt's going to be alrightIt is:Hold on tight because this is going to hurt like hell. Votes: 1

For many years eagerly thought by your enemy to destroying your life, it's all one second of mastery for you to save your life from his deadly plans, for you to survive. Votes: 1

There's a difference between living and just surviving. Do something you love, and find someone to love who loves that you love what you do.It is really that simple.And that hard. Votes: 1

Things had gone badly at Hell House, although not quite as horribly as the '31 investigation. At least this time there were survivors, if you wanted to call being reduced to catatonia and raving lunacy 'surviving'. Votes: 1

He leans in, resting his weathered hand on the bed. Treat all the bad things like dreams, Kenzie. That way, no matter how scary or dark they get, you just have to survive until you wake up. Votes: 1

The American's literature is all about being hot and sexy, inspiring a girl and going to bed with her. It focuses on being a hero, saving lives and surviving last, but it has nothing to do with dignity, serenity. Votes: 1

Sometimes, falling back on or using an old method or habit, is like sliding into a pair of worn running shoes and a corset. Doesn't make sense to others, but it's not for them. It's what keeps you together, what keeps you going. Votes: 1

Fine, Connor tells him. Think about stuff until your head explodes. But the only thing I want to think about is surviving to eighteen.I find your shallowness both refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Do you think that means I need therapy? Votes: 1

But I also knew that if he turned away from me at this moment, somehow I would survive that, and I would find a way to flourish like the yard that still bloomed and grew around my family home.I'm Sookie Stackhouse. I belong here. Votes: 1

There was so much about our past that I still didn't understand, and I wasn't one to tell the future. I could only tell the way the world worked. History was a tangled thing, people were resilient, and the one constant law of the world was that it would heal. Votes: 1

There was so much about our past that I still didn't understand, and I wasn't one to tell the future. I could only tell the way the world worked. History was a tangled thing, people were resilient, and the one constant law of the world was that it would heal. Votes: 1

I certainly couldn't have survived my childhood without books. All that deprivation and pain--abuse, broken home, a runaway sister, a brother with cancer--the books allowed me to withstand. They sustained me. I read still, prolifically, with great passion, but never like I read in those days: in those days it was life or death. Votes: 1

I'm surviving. I'm a survivor. Votes: 0

Metaphysics keeps surviving its obituaries. Votes: 0

Not actively surviving is passively dying. Votes: 0

There is more to life than surviving. Votes: 0

You are not living, you are surviving. Votes: 0

I have learned the power of surviving. Votes: 0

What do your parents know, about surviving? Votes: 0

Simply surviving in this business is a feat. Votes: 0

A lot of life is just surviving what happens. Votes: 0

Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity. Votes: 0

Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery. Votes: 0

But part of surviving is being able to move on. Votes: 0

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving. Votes: 0

The way of surviving is to find meaning in suffering. Votes: 0

You're not surviving if you're not on social media, period. Votes: 0

Life is but a continual succession of opportunities for surviving. Votes: 0

Dreams have a hard time surviving when confronted with reality. Votes: 0

Grandparenthood is one of life's rewards for surviving your own children. Votes: 0

Children surviving childhood is my obsessive theme and my life's concern, Votes: 0

Only the schools' inefficiency can account for creativity surviving after age 25. Votes: 0

Recognizing the absurdity of life is also a way of surviving. Votes: 0

Humor is the best means of surviving in a difficult world. Votes: 0

The 20th century ended with a single surviving model of human progress. Votes: 0

Conventions, like clichés, have a way of surviving their own usefulness. Votes: 0

We are busy surviving, herding, fixating on what just happened, and being overconfident! Votes: 0

Be happy -- if you're not even happy, what's so good about surviving~? Votes: 0

I dance/for the joy of surviving, at the edge of the road. Votes: 0

A culture is as rich and capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists. Votes: 0

I've never felt like this before, with anyone. It's against the rules of surviving. Votes: 0

Forget about 40 years in show business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie is enough. Votes: 0

No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz. Votes: 0

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get Votes: 0

[...]It is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer reason to survive. Votes: 0

Style is about surviving, about having been through a lot and making it look easy. Votes: 0

I close my eyes and black out the day. The exhaustion of living through it, surviving. Votes: 0

Not taking criticism of your writing personally is an enormous step towards surviving the studio system. Votes: 0

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match. Votes: 0

But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead. Votes: 0

I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system. Votes: 0

It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. Votes: 0

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it. Votes: 0

…kissing George was a little like rolling in caramel after spending years surviving off rice sticks. Votes: 0

Love! the surviving gift of Heaven, The choicest sweet of Paradise, In life's else bitter cup distilled. Votes: 0

Before the Greeks were the Tamils. The Tamils are one of the oldest civilizations thats still surviving. Votes: 0

I need both music and acting to even think about surviving life. I don't have a choice. Votes: 0

You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving. Votes: 0

I first think of intelligence. You need it for surviving in Italy because Italy is so pompous. Votes: 0

Romance, in its earliest surviving form, was called "˜erotika pathemata' by the Greeks - tales of erotic suffering. Votes: 0

Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together. Votes: 0

I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage. I found that just surviving was a noble fight. Votes: 0

The salutory effect of surviving a heart-attack: One felt that nothing mattered beyond kindness, good manners and humour Votes: 0

Somewhere in the midst of smudgy maps, following waters, surviving the storms, & deep, deep digging.. treasure is found. Votes: 0

It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' Votes: 0

I mean, personally, I would have had no problem surviving. Come on, how hard is it to swim? Votes: 0

The surviving intelligent life form on Earth is not going to be carbon-based; it's going to be silicon-based. Votes: 0

The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene Votes: 0

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty. Votes: 0

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain. Votes: 0

I'm sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer. Votes: 0

The venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals. Votes: 0

Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday. Votes: 0

Hominids are all the Neanderthals, australopithecines, Homohabili, Homo erecti, etc., the upright-walking apes of which we arethe only surviving species. Votes: 0

Whatever success we have had in maintaining our culture has been instrumental in Intel's success in surviving strategic inflection points. Votes: 0

I wandered the earth a mercenary, daring the gods to kill me but surviving because part of me was already dead. Votes: 0

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could. Votes: 0

I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media. Votes: 0

I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds. Votes: 0

At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages. Votes: 0

I had been simply treating water, settling on surviving and avoiding pain rather than being actively involved in seeking out life. Votes: 0

The challenge is to develop visions, strategies, design and innovation, not just for surviving but for thriving in this new globalising society. Votes: 0

Is this some sort of test?" "Everything that doesn't kill you is." "Mind you," he added, "surviving doesn't always mean you passed. Votes: 0

Only in a true life or death scenario can you have mental clearness to know that you cannot feel guilty for surviving. Votes: 0

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing. Votes: 0

The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you'd ever left behind riding on your shoulders. Votes: 0

By the end of this century, climate change will reduce the human population to a few breeding pairs surviving near the Arctic. Votes: 0

Scars prove that you're still here. That you can move on. Maybe missing a chunk of yourself, but here, goddamn it, surviving. Votes: 0

Next time, please pay a fair price for the services you depend on. Those have a better chance of surviving the bubbles, Votes: 0

Sometimes the greatest tests of our strength are situations that don't seem so obviously dangerous. Sometimes surviving is the hardest thing of all. Votes: 0

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development. Votes: 0

The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development. Votes: 0

No society ever seems to have succumbed to boredom. Man has developed an obvious capacity for surviving the pompous reiteration of the commonplace. Votes: 0

The writer is the Faust of modern society, the only surviving individualist in a mass age. To his orthodox contemporaries he seems a semi-madman. Votes: 0

I think people now live in an age in which the only thing - they don't think about getting ahead. They think about surviving. Votes: 0

War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is for surviving. Votes: 0

The history of life is a tale of decimation and later stabilization of few surviving anatomies, not a story of steady expansion and progress. Votes: 0

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them. Votes: 0

War is not for winning, Masha, sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. It is for surviving. Votes: 0

I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870. Votes: 0

The myth is a surviving fragment of the psychic life of the infancy of the race whilst the dream is the myth of the individual. Votes: 0

I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world. Votes: 0

God must have put men on the Earth with a surplus of social advantages because it was their only hope of surviving their incapacitating egos." Votes: 0

There's been this steady metamorphosis from just surviving to being a craftsman and, ultimately, the hope is to be an artist in what you do.? Votes: 0

Even if not a single fossil has ever been found, the evidence from surviving animals would still overwhelmingly force the conclusion that Darwin was right. Votes: 0

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images. Votes: 0

What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy. Votes: 0

For me, surviving Compton is surviving the men, because Suge and Dre are from Compton. So in my world, in my mind, I survived their mentality. Votes: 0

We have almost reached the point where praise of rationality is held to mark a man as an old fogey regrettably surviving from a bygone age. Votes: 0

The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice. Votes: 0

I'm quite sure primitive people have no difficulties surviving in a place like this, and think of all the things we have that our rude forefathers lacked. Votes: 0

Certainly survival is important- very important- but at some point surviving wasn't enough. I felt ready to complete my surviving journey and start thriving and just living. Votes: 0

I think if you're doing alcohol and drugs, the chances of you surviving this kind of a pace are next to nothing. I live an extremely healthy life. Votes: 0

The key to competing and surviving against Wal-Mart is to focus your business into a niche or pocket where you can leverage your strengths in the local marketplace. Votes: 0

The Night of the Living Dead' zombies, I think I might have a shot at surviving. If they're the fast ones, I may have well just give up. Votes: 0

Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours. Votes: 0

The Lord's supper is memorative, and so it has the nature and use of a pledge or token of love, left by a dying to a dear surviving friend. Votes: 0

I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a tougher time surviving, and telling their story. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter if they're in front of the camera or behind the camera. I know women who are producers who are surviving on nothing but juice and almonds. Votes: 0

Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to really live - give. Votes: 0

PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs. Votes: 0

The past, for everyone, is full of missed chances, surviving to understand them, if not set them straight, is one of the things that makes the next breath worth taking. Votes: 0

If we observe the performance of only those funds that remain active, we will tend to find that the average performance of the surviving funds exceeds that of the market. Votes: 0

Global warming experts are saying that sea levels could rise 20 feet. Apparently their strategy for surviving this is to stand on top of a pile of government research grant money. Votes: 0

We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything about a plant until we kill it. Votes: 0

People die', she says. 'People tear down houses. But furniture, fine, beautiful furniture, it just goes on and on, surviving everything.' She says, 'Armoires are the cockroaches of our culture. Votes: 0

For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping. Votes: 0

It is the storyteller who makes us what we are, who creates history. The storyteller creates the memory that the survivors must have - otherwise their surviving would have no meaning. Votes: 0

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. Votes: 0

After the success of Buddenbrooks, he married and fathered six children. Yet the surviving diaries tell us of recurrent sexual problems - and of Katia Mann's extremely sympathetic response to them Votes: 0

After surviving the tsunami in Sri Lanka and facing that moment where I was not sure if I would live to see the next, I learned all that matters is now. Votes: 0

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live but because of the determination not to give assorted surviving bastards the satisfaction of his death. Votes: 0

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself. Votes: 0

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance. Votes: 0

So what if they were in Tartarus? So what if they stood a slim chance of surviving? He was so glad that they were together, he had the ridiculous urge to smile. Votes: 0

Gramacho is the last landfill that allows people in. Brazil is the leading nation in recycling due to its poverty. There are people there surviving from what they find in the garbage. Votes: 0

There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people. Votes: 0

So if we can we'll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they'll kill every last one of us. As for me,' said Ender, 'I'm in favor of surviving'. Votes: 0

The vixen I met at twilight on Route 5 south of Willoughby: long dead. She was an omen to me, surviving, herding her cubs in the silvery bend of the road in nineteen sixty-five. Votes: 0

When life was worrying about a car payment or a rent payment and a bill, you're so consumed with that, you really don't have time to know yourself. That's surviving and getting by. Votes: 0

'So if we can we'll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they'll kill every last one of us. As for me,' said Ender, 'I'm in favor of surviving'. Votes: 0

One should not forget that there are very few surviving items from this period, often just single, small bones, a tooth, a sliver of the skull. Categorizing these pieces can be very difficult. Votes: 0

Jewish introspection and Jewish humor is a way of surviving . . . if you're not handsome and you're not athletic and you're not rich, there's still one last hope with girls, which is being funny. Votes: 0

The Onion Field, that one got pretty close to me because I was a cop when it happened. I saw some of the indifference that my police department showed to the surviving officer. Votes: 0

We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic knowledge to bring into being animals that suffer more. Votes: 0

There's something unsettling about the education of a child who comfortably enumerates the rules for surviving zombie apocalypse but finds it uncomfortable to enumerate the rules of his grandparents' faith, if he knows them. Votes: 0

One-newspaper towns are not good because all the surviving newspaper does is print money. They make 25 percent on their money every year, and if they go down to 22 percent, they start laying people off. Votes: 0

The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose. Votes: 0

Hope, how she had grown to hate the word. It was an insideious seed planted inside a person's soul, surviving covertly on little tending, then flowering so spectacularly that none could help but cherish it. Votes: 0

A culture is as rich and as capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists, skilled men of science, a high ethic level, workable government, land and natural resources, in about that order of importance. Votes: 0

He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive. Votes: 0

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive. Votes: 0

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. Votes: 0

The hypothesis of surviving intelligence and personality - not only surviving but anxious and able with difficulty to communicate - is the simplest and most straightforward and the only one that fits all the facts. Votes: 0

Touched by her fingers, the two surviving chocolate people copulate desperately, losing themselves in a melting frenzy of lust, spending the last of their brief borrowed lives in a spasm of raspberry cream and fear. Votes: 0

I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you're okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you're here, you're surviving; this moment is okay. Votes: 0