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What is life? What is the meaning of life?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 5, 2008
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Here are some of my favorite quotes on this ultimate topic of the meaning of life. I pulled many of these quotes from my favorite quote site: The Quotations Page, where you can find hundreds more quotes on the meaning of life” and thousands of quotes on numerous other topics.

Is there life before death?
Graffito, in Belfast

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)

Life is a long lesson in humility.
James M. Barrie (1860 – 1937)

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.
R. D. Laing

Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 – )
– More quotations on: [Life] [Sleep]

Life is just one damned thing after another.
Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)

It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950)

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950)

If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Tallulah Bankhead (1903 – 1968)

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.
Brendan Gill

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Walter Bagehot (1826 – 1877)

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Why we do the things we do.

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:February 5, 2008
Post category:Humor Meaning of Life Psychology Cognition Quotes
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Does anyone really know the answer? Ever? That's the point of this excerpt from a short essay by novelist Harlan Ellison: . . . [My] fourth marriage just sort of happened: It seemed like a good idea at the time. In fact—and this is the core of all my wisdom about…

Quote of the day

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 25, 2008
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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams (1952…

How many more bars of soap will I buy before I die?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 21, 2008
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Today, I find myself wondering how many more bars of soap I will buy before I die. How many more bars of soap will I buy ever? What brought this on? I recently went to Costco. I needed soap and Costco sells big packs of soap at a good price. …

Won’t and Can’t

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:January 6, 2008
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Yesterday, I saw the following quote on a t-shirt in a little souvineer shop in Hannibal, Missouri: A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. This quote uses a formula that could work for many other verbs, too. Instead of "read," you can substitute "think,"…

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