18 for eternity

"you can never trust what you read"

“Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something.”

– William Goldman [1931-2018]

colloquial

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

– Robert Frost [1874-1963]

RIP

 "My life has been full of terrible misfortune, most of which never happened."

life is tedious

Vladimir:

That passed the time.

Estragon:

It would have passed in any case.

Vladimir:

Yes, but not so rapidly.

Samuel Beckett [1906-1989], Waiting for Godot [1953] which is recognized as the most important English language play of the 20th Century.

you have to live a life first

 

Ricky Gervais: "Why didn't I do this earlier?"

Wife Jane:        "Because [before you were 41] you wouldn't have been any good at it."

 

human beings generally

"When we're born, we cry because we've arrived on the stage of life, like all the other fools."
- William Shakespeare [1564-1616]: King Lear: Act 4, Scene 6

That's Life

That's life (That's life), that's what all the people say
You're riding high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June
I said, that's life (That's life), and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks, stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down
'Cause this fine old world it keeps spinning around

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out, and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race

That's life (That's life), I tell ya, I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby
But my heart just ain't gonna buy it
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out, and I know one thing
Each time I find myself laying flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get back in the race

That's life (That's life), that's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cutting out but my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothing shaking come this here July
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball and die
My, my

on longevity

"You've got to ride the swales."
- Dennis Miller [born 1953]

life expectancy

Some say that the first person to live to 150 has already been born.

Duchess

"The point of life is not just to survive something, but to thrive, be happy."
- Meghan Markle

existential

“He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.”
― Franz Kafka

Power and Food

What the aliens offer are unlimited power/energy and food! What could possibly go wrong?

20/20

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

- Helen Keller

everything ends

- Hans Holbein

stop

"It's important to quit in life until you end up where you want to be."
- Bobcat Goldthwait

Life is

" ... a dream. A frightful dream."
- Commodus, Gladiator

you get what you give

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
- Winston Churchill

on figurative and literal death

"Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened."
- Axiom

revert to basic selves

"Everyone's got a plan until they're punched in the face."
- Axiom