#life

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#attention #command #common #common things #common way

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me. ↗

— George Washington Carver

#bird #color #every #flower #got

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#because #celebrity #character #dream #dream life

Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower! ↗

— Jim Carrey

#eat #eggs #green #ham #i

At a certain point in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks at our door is, more likely than not, a messenger bearing bad news. This isn’t always the case, but from experience I’d say the gloomy reports far outnumber the others. The messenger touches his hand to his cap and looks apologetic, but that does nothing to improve the contents of the message. It isn’t the messenger’s fault. No good to blame him, no good to grab him by the collar and shake him. The messenger is just conscientiously doing the job his boss assigned him. And this boss? That would be none other than our old friend Reality. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#experience

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#go #i #life #my life #truman

It took me less than half a lifetime to realize that regret is one of the few guaranteed certainties. Sooner or later everything is touched by it, despite our naive and senseless hope that just this time we will be spared its cold hand on our heart. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#cold #despite #everything #few #guaranteed

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#life #others #really #secrets #worth

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#leftover #life #marriage #spam #spice

If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#dead #elvis #fair #impersonators #life