#livin

The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#consistently #creature #day #earth #ever

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#believe #best #come #enough #foolish

... he preferred being stimulated to being bored. ↗

— Ruth Harris

#decades #life-and-living #life

It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler. ↗

— Christine Keeler

#christine #living #me #misery

Live to the point of tears. ↗

— Albert Camus

#living #life

I am sick of living out of a suitcase. ↗

— Jason Clarke

#i #i am #living #out #sick

I don't direct movies for a living. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #living #movies

True joy cannot be bought with money or found in lavish things. It's a feeling deep within the heart. ↗

— Marie Cornelio

#joyful-living #joyfulness #money

Years ago there was an old man I knew that told me he didn't trust me, because people with beards were hiding from something. I told him, "That's true, I'm hiding from the barber!! ↗

— Neil Leckman

#life-and-living #life

The songs of Bizet are by a French peer of Rossini. When Rossini stopped composing, he was living in Paris. He also wrote some beautiful songs in French. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#beautiful #composing #french #living #paris