Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they’re still alive today. – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Imagine if Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein were all alive 10, 20, 30 years before we know them to be alive; it would have advanced the world that much sooner. – Marc Guggenheim
One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive. – Friedrich Nietzsche
I certainly couldn’t have written ‘Angela’s Ashes’ when my mother was alive, because she would have been ashamed. – Frank McCourt
So here we are, just two months away from the election, with more and more examples that modern day Jim Crowe laws are alive and well in the state of Florida. – Corrine Brown
I’m drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive. – Mary Roach
As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there’s no use. – Dalai Lama
What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be something. How odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people. – Douglas Coupland
I think if we didn’t contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. – Paul Auster
If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us. – David Suzuki
In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time. – David Hackworth
A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works. – David Rockefeller
Horror films are the ones that pay the bills, and historically, they have shown that they are good investments. They helped Universal survive with that initial splash of horror films in the 1930s and ’40s. And horror films kept New Line alive with the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ series. – Christopher Young
All writers write about the past, and I try to make it come alive so you can see what happened. – Ernest Gaines
I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive. – Donna Tartt
Look realistically at espionage thrillers again. They’re not only alive, readers are excited about them. – Gayle Lynds
Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself. – Mireille Guiliano