The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo used for food, other things being equal, is the best measure of the material standard of living of a population.

Say there's a white kid who lives in a nice home, goes to an all-white school, and is pretty much having everything handed to him on a platter - for him to pick up a rap tape is incredible to me, because what that's saying is that he's living a fantasy life of rebellion.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word. Those lessons stay with you throughout your life.