To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and…

Quote by Edna Ferber

Topics: Inspiration Quotes, Life Quotes

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential...

A stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so admirable in its potential...

It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die...

It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die...

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it...

Any garment which is cut to fit you is much more becoming, even if it...

A closed mind is a dying mind.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is...

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is...

When the minds have learn't to mingle, when no thought is wholly one's own, and...

When the minds have learn't to mingle, when no thought is wholly one's own, and...

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it...

A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it...

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life...

Life can't ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life...

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong...

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong...

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you...

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you...

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...

A closed mind is a dying mind

A closed mind is a dying mind

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...