eminem quotes about life

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. ~Max Eastman, Enjoyment of Laughter



The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ~Lewis Mumford, in Anne Chisholm, Philosophers of the Earth: Conversations with Ecologists, 1972



Skipping isn't for everyone. Getting out of our comfort zones for a momentary skipping escape takes guts. It is much more difficult than many realize. Our ego likes to feel in control and is afraid of what others will think.... When we can learn to simply observe our ego's fear and then choose to skip on despite it, we develop the spiritual strength necessary for inner peace. ~Kim Corbin, founder of iskip.com



You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for ones self-respect to be a punching bag. ~Edward Koch



It is the fancy of every mortal that being cradled in the arms of mortality is a safe place for the time being. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ~Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, 1951



Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~Malachy McCourt



Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb



Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes



Do whatever you can to capture, or recapture, your life spark - unless it harms others, in which case suffer with as much happiness as you can muster. Your nobility of spirit will spark itself. ~Corri Alius



I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity. ~Bill Veeck



Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. ~Ephesians 4:26-27



I believe in God, but I'm not too clear on the other details. ~Bill Veeck



The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity than a friend is a creditor. ~Author Unknown



Every second is of infinite value. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. ~Joe Louis



Crossing over the boundaries we've been taught to live within is a tough business. But I'm getting the idea they're not so formidable. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com



America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true. ~James T. Farrell



Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find. ~Seneca



A baby-sitter is a teenager who gets two dollars an hour to eat five dollars' worth of your food. ~Henny Youngman