The best Quotes by Robert Byrne

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least.

There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Anybody who believes that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach flunked geography.

Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.'

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.

It's every citizen's duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they're not.

The right to work is a slogan which should be accepted by every democracy.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.

Democracy is complicated. It enables openness, it values debates, free thoughts and arguments. That's why it's vulnerable - from the inside and outside.

Democracy has the power to quickly spread. But its erosion can happen just as fast. Democracy is freedom. We need to stand up for it.

Democracy is based upon empathy and the recognition that some decisions are solely for the community's benefit without regard to one's own narrow self-interest.

Human beings do want peace, stability and harmony and that comes through democracy.

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That's guaranteed.

Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder.

Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

Love the life you live.
Live the life you love.

Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss

If you can't find something to live for, you best find something to die for.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

It's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

I love life. Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like... it makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness.

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Not everything has to make sense. It's totally fine when it's fun.

Dr. Strange: "That doesn’t make any sense."
The Ancient One: "Not everything does. Not everything has to. "

You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

I believe that whatever we do or live for has its causality; it is good, however, that we cannot see through to it.

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. We're all going to die. Come watch TV?

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

We're all looking for meaning, even after we've found it.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.

I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.

When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.

I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.

I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.