Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

More information about this quote

Topic

Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Allen Saunders about being present: “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Download
A quote by Allen Saunders about being present: “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Download
A quote by Allen Saunders about being present: “Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1950s

I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I've never done before.

Eliza Doolittle

I Could Have Danced All Night

Listen to I Could Have Danced all Night Listen to I Could Have Danced all Night
More information about this quote
Topic
Being in love
Speaker
Eliza Doolittle
Source
I Could Have Danced All Night My Fair Lady
Medium
Song Musical
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lerner, Alan Jay. "I Could Have Danced All Night." My Fair Lady. Composed by Frederick Loewe. 15 Mar. 1956, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

Another quote about Life

Everything that lives,
Lives not alone, nor for itself.

William Blake

Buy a book containing this poem at Amazon Buy a book containing this poem at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Interconnectedness of all things Nature of life Life

Author

William Blake
Source
The Book of Thel
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

Another quote of the following type Definition

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

Baruch Spinoza

Tractatus Politicus

More information about this quote
Topic
Peace

Author

Baruch Spinoza
Source
Tractatus Politicus
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Tractatus Politicus [Political Treatise]. 1677, ch. 5, sect. 4.