Chris Mullin Quotes

One should not believe too strongly in a life which can easily vanish.

We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.

Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.

Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know when the bottom was going to drop out.

We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.

Tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

I realise how precious life is, probably because I've seen how it can be taken away.

Nothing in life is promised except death.

We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.

Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.

Life will go on - until it doesn't.

The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you - or to someone you dearly love - at any moment.

I've seen people pass away. I've seen how fragile life is.

We're only here for so long. Be happy, man. You could get hit by a truck tomorrow.

I'm not fixated on death but I know tomorrows are not guaranteed.

We may, indeed, say that the hour of death is uncertain, but when we say this we think of that hour as situated in a vague and remote expanse of time; it does not occur to us that it can have any connexion with the day that has already dawned and can mean that death -- or its first assault and partial possession of us, after which it will never leave hold of us again -- may occur this very afternoon, so far from uncertain, this afternoon whose time-table, hour by hour, has been settled in advance.

You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand your own mortality can change and how quickly things could change.

Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.

Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.