David Hyde Pierce Quotes

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception.

On your journey, don't forget to smell the flowers. Take time out to notice that you're alive. You can only live in one day.

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

You must treat the days respectfully, you must be a day yourself, and not interrogate it like a college professor.

Do we need to make a special effort to enjoy the beauty of the blue sky? Do we have to practice to be able to enjoy it? No, we just enjoy it. Each second, each minute of our lives can be like this. Wherever we are, any time, we have the capacity to enjoy the sunshine, the presence of each other, even the sensation of our breathing. We don't need to go to China to enjoy the blue sky. We don't have to travel into the future to enjoy our breathing. We can be in touch with these things right now.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

'Be alive,' the land says, 'listen - this is your time, your world, your pleasure.'

I know what I like and what I want, and I can sit and enjoy every 10 minutes that go by. And truly enjoy it.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

I am not old but mellow like good wine.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

I don't spend time wondering what might be next; I just focus on trying to savor every day.

To taste fully is to live fully.

Enjoy every moment.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have.

Enjoy every sandwich.

If you only get one roller-coaster ride, you don't want to be thinking about the second one when you're on it.

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.