Leelee Sobieski Quotes

When I try to appreciate something, it feels like my hands are around the moment, trying to squeeze it. It's when you really release yourself of the responsibility to be enjoying things that you actually do.

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

The authentic experience, where is that? Living the moment. That is something that we're losing.

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

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

We can think so much about life and take ourselves so seriously; I mean, I like to tell people, 'Don't take life too seriously' because you'll cloud the experience. That's what the meaning of life is to me - being able to enjoy the moment.

There are so many surprises in my life; I don't take anything for granted. I enjoy every experience that comes; I don't think too far ahead.

I pay attention to everything now - the taste of bread, the taste of water.

Don't let anything sneak past you. Don't say, 'Well, oh, I'll take a picture and put it in my photograph album.' I notice it now. I love it now. And I am grateful for it now.

I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted.

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.

Every moment must be first known and then savored.

Don't ever over-analyze your results. Don't ever try to find your own secret or the one which you admire. One does not try to catch soap bubbles. One enjoys them in flight and is grateful for their fluid existence.

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.

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

I do think it's important to live in the present because in that way you won't be living in a state of regret.

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends, I'll move on to doing something else. If it lasts, great.

To taste fully is to live fully.

Enjoy every moment.

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

Don't squander beautiful moments by always trying to snap the perfect picture or record the event on film. Sometimes it's better to watch things as they happen with your own eyes, knowing that the memory of the experience will always be with you.

I'm having a good time. I'm going to treat every game and every day as if they are my last because I now know that they could be.

But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy.