Paul Scofield Quotes

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

We're here to live. We're here to do, we're here to be.

When I'm sitting around, I'm thinking about how I can make my next professional career move, but more than anything, I'm thinking about the meaning of life and how fleeting it is.

We all have to believe in something in order to exist successfully in this world and to enjoy our time here, which is short. I know that.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

No life if it is properly realized is without its cosmic importance.

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there won't be anything particularly wonderful about having the computation halt!

After reaching 50, I began to wonder what the root of life is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.

I act as if my life depends on each decision. Because it does.

I'm not an example for how people should live their lives. Never in my life would I ever set out to be an example for people on how to live their lives. If you need an example for how to live, then you just shouldn't have been born. Straight up.

The first year I was in New York, I met Martha Graham. She said, 'Well, Mr. Wilson, what do you want to do in life?' I was 21 years old, and I said, 'I have no idea.' And she said, 'If you work long enough and hard enough, you'll find something.'

Life is our dictionary.

I'm not a fan of small talk but if you want to get into the big questions of life - your deepest regret, your greatest joy - then we're going to have a great chat.

I think life is the sum total of your experiences.

You need to think and live your life. You only live once. That's how it is.

If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short.

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'

You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.