If you knew that your life was merely a phase or s... -Chuck Palahniuk

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

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American novelist, known for his darkly humorous and transgressive works, including "Fight Club" and "Choke."

Chuck Palahniuk Quotes to Explore

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything....

In a way, a lot of my humor comes from presenting things that are dramatic or shocking and then people not having socially appropriate responses, havi...

Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all ...

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives....

What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like greater steps toward faith and imagination, each wit...

Jack Palance was my distant uncle - that's the family gossip. Growing up, my family knew everything about his face getting burned and scarred in the m...

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it....

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk...

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet....

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime....

Chance Quotes to Explore

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out t...

I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable per...

When I was growing up, I felt like no one gave Canadians a chance. And now that they see we have quality in Canada and it's amazing to see....

Nighttime, in a nanosecond, asleep by 10:30. No chance I'll get through the day without two naps. Before noon, around 11 A.M. I catch 30 minutes. Livi...

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too....

The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was o...

Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come fro...

Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance to set the co...

I'm not a good philanthropist yet; I'm not as good as I'd like to be... I believe very hard in luck. It's all chance; therefore, any privilege you hav...

We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and su...