"I’d rather not sing than sing quiet." ~ Janis Joplin
The capacity for passion is both cruel and divine. ~ George Sand
My motto--sans limites. ~ Isadora Duncan
If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. ~ Emilé Zola
We cannot write well or truly but what we write with gusto. ~ Henry David Thoreau
Life is given us as a passion. ~ Jacques Barzun
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. ~ Emily Dickinson
One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate. " ~ Nicolas Cage
People don't choose careers. They're engulfed by them. ~ John Dos Passos
I have never lost a total passion for my work. ~ Jack Lemmon
As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Memorial Day address, 1884
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ~ Jack London