Comments on: Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting “Holy shit, what a ride!” http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/ Words set the mind free. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:31:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: abuck http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-12950 abuck Tue, 18 May 2010 17:08:31 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-12950 this is actually a Hunter S. Thompson quote. attributed to him long before both Mavis Leyrer and Bill McKenna. The original goes: "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" this is actually a Hunter S. Thompson quote. attributed to him long before both Mavis Leyrer and Bill McKenna. The original goes:

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

]]> By: Heather Gist http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-12929 Heather Gist Mon, 17 May 2010 19:23:05 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-12929 Anyone who reads this would also realize this quote states nothing about speeding to your grave. It just simply states that when it is your time to go make sure you can look back on life with no regrets. Knowing you lived and loved to the fullest because you never know when tomorrow will never come. Anyone who reads this would also realize this quote states nothing about speeding to your grave. It just simply states that when it is your time to go make sure you can look back on life with no regrets. Knowing you lived and loved to the fullest because you never know when tomorrow will never come.

]]> By: Great Quote « The Stories We Could Tell http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-8639 Great Quote « The Stories We Could Tell Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:13:20 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-8639 [...] Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid ... [...] [...] Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid … [...]

]]> By: Marvin the Martian http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-8132 Marvin the Martian Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:16:38 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-8132 @ David Weinstock: the quote attribution is far more problematic. Your justification is good, and specific, but hard to check without the magazine at hand (and not proving he wasn't quoting). However, other quote-collections specifically gathering Bill McKenna quotes do not include this one, so I tend to disbelief they all overlooked this very popular quote. E.g., http://thinkexist.com/quotes/bill_mckenna/ and http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Bill+McKenna ... Worse, there's an NPR blog attributing it to him, as "a paraphrasing someone sent in and attributed to McKenna," http://www.npr.org/blogs/mycancer/2007/02/wow_what_a_ride.html -- in other words, not trustworthy. The further problem is that I've seen so many different paraphrasing, involving "glass of wine in one hand," or "strawberries and champagne in hand," etc. Some paraphrasers feel the need to replace "WOW" at the end with "HOLY SH*T," etc. A 2008 cartoon writes it out (lazy cartoonist) so some think that's the source (yeah, silly). Oh, look, the same discussion is here, about the source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081214093617AA273kw @ David Weinstock: the quote attribution is far more problematic.

Your justification is good, and specific, but hard to check without the magazine at hand (and not proving he wasn’t quoting). However, other quote-collections specifically gathering Bill McKenna quotes do not include this one, so I tend to disbelief they all overlooked this very popular quote.
E.g., http://thinkexist.com/quotes/bill_mckenna/ and http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Bill+McKenna … Worse, there’s an NPR blog attributing it to him, as “a paraphrasing someone sent in and attributed to McKenna,” http://www.npr.org/blogs/mycancer/2007/02/wow_what_a_ride.html — in other words, not trustworthy.

The further problem is that I’ve seen so many different paraphrasing, involving “glass of wine in one hand,” or “strawberries and champagne in hand,” etc. Some paraphrasers feel the need to replace “WOW” at the end with “HOLY SH*T,” etc. A 2008 cartoon writes it out (lazy cartoonist) so some think that’s the source (yeah, silly).

Oh, look, the same discussion is here, about the source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081214093617AA273kw

]]> By: Mike M http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7646 Mike M Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:49:03 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7646 I interpret this to mean Life is short don't let it pass u by not taking chances and wondering what could have been..... Life is not a wading pool where u only try get your feet wet, Life is deep rushing river, Step up to the edge and DIVE IN HEAD FIRST!! I interpret this to mean Life is short don’t let it pass u by not taking chances and wondering what could have been…..

Life is not a wading pool where u only try get your feet wet, Life is deep rushing river, Step up to the edge and DIVE IN HEAD FIRST!!

]]> By: David Weinstock http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7411 David Weinstock Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:22:44 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7411 Umm....except for one thing. Mavis was quoting Bill McKenna, a professional motorcyle racer, who was the person who originally said this during an interview for an article that appeared in the Feb.1982 issue of Cycle magazine. Umm….except for one thing.

Mavis was quoting Bill McKenna, a professional motorcyle racer, who was the person who originally said this during an interview for an article that appeared in the Feb.1982 issue of Cycle magazine.

]]> By: Liv DeHaan http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7174 Liv DeHaan Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:38:27 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-7174 Oneof my favorite quotes. I'm putting it on my middle school newspaper's quote page, which I'm in charge of. Oneof my favorite quotes. I’m putting it on my middle school newspaper’s quote page, which I’m in charge of.

]]> By: Jane Finch http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-6728 Jane Finch Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:55:44 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-6728 I love this quote - it reminds you to live your life and not worry too much about the nitty gritty. For me it also tells me that although my body is not as I would wish it to be, the fact that I love life and enjoy my time here is what is really important. I intend to live life to it's fullest and if I died tomorrow I can honestly say that I've had one hell of a ride on this planet speeding through space at millions of miles an hour!! I love this quote – it reminds you to live your life and not worry too much about the nitty gritty. For me it also tells me that although my body is not as I would wish it to be, the fact that I love life and enjoy my time here is what is really important.

I intend to live life to it’s fullest and if I died tomorrow I can honestly say that I’ve had one hell of a ride on this planet speeding through space at millions of miles an hour!!

]]> By: Quincey http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-2915 Quincey Mon, 25 May 2009 12:52:45 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-2915 Comment to Ron Grandison about Leyrer's quote. Why do you interpret Leyrer's quote as speeding to the grave? Comment to Ron Grandison about Leyrer’s quote.

Why do you interpret Leyrer’s quote as speeding to the grave?

]]> By: Kelly-Marie Keet http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-2873 Kelly-Marie Keet Sun, 24 May 2009 12:56:16 +0000 http://empoweredquotes.com/2008/12/02/mavis-leyrer-quote/#comment-2873 im well and truely guna skid into my grave, not guna 'arrive to early' but guna do what i want to without hesitating. life is too short. thrash it out. im well and truely guna skid into my grave, not guna ‘arrive to early’
but guna do what i want to without hesitating. life is too short. thrash it out.

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