"If you start out depressed, everything is a pleasant surprise." -Lloyd Dobbler, "Say Anything"
"Women may be able to fake orgasms, but men can fake whole relationships." -Sharon Stone
"A word of advice, lady? Don't point your finger at f-ing crazy people!" -Lisa, "Girl, Interrupted"
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." -Jonathon Swift
"Were we closer to the ground as children, or is
the grass emptier now?" -Alan Bennett, "Forty Years On"
"Two may walk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends." -Mary Catherwood, Mackinac and Lake Stories, "Marianson"
"Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past." - T.S. Eliot
"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" - Frank Scully
"Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time." - Abraham Lincoln
"Life is made up of marble and mud." - Nathaniel Hawthorne
"There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win." - Elie Wiesel
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -William Butler Yeats
"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary." - Aaron Rose
"The world is wide, and I will not waste my time in friction when it could be turned into momentum." - Frances Willard
"History never looks like history when you are living through it." - John Gardner
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade." - Tom Peters
"Adults are obsolete children." - Dr. Seuss
"Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom." - Phillis Theroux
"There is no better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose." - Will Bulger
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." - Graham Greene
"It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time." - Barbara Kingsolver
"...you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count." -Benjamin Hoff "The Tao Of Pooh"
"There is more to knowing than just being correct." -Benjamin Hoff "The Tao Of Pooh"
"A fly can't bird but a bird can fly. Very simple. It's obvious, isn't it? And yet, you'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff "The Tao Of Pooh"
"There is nothing wrong with not being able to whistle, especially if you're a fish." -Benjamin Hoff "The Tao Of Pooh"
...i have millions of quotes...
-sarah
