Quotes
These are some of my all-time favorite quotes from pretty much anywhere – bumper stickers, t-shirts, books, movies, TV shows, etc. for the pure reason that I believe that, for everything, there is a quote or a song or a book or a conversation. Some are funny, some are cliche. Deal with it. Sorry, I’m not putting my quotes in quotation marks. I don’t like it. It’ll say who said each one. If it’s a conversation, one part will be italicized and the person who said it will also be italicized. Of course, if you couldn’t figure that out on your own, I’m not sure I want you reading it.
Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive, anyway. -Unknown
Like jewels in a crown, the precious stones glittered in the queen’s round metal hat. -Jack Handey
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -Wayne Gretzky
Whoever said ”It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,” probably lost. -Martina Navratilova
It’ll be fun, it’ll be a thrill. Something stupid, something bad for you; just something different. Isn’t this the point in being young? People can live a hundred years without really living for a minute. You climb up here with me and it’s one less minute you haven’t lived. -Logan Huntzberger, Gilmore Girls
What’s your problem, Jumbotron? Shut up, Red… neck… man! Touche. -Sawyer & Hurley, Lost
Oy, with the poodles already! -Lorelai, Gilmore Girls
Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Unknown
I have found that the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. -Harry S. Truman
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. -Khailil Gibran
To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so. -Unknown
Speak when you’re angry, and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret. -Lawrence J. Peter
It is never too late to become what you might have been. -George Eliot
I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas Edison
If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance! -Anonymous
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death! -Earl Wilson
Some men see things that are and say why… I dream of things that never were and say why not. -George Bernard Shaw
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. -Unknown
To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway. -Anonymous
The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips
I pay the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who teach my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Albert Einstein
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein
There are two ways to live your life – one as though nothing is a miracle, the other as if everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. -Albert Einstein
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was a high counsel I once heard given to a young person, ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’ -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. -Ambrose Redmoon
FEAR is just a four-letter word. -Unknown
Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. -Unknown
I like dreams of the future better than history of the past. -Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. -Ben Franklin
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. -Oscar Wilde
How would you like a job where, every time you make a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo? -Jacques Plante
American professional athletes are bilingual; the speak English and profanity. -Gordie Howe
Every day is a great day for hockey. -Mario Lemieux
Ice hockey players can walk on water. -Unknown
There are still two or three guys who aren’t willing to pay the price to win a game. This is not Wal-Mart. There are no discounts in this league. -Ron Wilson
The way a team plays determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. -Babe Ruth
Yeah, I’m cocky and arrogant. But that doesn’t mean I’m not a nice person. -Jeremy Roenick
When we’ve got the puck, they can’t score. -Paul Coffey
…Sources also confirm that there is no one left in Canada who can remember when hockey was a simple game, played for fun. -Roy MacGregor
Half the game is mental. The other half is being mental. -Jim McKenny
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -John Wooden
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. -Unknown
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -Confucius
Life is good, without it we’d all be dead. -Unknown
You only live once – but if you work it right, once is enough. -Joe E. Lewis
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown
When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn’t doing the same thing. -Unknown
Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, love more, and all good things will be yours. -Swedish proverb
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? -Abraham Lincoln
I think music in itself is healing. It’s explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. -Billy Joel
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more. -Lord Byron
Writing has laws of perspective, or light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. -Truman Capote
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often. -Samuel Butler
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That’s where the fun is. -Donald Trump
My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes
There is always a moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Green
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said. -Unknown
All that is gold does not glitter; all who wander are not lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. -Ziggy
The bond that links true family is not one of blood, but one of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. -Richard Bach
True friends are those who, when you make a fool out of yourself, don’t believe the condition is permanent. -Erwin T. Randall
Sometimes people put up walls not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. -Unknown
At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be close to somebody. So this thing, where we all keep our distance and pretend not to care about each other, is usually a load of bull. So we pick and choose who we want to remain close to, and once we’ve chosen those people, we tend to stick close by. No matter how much we hurt them, the people who are still with you at the end of the day – those are the ones worth keeping. And sure, sometimes close can be too close. But sometimes, that invasion of personal space, it can be exactly what you need. -Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy
Men should grow up. Yeah. And dogs should stop licking themselves. It’s not gonna happen. -Dr. Cameron and Dr. House, House M.D.
If I thought you were capable of listening, I’d shut up. That makes no sense at all. -Stacy Warner and Dr. House, House M.D.
All right, if you absolutely have to tell her the truth, at least wait until the timing’s right. And that’s what deathbeds are for. -Chandler Bing, Friends
Okay. I remember something about Rome. Rome. Rome. Rome. Romans live there. Audrey Hepburn took a holiday there. It’s the name of a B52′s song. Different Rome. Okay. That’s it. I can’t remember. College is breaking my spirit. Every single day telling me things I don’t know, it’s making me feel stupid. -Marty and Rory Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
Get out, Taylor. Why? It’s just a code I live by. -Luke Danes and Taylor Doose, Gilmore Girls
Wait, what’s goin’ on? Charlie and Claire. They think Ethan took ‘em. Ethan took ‘em, huh? (nods) Took ‘em why? And who the hell is Ethan? And why am I getting the evening news from a six year old? I’m ten. Alright. Then it must be true. -Sawyer and Walt, Lost
Bring me the man from Tallahassee. What is that? Some kind of code? No, John, unfortunately we don’t have code for ‘there’s a man in my closet with a gun to my daughter’s head,’ although… we obviously should. -John Locke and Ben, Lost
So… first plane crash? What gave it away? Ah, you can always spot the newbies. -Charlie and Claire, Lost
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. -Henry David Thoreau
I’d like to make a toast to lying, stealing, cheating, and drinking. If you’re going to lie, lie for a friend. If you’re going to steal, steal a heart. If you’re going to cheat, cheat death. And if you’re going to drink, drink with me. -Anonymous Toast
I work very hard – please don’t expect me to think as well. -Unknown
The only thing wrong with the perfect drive to work is that you end up at work. -Unknown
I’d enjoy my day more if it started later. -Unknown
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. -Unknown
I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it. -Unknown
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. -Unknown
Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. -Unknown
If you can’t laugh at yourself, I’d be happy to do so for you. -Unknown
If you’re going to regret it in the morning, sleep till noon. -Unknown
What you do today, you’ll have to sleep with tonight. -Unknown
I got a lot of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck. -Unknown
Don’t be yourself, be somebody more interesting. -Fred Slater
Some people are like Slinkies, not really good for anything, but fun to watch when you push them down the stairs. -Unknown
Nothing’s impossible? Try slamming a revolving door. -Unknown
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. -Audrey Hepburn
I’m not clumsy, the floor just hates me. -Unknown
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize that someone, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes. -Dave Barry
I didn’t say it was your fault, I just said I was going to blame you. -Unknown
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. -Unknown
Smile! It confuses people. -Unknown
Growing old is mandatory… growing up is optional. -Unknown
Life is short! Break the rules! Love truly! Laugh uncontrollably! And never regret anything that made you smile! -Unknown
Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. -James Dean
Advice for the day: If you have a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: “Take an aspirin” and “Keep away from children.” -Unknown
In omnia paratus! -Gilmore Girls
You think you’re all that and a bag of chips? Well… I’m all that and a bag of SKITTLES, so taste my rainbow. -Unknown
We’re almost there and nowhere near it, all that matters is we’re going. -Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
Some people say I must be a horrible person, but that’s just not true. I have the heart of a young boy. In a jar. On my desk. -Stephen King
What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? -The Search for the Holy Grail, Monty Python
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing. -Star Trek, The Next Generation
Subtlety is the art of saying what you thing and getting out of the way before it is understood. -Unknown
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. -Unknown
Therapist=The/rapist… scary thought. -Unknown
There is no ‘I’ in ‘TEAM,’ but there is an ‘I’ in ‘MEATPIE’ and ‘MEAT is an anagram of ‘TEAM,’ so… -Unknown
I’m just cool like that. -Pretty much everyone has said something like this…
I so rock. -(See above)
I think I could be madly in like with you. -Unknown
Life is too short: Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness, laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Take chances, give everything you have, and have no regrets. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you’re sad, love what you got, and always remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from your mistakes, but never regret. People change, things go wrong, but always remember… LIFE GOES ON! -Unknown
I’m not random, I just have many thoughts. -Icon
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it’s harder every time. You’ll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt, because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you’ll never get back. -Icon
A best friend can look at you with the biggest smile and still know something is wrong. -Icon
Sometimes when I say, “Oh, I’m fine,” I just want someone to look me in the eyes and say, “Tell the truth.” -Unknown
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the number of moments that take your breath away. -Abraham Lincoln
Mirrors can’t talk. Luckily for you, they can’t laugh, either. -Unknown
Right now, I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before. -Unknown
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. -Unknown
You’ll have a million chances, hundreds of friends, and a dozen loves: but you only have one life, so live it up, drink it down, and ignore the bullshit because it isn’t worth your time. -Unknown
If Tylenol, Band-Aids, and duct tape can’t fix it, you have a serious problem, my friend. -Unknown
I’m not perfect. I’ll annoy you, tick you off, say stupid things and then take them back. But put all that aside and you won’t find another girl who loves and cares for you more than I do. -Unknown
Everybody wants to be happy. Nobody wants the pain. But you can’t have a rainbow without rain. -Unknown
Beginnings are scary; endings are sad. It’s the middle that counts the most. Don’t look to hard for happy endings because you might just miss the best part of the story. -Unknown
Love all, trust few, and do wrong to no one. -William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind… and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -William Shakespeare
We’re fools, whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. -Unknown
Dreams are what we need to survive, otherwise our minds would dry up with disuse. -Unknown
The Scottish verdict ‘not proven’ means ‘guilty, but don’t do it again.’ -Unknown
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. -Unknown
I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day and tomorrow isn’t looking good, either. -Unknown
I’m not so good at the advice…. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment? -Unknown
Maybe the truth is, we hide ’cause we want to be found. We walk away to see who’ll follow. And we let our hearts get broken to see who cares enough to fix them. -Unknown
If you can’t get someone out of your head, maybe they’re supposed to be there. -Unknown
Good friends open the door when it’s locked. -Unknown
Love is giving someone the power to destroy you and trusting them not to. -Icon
I love you this much. -A lot of people
Live right now, just be yourself. It doesn’t matter if it’s good enough for someone else. -Icon
SMILE: Because it’s the second-best thing you can do with your lips. -Icon
Don’t say the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon. -Icon
Life isn’t about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. -Icon
Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past, stop planning the future, stop trying to figure out precisely how we feel, stop deciding with our mind what we want our heart to feel. Sometimes we have to go with ‘whatever happens, happens.’ -Icon
If you wait too long for the perfect moment, the perfect moment will pass you by. -Fortune Cookie
Apologies come in all shapes and sizes. You can give diamonds, candy, flowers, or just your deepest heartfelt sentiment. Never before, though, had I gotten a pencil that smelled like syrup. But I had to admit, it worked. -Macy, The Truth About Foreverby Sarah Dessen
I don’t ask for much in a man. He only has to be tall, rich, funny, sexy, single, strong, good-looking, smart, romantic, charming, warm, sweet, sensitive, clever, athletic, kind, generous, punctual, sincere, and of course he has to be willing to feed me ice cream in bed every night for the rest of my life. -Icon
It’s the possibility that keeps us going, not the guarantee. -Icon
Me? Perfect? No. Better than you? Of course. -Icon
Ah, but that’s why it’s so brilliant. Because it’s so pathetically dim-witted! -Icon
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. -Unknown
I don’t get it, she’s the only one with wings. Why is that? It’s so she can fly. -Caroline and Macy, The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
The truth is, nothing is guaranteed. So don’t be afraid. Be alive. -Kristy, The Truth About Foreverby Sarah Dessen
That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about. It was twenty minutes, or a hundred years, or just this instant or any instant I wished would last and last. But there was only one truth about forever that really mattered, and that was this: it was happening. Right then, and every moment afterward. Look, there. Now. Now. Now. -Macy, The Truth About Foreverby Sarah Dessen
What you have to decide is how you want your life to be. If your forever were ending tomorrow, would this be how you’d want to have spent it? -Kristy, The Truth About Foreverby Sarah Dessen
Dance as though no one is watching, love like you’ve never been hurt, sing like no one is listening, live like it’s Heaven on Earth. -Mark Twain
Every song has a CODA, a final movement. Whether it fades out or crashes away, every song ends. Is that any reason not to enjoy the music? -Ellie, One Tree Hill
Many people die with their music still in them. Too often it his because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest. -Henry David Thoreau
I am who I am and your opinion isn’t needed. -Icon
Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right and forget the ones that don’t and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. -Icon
There is no feeling except the extremes of fear and grief that does not find relief in music. -Icon
Music is the soundtrack to our lives. It can describe who we are entirely as a person, our feelings, thoughts, and past experiences. -Icon
Those who dance were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” -Icon
Live every moment like there won’t be a second chance. -Icon
I’ve learned that goodbyes will always hurt, pictures never replace having been there, good and bad memories will bring tears, and words can never replace those feelings. -Icon
If life was easy, where would all the adventures be? -Icon
What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it’s all about? -Icon
The thing about growing up with Fred and George is that you sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve. -Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. -Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
What’s comin’ will come and we’ll meet it when it does. -Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. -Albus Dumbledore Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone was born, but what they grow to be. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Tell me one last thing. Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head? Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean that it is not real? -Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me. -Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
You should have died! Died rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! -Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
This is how it is – this is why you’re not in the Order – you don’t understand – there are things worth dying for! -Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That’s a basilisk, listeners. One simple test: check whether the thing that’s glaring at you has got legs. If it has, it’s safe to look into it’s eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that’s still likely to be the last thing you ever do. -Fred Weasley, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Don’t think, or judge, just listen. -Owen Armstrong, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Silence is so freaking loud! -Owen Armstrong, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Music is a total constant. That’s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment. -Owen Armstrong, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going. -Annabel Greene, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
I was beginning to see, though, that the unknown wasn’t always the greatest thing to fear. The people who know you best can be riskier, because the words they say and the things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well. -Annabel Greene, Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
You know, if you don’t know how to ride a bike, it’s nothing to be ashamed of. I can ride a bike. I just… I just haven’t had the opportunity in a while. -Eli and Auden, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Yeah, I’m sure he is. Somewhere, Mr. Mac is sitting with a smile on his face, a cigar in one hand, and a martini in the other. -Rick Nash
Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. maybe they’re supposed to run wild until they find someone, just as wild, to run with. -Sex and the City
Like a painted wild mustang/Flyin’ out across the open range/Finally gets to live her life that way/No fear, no fences, nobody — no reins -“No Reins” by Rascal Flatts
I’m only up when you’re not down/Don’t wanna fly if you’re still on the ground/It’s like no matter what I do/Well you drive me crazy half the time/The other half I’m only trying to let you know/That what I feel is true/And I’m only me when I’m with you -“I’m Only Me When I’m with You” by Taylor Swift
If today was your last day/If tomorrow was too late/Could you say goodbye to yesterday/Would you live each moment like your last/Leave old pictures in the past/Donate every dime you have/If today was your last day -“If Today was Your Last Day” by Nickelback
I love this crazy, tragic/Sometimes almost magic/Awful, beautiful life -“Awful, Beautiful Life” by Darryl Worley
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Hannah Said:
on April 7, 2009 at 10:41 am
I like the first George Bernard Shaw one!
bumper stickers Said:
on April 7, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I saw one the other day that said bombing for peace is like screwing for virginity…
BlondeBelle.6116 Said:
on April 8, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Yeah, I saw that one too.