Notice

The author of this blog will be traveling, and moving to a different country and will not have steady WiFi until late August.  I apologize for not having the strength to schedule a bunch of quotes over the next month.  However, I will backtrack update when the opportunity arises.

Thank you for your understanding.
~A

93rd Quote

“I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. Never turn back and never believe that an hour you remember is a better hour because it is dead. Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lives in a cloud, formidable from a distance.”
- Beryl Markham, West with the Night

92nd Quote

"There are no facts, only interpretations."  - Friedrich Nietzsche

91st Quote

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Marcus Brigstocke

90th Quote

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

89th Quote

“This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me!” - The Doctor, The End of the World

88th Quote

"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” - Woodrow Wilson

87th Quote

“I really do enjoy attending these dinners. In fact, I had a lot more material prepared, but I have to get the Secret Service home in time for their new curfew.” - Barak Obama

86th Quote

Loki:  "Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by-!"
*Hulk flattens Loki with repeated smashes into the floor*
Hulk:  "Hmph, puny god."

85th Quote

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy

84th Quote

"Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera." - James Stephens

83rd Quote

"I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." - Frank Lloyd Wright

82nd Quote

"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere." - Groucho Marx

81st Quote

"The gods too are fond of a joke." - Aristotle

80th Quote

“This is one corner… of one country, in one continent, on one planet that’s a corner of a galaxy that’s a corner of a universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying and never remaining the same for a single millisecond. And there is so much, so much to see.” - The Doctor, The Power of Three

79th Quote

"...One fire burns out another's burning
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish."  - Benvolio, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

78th Quote

“In 900 years of time and space, I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important” - The Doctor, A Christmas Carol

77th Quote

"American's have had a romantic relationship with their arms.  Think back to the cowboys and their six-shooters and Colt riflers."  - CNN Article

76th Quote

"We're Americans. We don't plan, we do!" - General Custer, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

75th Quote

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya

74th Quote

"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire

73rd Quote

"Your weirdness will make you stronger.  Your dark side will keep you whole.  Your vulnerability will connect you to the rest of our suffering world.  Your creativity will set you free.  There's nothing wrong with you."  - Andrea Balt

72nd Quote

"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky

71st Quote

"He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar." - Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

70th Quote

"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." - T. S. Eliot

69th Quote

Aurora: "I know who you are."

Maleficent: "Do you?"
Aurora: "You're my Fairy-Godmother!"
Maleficent: "What?"  - Maleficent

68th Quote

"We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?" - Niels Bohr

67th Quote

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

66th Quote

"Wit is educated insolence." - Aristotle

65th Quote

"It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river." - Abraham Lincoln

64th Quote

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." -  Harvey Dent, Christopher Nolan's Batman

63rd Quote

“Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!” - The Doctor, The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe

62nd Quote

"Friendship has a power
To soothe affliction in her darkest hour." - H. K. White

61st Quote

"His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar."  - Thomas Babington

There is a funny story behind this one.  I wanted a quote about an elephant but couldn't find one I liked, then I couldn't find any quotes about giraffes, so I looked up ostrich quotes and found this.  Taadaa!

60th Quote

"Blood!...Blood!... That's a good thing! A ghost who bleeds is less dangerous!" - Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

59th Quote

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein

58th Quote

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."  - Abraham Lincoln 

57th Quote

"That which we call a rose

By any other word would smell as sweet."  - Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

56th Quote

"Weather forecast for tonight: dark." - George Carlin

55th Quote

"I find your lack of faith disturbing."  - Darth Vader, A New Hope

54th Quote

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir

53rd Quote

"I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every second!" - Unknown

52nd Quote

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

50th Quote

“Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” - The Doctor, Evolution of the Daleks

49th Quote

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." - William Shakespeare

48th Quote

"I've travelled the world twice over.
Met the famous: saints and sinners
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners.
I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books."  - Unknown

47th Quote

"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." - Mark Twain

46th Quote

"If you can't make it good, at least make it look good." - Bill Gates

45th Quote

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."  - Bertrand Russell

44th Quote

"I feel like an idiot. But I am an idiot, so it kinda works out." - Billy Madison, Billy Madison

43rd Quote

[As they escape the T-Rex chasing after them in the Jeep] "You think they'll have that on the tour?"  - Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park

42nd Quote

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it." - Rafiki, The Lion King

41st Quote

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines!  Sail away from the safe harbor!  Catch the trade winds in your sails!  Explore.  Dream.  Discover."  - Unknown

40th Quote

"I am still am a geek.  I don't there there's anything wrong with that.  I see no shame in having an unhealthy obsession with something."  - David Tennant

39th Quote

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” - Frank Herbert

38th Quote

"The problem with internet quotes is that you cant always depend on their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln

37th Quote

"Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together - what do you get? The sum of their fears."- Winston Churchill

36th Quote

"This generation has lost the true meaning of romance.  There are so many songs that disrespect women.  You can't treat the woman you love as a piece of meat.  You should treat your love like a princess.  Give her love songs, maybe something with real meaning.  Maybe I'm old fashioned, but to respect the woman you love should be a priority." - Tom Hiddleston

35th Quote

"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake." - Savielly Tartakower

34th Quote

Capt. Jack Harkness:  "All those people, all that energy."
Gwen Cooper:  "All those ghosts."
Capt. Jack Harkness:  "We're surrounded by them.  We can't see them, we can't touch them, but they're there all right.  A million shadows of human emotion.  We've just got to learn to live with them."    - Captain Jack and Gwen, Torchwood

33rd Quote

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but world War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -  Albert Einstein

32nd Quote

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” - Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

31st Quote

"If you make something idiot proof, someone will just make a better idiot." - Unknown

30th Quote

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." - Plato

29th Quote

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." - George Bernard Shaw

28th Quote

“This is who I am, right here, right now, all right? All that counts is here and now, and this is me!”- The Doctor, The End of the World

27th Quote

Elementary, my dear Watson.  - You all should know who said this by now

26th Quote

“Pure, perfect sorrow is as impossible as pure and perfect joy.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

25th Quote

"If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” - Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

24th Quote

"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else." - Neil Gaiman

23rd Quote

"Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." - Paul Rodriguez

22nd Quote

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde

21st Quote

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." - Dumbledore, Harry Potter

20th Quote

"Do, or do not. There is no "try"."  - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

19th Quote

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales"  - Albert Einstein

18th Quote

"I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive."  - Benedict Cumberbatch

17th Quote

"Be who you are, say what you mean; because those that mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind."  - Dr. Seuss

16th Quote

"You don't just give up.  You don't just let things happen.  You make a stand!  You say no!  You have the guts to do what's right, even when everyone else just run away."  - Rose Tyler, Doctor Who

15th Quote

“If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.” - Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

14th Quote

"The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause." - Williams James

13th Quote

"My advice to you is please don't ever sit in your room and lock yourself away because you don't think you're good enough."  - Catherine Tate

12th Quote

"Why fit in if you were born to stand out?" - Dr Seuss

11th Quote

[John comes back after the self check out at the supermarket refuses to accept his credit card]

Sherlock: You took your time.

John: Yeah, I didn't get the shopping.

Sherlock: What? Why not?

John: Because I had a row... in the shop... with a chip and pin machine!

Sherlock: You had a row with a machine?

John: Sort of. It sat there and I shouted abuse at it.  - The Blind Banker, Sherlock

10th Quote

All that is gold does not glitter;

all that is long does not last;

All that is old does not wither;

not all that is over is past.

Not all that have fallen are vanquished;

a king may yet be without crown,

A blade that was broken be brandished;

and towers that were strong may fall down

- Original draft of "All that is gold does not glitter" poem by J.R.R. Tolkien.

9th Quote

I don't think anyone, until their soul leaves their body, is past the point of no return. - Tom Hiddleston

8th Quote

I am nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore I am perfect - Unknown

7th Quote

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” – Thomas Jefferson

6th Quote

Ian Malcolm: "God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs."
Ellie Sattler: "Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth."  -Ian Malcolm and Ellie Sattler, Jurassic Park

5th Quote

We are who we choose to be.  - Green Goblin

4th Quote

"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

3rd Quote

‎”Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” - Audrey Hepburn

2nd Quote

"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they’ve tried everything else."  - Winston Churchill

1st Quote

"When you're a kid, they tell you it's all… grow up.  Get a job.  Get married.  Get a house.  Have a kid, and that's it.  But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that.  It's so much darker.  And so much madder.  And so much better."  - Love and Monsters, Doctor Who