only children

Only children know what they are looking for.
-- The Little Prince

you know you're in love

 You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep
because reality is finally better than your dreams.
-- Dr. Seuss

genius

Genius without action is worthless.

conspiracies

When a person really desires something,
all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
-- The Alchemist

so long as you don't know

So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.
-- Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

why not?

Why not? That's a good reason for almost anything
- a bit used perhaps, but still quite servicable.
-- Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

excellent (Again)

Your job is to be excellent,
and if you can't be excellent then you can be excellent at trying to be excellent.
-- John Hindman

singing in the rain

 I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain; What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again.
-- Singing in the Rain

true believers

We are nothing if not true believers.

winning

Winning isn't everything, but the will to win is everything.
-- Vince Lombardi

valid facts

There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.
-- Charlie Chaplin

a hour

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
--Arthur Schopenhauer

there's enough

There's enough assholes in the world, Dr. Squires, don't be another one.
-- The Wackness

everything

Everything means everything.

victory

Victory is won not in miles but in inches.
Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
--Louis L'Amour

adjectives

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
--Mark Twain

why?

 Classic philosophy test
1 question long:
--Why?
2 possible answers:
--Why Not?
--Because.

i don't know anybody who needs a critic

I don’t listen to what art critics say.
I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.
-- Jean-Michel Basquiat

excellent

Your job is to be excellent,
and if you can't be excellent then you can be excellent at trying to be excellent.
-- John Hindman

shadows

A flame or any luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion to the deeper shadows which surround it. Shadow is greater than light. Shadow can deprive objects of light, but light can never entirely banish shadow. Between light and darkness lie the beginning and ends of shadow. It is the means by which objects display their form and the more brilliant the light given by a luminous body the deeper will be the shadows cast by the object it illuminates.
-- Leonardo Da Vinci

accidents

Accidents are really the universe telling you to take another look.

those who matter

Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind.
-- Dr. Seuss

i don't have enough

“You think you have plenty of time?” he repeated.
“Plenty of time for what, don Juan?”
“You think your life is going to last forever.”
“No, I don’t.”
“Then, if you don’t think you life is going to last forever, what are you waiting for? Why the hesitation to change?"
“Has it ever occurred to you, don Juan, that I may not want to change.”
“Yes, it has occurred to me. I did not want to change either, just like you. However, I didn’t like my life; I was tired of it, just like you. Now I don’t have enough of it.“
--Don Juan

job interview

Everything is a job interview.

forgiveness

Forgiveness is just the act of remembering we're all human.

playing it safe

Playing it safe never got anyone anywhere but bitterly unhappy.

I want to surprise myself

I need a new eiderdown
I want some binoculars
Don't want to be obvious
I want to surprise myself
I've killed all the mockingbirds
I've wrestled the octopus
I came out with extra arms
To carry your baggage
-- Badly Drawn Boy

People In Hell

People in Hell always have the opportunity to leave,
they just choose not to.

mirrors

Everything is a mirror.

before breakfast

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
--Lewis Carroll