Beth > Beth's Quotes

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

“Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?”
― R.L. LaFevers, Grave Mercy

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”
― Margaret Fuller

“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's
why.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I can't wait till I have grandchildren. When I was younger, I had to walk to the rim of a crater. Uphill! In an EVA suit! On Mars, ya little shit! Ya hear me? Mars!”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Maybe I’ll post a consumer review. “Brought product to surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist." We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.”
― Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

“But really, they did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You're thinking of Jesus.”
― John Fugelsang

“Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-nuclear weapons, pro-guns, pro-torture, pro-land mines, and still call yourself 'pro-life.”
― John Fugelsang

“remember—if your church isn’t telling you to love your enemies but keeps telling you who your enemies are, you’re not really in a church.”
― John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate