Maura > Maura's Quotes

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“He'll get tired of chasing someone who doesn't chase back!”
― Billy Ray Cyrus

“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
― Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

“Did you know that I can see you?”
― Katt Williams

“My ears are too beeg for my head. My head ees too beeg for my body. I am not a Siamese cat ... I AM A CHIHUAHUA!"
-- Skippyjon Jones (In his very best Spanish accent)”
― Judy Schachner

“You're...standing...in...my...KUMQUATS!”
― Tom Jones, The Fantasticks

“Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win!
Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh! What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn't want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you'd cheat! I knew you'd win! Oh! Oh! Aarg!
[Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming "Aaaaaaaaaaaa", then falls over.]
Hobbes: Look, it's just a game.
Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!”
― Bill Watterson

“It's kind of fun to do the impossible.”
― Walt Disney

“I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.”
― Edith Konecky

“When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles
and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...
...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle
bottle paddle battle.”
― Dr. Seuss, Fox in Socks

“No one can be right all the time, but it helps to be right most of the time. ”
― Robert Half

“Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.”
― Stephanie Klein, Straight Up and Dirty

“People, generally, suck.”
― Christopher Moore, The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

“I love you like a fat kid loves cake!”
― Scott Adams

“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
― George Carlin

“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.”
― Steven Wright

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

“Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.”
― Thomas Szasz

“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
― Hilary Duff

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
― Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life

“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”
― Marlene Dietrich

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”
― Muhammad Ali

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
― Aristotle

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

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest