Stacy Mitchell > Stacy's Quotes

“Comedy is the blues for people who can’t sing.”
― Chris Rock

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

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
― Nicolas Chamfort

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
― Joe Klaas, The Twelve Steps to Happiness: A Practical Handbook for Understanding and Working the Twelve Step Programs for Alcoholism, Codependency, Eating Disorders, and Other Addictions

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

“Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.”
― John Green

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
― Chris Rock

“You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
― Cicero

“If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!”
― John Waters

“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“I get a warm feeling among my books.”
― Anthony Powell

“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
― Stephen Fry

“I fool you. I fool everyone.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer

“We loved with a love that was more than love.”
― Edgar Allen Poe

“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged