Beth Morvant > Beth Morvant's Quotes

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“Do one thing every day that scares you.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Essays, Letters and Miscellanies

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“He's not your prince charming if he doesn't make sure you know that you're his princess.”
― Demi Lovato

“A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones. ”
― Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

“Sometimes we don’t need advice. Sometimes we just need to hear we’re not the only one.”
― Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights