Dean Fox > Dean's Quotes

“I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians…
it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love…
a man, a woman, what have you…
it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters.”
― Al Pacino, Al Pacino

“If you can’t find a man to share your heart with, well…share your vagina with him instead.”
― Karina Halle, The Play

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Resentment is like swallowing a poison and waiting for the other person to die.”
― Michael Robotham, Life or Death

“Everyone has their own music; they just don't realize it.”
― Ryan Loveless, Ethan, Who Loved Carter

“Don't look for laughter, look for joy.
Don't look for pleasure, look for purpose.
Don't look for friends, look for mentors.
Don't look for lovers, look for soulmates.
Don't look for glory, look for virtue.
Don't look for entertainment, look for bliss.
Don't look for amusement, look for wisdom.
Don't look for books, look for knowledge.
Don't look for beauty, look for susbtance.
Don't look for extravagance, look for modesty.
Don't look for praise, look for service.
Don't look for reputation, look for character.
Don't look for honor, look for respect.
Don't look for needs, look for wants.
Don't look for riches, look for happiness.
Don't look for possessions, look for contentment.
Don't look for creeds, look for conviction.
Don't look for justice, look for compassion.
Don't look for charisma, look for integrity.
Don't look for lust, look for love.
Don't look for wealth, look for charity.
Don't look for power, look for peace.
Don't look for fame, look for dignity.
Don't look for work, look for a career.
Don't look for success, look for excellence.
Don't look for greatness, look for meekness.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

“There were never enough stars in the sky to count how many times a day he fell in love with her.”
― Jewel E. Ann, Dawn of Forever

“Plot happens outside but story happens inside. Readers won't get the true story, though, unless you put it on the page--both the big meaning in small events, and the overlooked implications of large plot turns.”
― Donald Maass, The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface

“If you obey all of the rules, you miss all of the fun.”
― Katharine Hepburn

“That some people were born wrong, born all warped and empty inside, that I was born without the parts that made people brave or pure or good. I knew that I was born without a conscience, or maybe a”
― Sierra Simone, American Prince

“Hope is stronger than fear. It is stronger than hate.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A Reaper at the Gates

“Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
― Julian Barnes, A Life with Books

“Some people will never change, so we can’t change them, but we can change how we interact with them.”
― Anthea Syrokou, The Greek Tapestry

“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“People that think are many,
people that reason are few.
People that theorize are many,
people that prove are few.
People that speculate are many,
people that know are few.
People that assume are many,
people that verify are few.

People that hear are many,
people that listen are few.
People that preach are many,
people that practice are few.
People that see are many,
people that observe are few.
People that recall are many,
people that comprehend are few.

People that question are many,
people that answer are few.
People that entertain are many,
people that educate are few.
People that misguide are many,
people that enlighten are few.
People that lecture are many,
people that demonstrate are few.

People that start are many,
people that finish are few.
People that quit are many,
people that persevere are few.
People that fall are many,
people that rise are few.
People that compete are many,
people that win are few.

People that criticize are many,
people that inspire are few.
People that blame are many,
people that pardon are few.
People that condemn are many,
people that console are few.
People that undermine are many,
people that strengthen are few.

People that take are many,
people that give are few.
People that teach are many,
people that mentor are few.
People that harm are many,
people that heal are few.
People that doubt are many,
people that believe are few.

People that wish are many,
people that strive are few.
People that plan are many,
people that prevail are few.
People that lose are many,
people that gain are few.
People that fail are many,
people that succeed are few.

People that imitate are many,
people that originate are few.
People that innovate are many,
people that invent are few.
People that conceive are many,
people that realize are few.
People that dream are many,
people that achieve are few.

People that divide are many,
people that unify are few.
People that follow are many,
people that lead are few.
People that command are many,
people that influence are few.
People that control are many,
people that guide are few.

People that feel are many,
people that empathize are few.
People that yearn are many,
people that fulfill are few.
People that trust are many,
people that are devoted are few.
People that age are many,
people that mature are few.

People that rage are many,
people that forgive are few.
People that despair are many,
people that hope are few.
People that fear are many,
people that love are few.
People that curse are many,
people that bless are few.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
― Rudyard Kipling

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.”
― Mark Twain

“What turns me on is not what I do to your body, it is what I do to your mind”
― Dirty Archangel, Lust is My Favorite Sin

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“If you take a book with you on a journey," Mo had said when he put the first one in her box, "an odd thing happens: The book begins collecting your memories. And forever after you have only to open that book to be back where you first read it. It will all come into your mind with the very first words: the sights you saw in that place, what it smelled like, the ice cream you ate while you were reading it... yes, books are like flypaper—memories cling to the printed page better than anything else.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkheart

“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
― George Carlin

“Don’t you dare feel bad for me. I’m not writing this for you to shed tears. My story goes a whole lot deeper than this, and I definitely don’t want your pity. I adapted. I embraced whatever the fuck came or would come. That’s what I do.”
― M. Robinson, VIP

“I smiled, sipped deliciously at my drink, and made a new rule for myself: if life hands you a compliment, take it.”
― James Patterson, Little Black Dress

“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
― Woody Allen