Bailey > Bailey's Quotes

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“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

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

“Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know.”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“It's just life, so keep dancing through.”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little -- well -- complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get : lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed.”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“We can't all come and go by Bubble!”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: Easy Piano CD Play-Along Volume 26

“GLINDA: Well,I'm a public figure now! People expect me to--

ELPHABA: Lie?

GLINDA: (fiercely) Be encouraging! And what exactly have you been doing? Besides riding on around on that filthy thing!

ELPHABA: Well, we can't all come and go by bubble. Whose invention was that, the Wizard's? Of course, even if it wasn't, I'm sure he'd still take credit for it.

GLINDA: Yes, well, a lot of us are taking things that don't belong to us, aren't we?

Uh oh! The two stare daggers at each other, then...

ELPHABA: Now, wait just a clock-tick. I know it's difficult for that blissful blonde brain of yours to comprehend that someone like him could actually choose someone like me!But it's happened. It's real. And you can wave that ridiculous wand all you want, you can't change it! He never belonged to you -- he doesn't love you, he never did! He loves me!”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Let the green girl go!”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.”
― Stephen Schwartz

“Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: A New Musical, Vocal Selections

“And Goodness knows
The Wicked's lives are lonely
Goodness knows
The Wicked die alone”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical

“Those who don't try never look foolish.”
― Stephen Schwartz, Wicked: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical