Kristen > Kristen 's Quotes

“I'm old with living.
So much older than almost thirteen.”
― Carol Lynch Williams, Glimpse

“I've been punched by a vampire, an Indian girl, and a panda... I should be a video game.”
― Adam Rex, Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story

“The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world, yet its inhabitants are strikingly unhappy. Accordingly, we present to the rest of mankind, on a planet rife with suffering and tragedy, the spectacle of a clown civilization. Sustained on a clown diet rich in sugar and fat, we have developed a clown physiognomy. We dress like clowns. We move about a landscape filled with cartoon buildings in clownmobiles, absorbed in clownish activities. We fill our idle hours enjoying the canned antics of professional clowns... Death, when we acknowledge it, is just another pratfall on the boob tube. Bang! You're dead!”
― James Howard Kunstler

“Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.”
― James Howard Kunstler

“America does not want change, except from the cash register at Wal-Mart.”
― James Howard Kunstler

“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.”
― Allen Saunders

“The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
― John Lennon

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”
― John Lennon

“Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been. ”
― Jimmy Buffett

“Breathe in, breathe out, move on...”
― Jimmy Buffett

“Sometimes the bitch wins.”
― Charlaine Harris, Club Dead

“Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
SAMPSON [Aside to Gregory]: Is the law of our side, if I say ay?
GREGORY [Aside to Sampson]: No.
SAMPSON: No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits
near them, waiting.”
― Patanjali, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

“I bet your mom would let me."
-Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-”
― Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Stupid people are dangerous.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

“Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Eyre Affair

“The first draft of anything is shit.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“If you liked being a teenager, there's something really wrong with you.”
― Stephen King

“I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.”
― Stephen King

“What a marshmallow. You should hold out for someone with a stronger stomach. Someone who laughs at the gore that makes weaker men vomit.”
― Stephenie Meyer, New Moon

“I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.”
― Cassandra Clare

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

“Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.”
― Matt Groening

“Even a fool learns something once it hits him.”
― Homer, Iliad

“English? Who needs that? I'm never going to England.”
― Matt Groening

“D'OH!”
― Matt Groening