Liz > Liz's Quotes

“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.”
― Joe Rogan

“Omit needless words.”
― William Strunk Jr., The Elements of Style; How to Speak and Write Correctly

“Hot soapy water cures a multitude of ailments. Wine, the rest of them.”
― Genevieve Jack, The Ghost and the Graveyard

“Do you know, I used to feel special, like I would wake up in a fairytale and be a great hero. But now…I don’t know if I want to be in a story anymore. It’s like I am already, and I don’t think I like it. And what would it mean if it were true? What would it mean for you?”
― Moira Katson, Shadowborn

“These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
― Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“Peace through superior firepower.”
― John Ringo, A Hymn Before Battle

“I have been to the speed of God, sir...and I discommend it.”
― John Ringo, A Hymn Before Battle

“Toilet paper is a right, not a privilege,”
― John Ringo, Under a Graveyard Sky

“This is what you get for letting rednecks play with antimatter, boss”
― John Ringo, Hell's Faire

“This is too complicated. What about I shoot him? If he comes back, he really likes me.”
― John Ringo, When the Devil Dances

“We need to put your sister in a glass case like Snow White,” Colonel Hamilton said, his arms crossed. He was monitoring the radio chatter from the deck of a gunboat. “With a sign on it that says ‘Break in the event of a zombie apocalypse.’ ”
― John Ringo, Islands of Rage & Hope

“Living off others is a form of bondage—for if you take from a person his responsibility to care for himself, you also take from him the opportunity to be free.”
― Cameron C. Taylor, 8 Attributes of Great Achievers

“Happiness is a choice. Happiness does not depend on outward conditions but on inward decisions.”
― Cameron C. Taylor, Does Your Bag Have Holes?: 24 Truths That Lead to Financial and Spiritual Freedom

“We have within us the power to choose how we respond to a hurtful situation. We cannot control the actions of others, but we can control how we will respond. As we understand our power to choose, we see that we are in control. Our life is not a result of our environment or upbringing, but a result of our choices. We have the ability to determine the kind of life we want to live and the type of person we wish to be.”
― Cameron C. Taylor, 8 Attributes of Great Achievers

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

“Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.”
― Doris Kearns Goodwin