Children are all foreigners.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
—Winston Churchill
Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.
—Wally Lamb
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
—Charles Lamb
I’m human and every human makes mistakes. It’s just up to the person who made that mistake to let it rule their lives or put it behind them and go on.
—Amanda Heath in This Beautiful Thing
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
—Saki
Blame someone else and get on with your life.
—Alan Woods
I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.
—Michael Crichton
I didn’t want to be in love with you. I didn’t want to believe in love at all. It’s never happened to me before. And to be perfectly frank, I’m still not entirely happy about the whole thing. I think it’s going to be exhausting.
—Shana Abe in Queen of Dragons
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
—Lillian Hellman
It's easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.
—Federico Fellini
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
—Alfred North Whitehead
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
—Thomas H. Huxley
I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been about two months since I've worked out. And I just don't have the time. Which uh..is odd. Because I have the time to go out to dinner. And uh..and watch tv. And get a bone density test. And uh.. try to figure out what my phone number spells in words.
—Ellen DeGeneres
There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We’d be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think ‘it will be okay if it can just be like this forever’ but of course nothing can ever stay just how it is forever.
—Nina LaCour in Hold Still