I couldn't wait until I grew up. I used to look at my mom's stockings and put them on with her high heels and mess with my hair.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

Amy Tan

The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

John Green

The Pentagon still has not given a name to the Iraqi war. Somehow 'Operation Re-elect Bush' doesn't seem to be popular.

Jay Leno

Frankly, writing poetry for children is plain old fun, and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

Jack Prelutsky

Everyone admits that the truth hurts but no one applies this adage to himself -and as soon as it begins to hurt us, we quickly repudiate it and call it a lie. It is this tendency toward self-deception (more than any active sin) that makes human progress slow and almost imperceptible.

Sydney J. Harris

Mercy Falls was all about rumors, and the rumor on Jack was that he got his short fuse from his dad. I didn't know about that. It seemed like you ought to pick the sort of person you would be, no matter what your parents were like.

Maggie Stiefvater

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

Jean Giraudoux

At the end of the day, my goal was to be the best hacker.

Kevin Mitnick

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

Paulo Coelho

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

Jose Mourinho

He found a new way to cover up his bad breath. He holds up his arms.

Rodney Dangerfield

They who forgive most shall be most forgiven.

Josiah Bailey