77th Birthday Quotes & Sayings

Thank you, Codex, because I didn't know what a knife was. — Cassandra Clare

Music is the voice of God traveling through ten-dimensional hyperspace. — Michio Kaku

Do not rush the taper. Don't get brave. Brave is often foolish and looking for that instant gratification of instant "clean." It won't work. — Taite Adams

But in District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse, volunteers are all but extinct. — Suzanne Collins

My general feeling about approach to work is that anyone that's there, they're all there to do the best job they can. — Ben Mendelsohn

How about you, Rafe?" she asked when Georgia finally took a breath. "What do you think of middle school so far?" "Well," I said, "it's not as bad as I thought it was going to — James Patterson

It would be so much easier if I weren't determined to do what's best for everybody. Whoever said virtue was its own reward was full of crap. — Orson Scott Card

How do you pledge allegiance to a government? That's all America is: a government. There's no such thing as 'we're Americans.' That's just trivial bullshit to get you rooting for the home team. You're not an American. You're a guy, you're a person, you're an individual. — Doug Stanhope

For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6. — Melanie Lynskey

Virtue alone has majesty in death. — Edward Young

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. — George Washington

And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out. — Sandra Cisneros

Momentarily forgetting this wasn't one of her She-wolves, Sissy automatically teased, "Good thing
my brother likes women with meat on their bones 'cause your ass is gonna be gettin' wide."
As soon as the words left her mouth, she wished she could take them back.
But without missing a beat, Jessie shot back, "Cool. Now I can start wearing your jeans. I thought
that was only going to be possible during the late stages of the pregnancy. — Shelly Laurenston

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle. — Jane Kaczmarek

Our character is determined by what we do if every restraint were removed. — Lettie Cowman