Looking For Alaska Colonel Quotes & Sayings

With such a vast and wonderful library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives. — Jonathan Haidt

She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale.
"DO NOT OBJECTIFY WOMEN'S BODIES!" Alaska shouted.
Now he looked up. "Sorry. Perky breasts."
"That's not any better! — John Green

I like to know a little about a lot. I find that it keeps life interesting. — Robin Benway

A curious thought experiment ... Nietzsche's message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally — Irvin D. Yalom

With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed. — Judy Chicago

After all this time, it still seems to me like straight and fast is the only way out - but I choose the labyrinth. The labyrinth blows, but I choose it. Chip/Colonel — John Green

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones. — Simon Pegg

It's an odd kind of feeling because it sort of reminds me of being five again. When you're a five-year-old, you don't pay any attention to what anyone thinks of you. You just sort of are in your skin. — Anna Quindlen

Science frees us in many ways ... from the bodily terror which the savage feels. But she replaces that, in the minds of many, by a moral terror which is far more overwhelming. — Charles Kingsley

Every day I wake up and go to sleep, I'm thinking about beating Cub Swanson — Dustin Poirier

Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face. — Rick Warren

Could the two people who are making out please be quiet?" the Colonel asked loudly from his sleeping bag. "Those of us who are not making out are drunk and tired. — John Green

AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!' he screamed.
'So that's Sara,' I said.
'Yes.'
'She seems nice. — John Green

The Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't. — John Green

True friendship is when you are able to build walls of protection around your friends by dismissing every back biting towards them. — Euginia Herlihy

So Haymitch, what do you think of the games have one hundred percent more competitors than usual?" asks Caesar.
Haymitch shrugs. "I don't see that it makes that much difference. They'll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same. — Suzanne Collins

You can't go back to something once it's dead. — Sue Grafton

I used to dress up in my mom's old clothes and play with these kids from the neighbourhood and make up stories: I would pretend that we were all vampires. — Heather Graham