Maggs Quotes & Sayings

Anyone who shows up for a midnight opening-night screening of the latest, shiniest geek flick must be a diehard nerd. I mean, you'd have to be a killer-huge fan to wait in line for hours for the newest Star Wars or Marvel Universe film, right? — Sam Maggs

fiction, no matter the form, allows you to live a thousand meaningful experiences and relationships that you could never have in real life. Getting invested in a fictional world means you have a wonderful imagination, a big heart, and the capacity for endless creativity. No one can say anything bad about that. — Sam Maggs

History is full of lady engineers and spies and scientists. But history is also written by the victorious, and it may not surprise you that thus far the overwhelming winners have been straight white dudes. That hasn't worked out so well for everyone else. — Sam Maggs

Dream Your World. Be Your World. Flaunt Your World. — Sam Maggs

Women are becoming the driving force behind geek culture, and we shouldn't be relegated to the sidelines. — Sam Maggs

You're not a true fan if you only like the Marvel movies; you can't be in the anime community unless you speak fluent Japanese; you're not allowed to dress up as Ms. Marvel unless you've read every Ms. Marvel comic, ever. — Sam Maggs

Can we all just agree that Han shot first? — Sam Maggs

Do you want every human everywhere - regardless of gender, race, class, sexuality, or fandom - to have the same rights? Then congrats: you are a feminist. Huzzah! — Sam Maggs

When you're someone's property, you're a woman the brothers will die to protect," he continued, his voice softening. "They'll die to protect your kid, too. Don't turn that kind of loyalty into something ugly because you don't like the words we use. Dancer, Marie, Maggs? They're proud to be property, because they know what it means. Nobody forcing them to do anything. — Joanna Wylde

We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it. But we don't have it easy. — Sam Maggs

Whatever you want to do - start now. No one needs to give you permission. No one needs to invite you to the table. Just — Sam Maggs

Book clubs are totally dope - like English class if you were allowed to read only books that you actually like and snack and sip while discussing them. — Sam Maggs

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be. — Horatio Nelson

It's no fun to lose, ... We haven't lost in a while and now we get to remember what it feels like. Everybody wants to be undefeated and that's what we wanted. There are no excuses. — Mark Richt

Being a fangirl is the best thing that's ever happened to me. ...We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it. — Sam Maggs

Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. — George Santayana

If you're just getting into the comics, start with Runaways, a series about teenagers who discover their parents are supervillains. — Sam Maggs

Man's need for art is absolutely primordial, as strong as, and perhaps stronger than, our need for bread. Without bread, we die of hunger, but without art we die of boredom. — Jean Dubuffet

(Surprisingly, the term has been around since at least 1782, when Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, wrote in a letter to her mother that her "feels" made her cry and gave her insomnia, similar to how a modern fangirl might feel after finishing the Mass Effect trilogy.) Feels — Sam Maggs

TYPICAL TROLOLOL: "Sure, but even Virginia Woolf said in A Room of One's Own that 'a woman must have money,' so obviously all girls are just out for cash. — Sam Maggs

Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story. — Byron Katie