The Fault In Our Stars Movie Famous Quotes & Sayings

Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility, or so I thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can't remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, the law, or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard.
You see? If all you remember in years to come is the 'gay wizard' joke, I've come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first step to self-improvement. — J.K. Rowling

Many philosophers in the second half of the 20th century really seemed to think that they were laying the foundations for science by laying down the conceptual (necessary) truths. — Patricia Churchland

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life. — Neil LaBute

Life: a constellation of vital phenomena - organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation. — Anthony Marra

Killing is an excellent way of dealing with a hostility problem. — James Coburn

When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member of The Algonquin Round Table. — John F. Kennedy

The undeniable paradox of human existence is that a person seeks closeness with other people while protecting his or her sanctified right of privacy. Each person must carefully guard their personal identity in order to give their life a unique purposefulness. Loving other people and nature is not mutually exclusive of a person maintaining independence of thought and action. A person need not surrender his or her own pursuit of personal excellence when maintaining a respectful and reciprocal relationship with a life mate. — Kilroy J. Oldster

One remembers different persons differently, some by the impact they have made on our emotions, and others by the impression they leave in our minds. — Hallie Burnett

There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique. — Nathan Myhrvold

When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I have women banging on my door, I have no time to answer it. — Scott Wolf

When I get onstage in a play, I feel very safe, very protected, very fulfilled. — Alec Baldwin

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. — Oscar Wilde

Miss Brodie was easily the equal of both sisters together, she was the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle and they were only the squares on the other two sides. — Muriel Spark

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. — Elliott Carter