"It's impossible to trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn't die."
~Mr. Garrison (South Park)

I began collecting quotes in 11th grade (I think) by writing down odd or funny quotes on my school binder. Pretty soon I had no empty space on that binder. The result of that, is this page.

Enjoy.

On Friendship:
Unknown sources:

"Friendship requires trust with a capital 'T,' because without the 'T' it would be rust, and rust turns to dust, then it is just dust in the wind, and it is gone."

"A part of you has grown in me,
Together forever we shall be,
Never apart,
Maybe in distance,
But not in heart."
~Anonymous~

"The best rule for friendship: Keep your heart a little softer than your head."

"As we journey into the future, we must remember that our paths were intertwined for a time, and that we are all connected."

"The making of friends who are real friends is the best token we have of a persons success in life."

"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of people in your life."

"Love is forever, friendship is longer."

On Life:

"Life is at its best when it's shaken and stirred." ~ F. Paul Facult.

"It's better to be stupid and alive that smart and dead." ~ Anonymous.

"Without music, life is like a journey through a desert." ~ Pat Conroy

Unknown sources:

"Beauty is what happens when you're busy living life."

"It matters not how long we live, but how."

"Never live in the future for then you are only left with past memories of the present."

"Don't be afraid that your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin."

"Life is only lived when challenges are met. Be caring, be patient, and be thorough."

"Life would make more sense if we could live it backwards."

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think."

"It's not those who throw roses on your grave who realize your life didn't die . . . It's who rode the roller coaster with you."

"Laughter makes life seem possible."

"You're either living on the edge, or you are taking up space."

"No one guaranteed happiness. Life just gives each person time and space. It's up to us to fill it with joy."

"I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it."

"We take these risks not to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping us."

"Don't forget how to laugh, or be too proud to cry, it's by doing both that we live life to its fullest."

"Remember the past, dream for the future, but live for today."

On Love:

"Love people and use things, don't love things and use people." ~ Art DeMoss.

Unknown sources:

"The first duty of love is to listen."

"In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

Miscellaneous:

For in the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." ~B. Dioum

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."~Will Rogers

"A door is a door, because a door is a door, and when a door is a door, it looks like a door, because it's a window." ~ Joe Sterm

"Chance favors the prepared mind." ~ Louis Pasteur

"I always prefer to believe the best in everybody ~ it saves so much trouble." ~ Rudyard Kipling

"I don't drive fast, I just fly slow." ~ Anonymous

"Fleas can be taught nearly everything a congressman can." ~ Mark Twain

"If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." ~ Mark Twain

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: Freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them." ~ Mark Twain

"Once people start saying you're funny, slap them . . . Tell them it was a joke." ~ Brad Wease

"I never let my schooling interfere with my education." ~ Christian Wasko

"We are all earthworm and only some pack the dirt." ~ Lochlan McHale

Unknown sources:

"Smile . . . It makes people wonder what you've been up to."

"When it is dark the sun no longer shines, but who can forget the colors of the rainbow."

"She's as weird as snake's suspenders, but sweet as a stolen kiss."

"When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe one of two things will happen ~ There will be something solid to stand on or we will be taught to fly."

"Hands and feet are all alike, but fear between divide us."

"Let your pain be my sorrow, let your tears be my tears too, let your courage be my model."

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying."

"Dream big, there is little power in little plans."

"I shut my eyes in order to see."

"All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening."

"You don't know how bad things are until you remember when they used to be better."

"I know of no way of judging the future, but by the past."

"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."

"A smile is worth a million and doesn't cost a cent."

"I never encountered failure, all I ever met were temporary setbacks."

"You do not need to see your feet in order to walk; you need only faith that your feet are there."

"Becoming is always superior to being."

"A smile shines through even on the cloudiest days."

"I am only on, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something."

"Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them."

"Pray for what you need, work for what you want."

"If you can't laugh at yourself, then who can you laugh at?"

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."