My Favorite Quotes

Here are some of my favorite quotes.


"Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head?" ~~ Willy Wonka ~~

"Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker!" ~~ Willy Wonka ~~

"The suspence is killing me, I hope it will last!" ~~ Willy Wonka ~~

"If God has intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates." ~~ Willy Wonka ~~

"I've decided to change our Monday schedule to Friday which means the quiz we take Friday over what we have learned will now take place on Monday before we have learned it!" ~~ Charlie's teacher ~~

"There's so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it." ~~ Willy Wonka ~~

"You may fall from a tree top, you may fall from above, but the greatest fall you'll every have is when you fall in love" ~~ Susan J. Gordon ~~

"What 's in a name? ...A rose By any other name would smell as sweet." ~~ Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ~~

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all hearts of all the world." ~~ John Evelyn ~~

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." ~~ Samuel Johnson ~~

"A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away." ~~ Arabian Proverb ~~

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." ~~ Albert Camus ~~

"I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

"Do you ever put your arms out and spin and spin and spin really really fast? Well that's what love is like. It makes you heart race and turns the world upside down. But if you're not careful; if you don't keep your eyes on something still, you can lose your balance. You can't see what's happening to the people around you...you can't see that you're about to fall." ~~ Practical Magic ~~

"The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results." ~~ Michael LeBeuf ~~

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he, who loses a friend, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Friends, you and me - you brought another friend - and then there were 3. We started our group - our circle of friends - and like that circle - there is no beginning, nor an end. Yesterday is history - tomorrow is a mystery - today is a gift." ~~Eleanor Roosevelt~~