Megan Wilcox > Megan's Quotes

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”
― Mark Twain

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
― Albert Einstein

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”
― E.B. White

“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”
― E.B. White

“I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.”
― E.B. White

“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”
― E.B. White

“I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze.”
― E.B. White

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.”
― Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

“Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

“    There must be something very comprehensive in this phrase of 'Never mind,' for we do not recollect to have ever witnessed a quarrel in the street, at a theatre, public room, or elsewhere, in which it has not been the standard reply to all belligerent inquiries. 'Do you call yourself a gentleman, sir?'—'Never mind, sir.' 'Did I offer to say anything to the young woman, sir?'—'Never mind, sir.' 'Do you want your head knocked up against that wall, sir?'—'Never mind, sir.' It is observable, too, that there would appear to be some hidden taunt in this universal 'Never mind,' which rouses more indignation in the bosom of the individual addressed, than the most lavish abuse could possibly awaken.”
― Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

“My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.”
― Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Just make sure that the thing you're living for is worth dying for." --Levi”
― Jill Williamson, Captives

“Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.”
― Michael Crichton

“It is better to die for the truth than to live for a lie. Let it cost me what it will, I will not depart from the truth, even to save my own or my father’s life. I will obey God, and trust Him for the rest.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“No, you need to cry.' He gently pressed her head to his shoulder, knocking her cap askew. 'My mama says women need to cry every once in a while. Washes away all the weakness so you can stay strong. Always let a lady cry, she says.”
― Sarah Sundin, The Sea Before Us