Quotes/Lyrics: Facts of Life

Collected Quotes:

“Be more concerned about your character than your reputation because your character is who you are and you reputation is what others think of you.” (unsure)

“One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.” (Lew Wallace)

“I wrote down all the qualities I want in a man and when I looked at that list I realized that man is too good for me.” (Wanda Sykes … unfortunately true)

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” (Dr. Seuss)

“To be in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia – to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.” (H.L. Mencken)

“Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.” (Jean De La Bruyere)

“The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.” (Robert Oppenheimer)

“I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.” (Mark Twain)

“No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.” (H.L. Mencken)

“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” (Oscar Wilde)

Music:

“Talking is just masturbating without the mess” (Our Lady Peace)

“The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care” (Offspring)

“So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy? I don’t want to go and follow you just to end up like one of them and why are you always telling me what you want me to believe? I’d like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end But I’m not ever going to know because we’re all going in the same direction” (Hoobastank)

“Today is all you’ll ever have don’t close your eyes this is your life, are you who you want to be?” (Switchfoot … before they went pop)

“If you fell down the well I would bring you a rope and take all the pain…because I find myself in you” (Something Corporate)

“It may take two to tango but it only takes one to let go” (Wallflowers)

“Can’t you live without the attention?” (Taking Back Sunday)

“I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut, my weakness is that I care too much” (Papa Roach”)

“Look to the past And remember and smile And maybe tonight I can breathe for awhile I’m not in the scene I think I’m fallin’ asleep But then all that it means is I’ll always be dreaming of you” (Blink182)

“I wanted you so much Just like I do right now I wanted us to be the one the poets write their books about” (Sister Hazel)

“Let them talk so they feel important” (Adema)

“I have found that all that shimmers in this world is sure to fade away again” (Fuel)

“I still don’t miss you yet Only when I stop to think about it I hate everything about you Why do I love you?” (Three Days Grace)

“Don’t tell me that I’ve gone crazy, you’re the one who’s trying to F…ing change me” (Tonic)

“What could you be doing that is so much fun, without me by your side?” (The Early November)

“Sooner or later your gonna hate it Go ahead and throw your life away” (Breaking Benjamin)