1. You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
2. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
3. We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.
4. Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well that’s because he’s a guy. But if he does the same stupid thing twice, that’s usually to impress some girl.
______________________________ Excerpt from Wikipedia: Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.
He published 46 children’s books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches the Egg, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Geisel’s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.
1. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
2. A person’s a person, no matter how small.
3. Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
4. I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
5. Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
6. Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
7. I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
8. I meant what I said and I said what I meant.
9. You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…
10. The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.
11. I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out most of the preachments.
12. Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
13. And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!
14. Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
15. You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
16. Kid, you’ll move mountains!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So …
Get on your way!
17. Only you can control your future.
18. Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
19. You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.
20. Oh, the things you can find if you don’t stay behind!
21. Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.
22. Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!
23. Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you’ll go!
24. When you think things are bad,
when you feel sour and blue,
when you start to get mad…
you should do what I do!
Just tell yourself, Duckie,
you’re really quite lucky!
Some people are much more…
oh, ever so much more…
oh, muchly much-much more
unlucky than you!
25. It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become.
26. It is better to know how to learn than to know.
1. I will not play tug o’ war. I’d rather play hug o’ war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.
2. How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ‘em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ‘em.
3. So I’m all of love that could make it today.
———————————- Excerpt from Wikipedia: Sheldon Allan “Shel” Silverstein (September 25, 1930 – May 8/9, 1999), was an American poet, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, cartoonist, screenwriter and author of children’s books. He styled himself as Uncle Shelby in his children’s books. Translated into more than 30 languages, his books have sold over 20 million copies.
1. Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect– But tell me the truth.
2. There Is A Voice Inside Of You
That Whispers All Day Long,
“I Feel That This Is Right For Me,
I Know That This Is Wrong.”
No Teacher, Preacher, Parent, Friend
Or Wise Man Can Decide
What’s Right For You- Just Listen To
The Voice That Speaks Inside.
3. All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
Layin’ In The Sun,
Talkin’ ‘Bout The Things
They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done …
But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas
All Ran Away And Hid
From One Little Did.
4. This bridge will only take you halfway there, to those mysterious lands you long to see. Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fair, and moonlit woods where unicorns run free. So come and walk awhile with me and share the twisting trails and wonderous worlds I’ve known. But this bridge will only take you halfway there. The last few steps you have to take alone.
5. Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
6.The Little Boy and the Old Man
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”
Said the old man, “I do that too.”
The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”
I do that too,” laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, “I often cry.”
The old man nodded, “So do I.”
But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seems
Grown-ups don’t pay attention to me.”
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
I know what you mean,” said the little old man.
7. Anything is possible. Anything can be.
8.No Difference
Small as a peanut,
Big as a giant,
We’re all the same size
When we turn off the light.
Rich as a sultan,
Poor as a mite,
We’re all worth the same
When we turn off the light.
Red, black or orange,
Yellow or white,
We all look the same
When we turn off the light.
So maybe the way,
To make everything right
Is for god to just reach out
And turn off the light!
9. I believe that if you don’t want to do anything, then sit there and don’t do it, but don’t expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.
10. If there is a book you want to read but isn’t written yet, write it.
11. He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don’t think a satirist has any greater obligation to society than a bricklayer or anybody else.
12. If you’re behind the times, they won’t notice you. If you’re right in tune with them, you’re no better than they are, so they won’t care much for you. Be just a little ahead of them.
13. Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
14. To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
15. You’d better get your laugh while you’re making your point, or you won’t be doing it very long.
16. I made myself a snowball, as perfect as could be. I thought I’d keep it as a pet, and let it sleep with me. I made it some pajamas, a pillow for its head. Then last night it ran away, but first it wet the bed.
1. Who would have thought that teaching a kid to surf, would teach me that surfing isn’t the most important thing in the world? And that something else is. Love. Bigger than any tidal wave. More powerful than any fear.
2. Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
3. Surfing isn’t the most important thing in life. Love is. I’ve had the chance to embrace more people with one arm than I ever could with two.
—————————————- Excerpt from Wikipedia: Soul Surfer is a 2011 American drama film about the life of surfer Bethany Hamilton. At the age of thirteen, Hamilton lost her arm to a shark attack. The film details the events surrounding this attack and her struggle during the aftermath. The film is directed by Sean McNamara, who based the screenplay on Hamilton’s autobiography of the same name and on the filmmakers’ interviews with the family. The title refers to a term coined in the 1960s to denote someone who surfs purely for pleasure, but the word soul has a double meaning as a reference to Hamilton’s Christian faith, which helped her recover her surfing career after the attack. AnnaSophia Robb stars as Hamilton, and Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt star as Hamilton’s parents.
Plans for a film existed since shortly after the shark attack on Hamilton in 2003 and her subsequent recovery. After several false starts to production, McNamara was attached to direct the film. While the film is based on Hamilton’s 2004 biographical book, the director and producer David Brookwell interviewed the family to learn about unpublished conflicts to include in the film. Filming took place in Hawaii in early 2010, and Robb wore a green sleeve on her arm so visual effects could be added in post-production to create the appearance of a stump. Additional filming took place in Tahiti in August 2010.
FilmDistrict, which was launched in September 2010, formed a partnership with TriStar Pictures to release Soul Surfer in theaters. The company originally anticipated releasing the film in 300 theaters, but the company was impressed enough with the final product to pursue a release in 2,000 theaters. The film was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on April 8, 2011.
Award won by Bethany Hamilton
Bethany wins Teen Choice “Courage Award”
Bethany wins ESPY “Best Comeback of the Year”
1. I don’t know why terrible things happen to us sometimes. But I have to believe that something good is going to come out of this.
2. Don’t be sorry for compassion … it can move us to do amazing things..
3. People are so amazing. There’s an eighth grader from North Carolina, who lost his arm. Logan, and he says he’s gonna try out for his school soccer team because of me.
4. So don’t take just any wave that comes along. The greatest surfers, they all have this sixth sense. They know when the best waves are coming. They can feel it. It’s a gift. You have that gift too.
5. Listen to your instinct. Trust it.
6. What am I supposed to do now? You’re supposed to enjoy it. All of it. For the rest of your life.
7. Hey, Malina. Great job. You’re a tough opponent. Bethany Hamilton, nobody is as tough as you.
8. Bethany, I’m from Transworld Surf Magazine. Are you upset you didn’t win today? I didn’t come to win. I came to surf.
9. I wouldn’t change what happened to me, because then I wouldn’t have this chance in front of all of you. This chance to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.
10. I was born to surf. This is why I wake up at the crack of dawn every day. This is why I endure belly rashes, reef cuts, muscles so tired they feel like noodles.
11. And I’ve learned that life is a lot like surfing. When you get caught in the impact zone, you need to get right back up because you never now what’s over the next wave.
12. If you have faith, anything is possible. Anything at all.
13. I don’t need easy. I just need possible.
14. You didn’t lose everything Bethany, not even close. That shark didn’t kill you, you’re here, you’re alive, you have your family.
1. We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television. Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jewish parents Rose (née Winter), a singer with The Muny, and Jonas Schrift, a designer of men’s clothing. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was three years old.
As the New York Times obituary noted, “A major movie presence for more than five decades, Shelley Winters turned herself into a widely respected actress who won two Oscars.” Read more about her at Wikipedia.
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More Shelley Winters Quotes
1. All marriages are happy. It’s trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.
2. Every now and then, when you’re on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It’s a sound you can’t get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you’ve hit them where they live.
3. Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.
1. Love isn’t a decision. It’s a feeling. If we could decide who we loved, it would be much simpler, but much less magical.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: South Park is an American animated sitcom, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the cable channel Comedy Central. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become infamous for its crude, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics. The ongoing narrative revolves around four children—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their bizarre adventures in and around the titular Colorado town.
Parker and Stone developed the show from two animated shorts they created in 1992 and 1995. The latter became one of the first Internet viral videos, which led to the green lighting of the series by Comedy Central. South Park debuted in August 1997 with great success, consistently earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. Subsequent ratings have varied, but the show remains Comedy Central’s highest-rated program even after 188 episodes. Parker and Stone, who continue to do most of the writing, directing, and voice acting, are under contract to produce 14 new episodes a year through 2011. Their staff creates each episode with computer software that emulates the show’s distinct cutout animation style.
Following the early success of the series, the acclaimed feature-length musical film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut had a widespread theatrical release in June 1999. South Park has also received numerous media awards, most notably three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award.
1. You know, I think that if parents would spend less time worrying about what their kids watch on TV and more time worrying about what’s going on in their kids’ lives, this world would be a much better place.
2. I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids.
Famous Love Quotes and Love Sayings from Stephen Stills
1. If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you’re with.
2. There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young). He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time. Stills was ranked #28 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s 2003 list of “The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”, read more at: Wikipedia.
1. How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.
—————————————- Excerpt from Wikipedia: Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United States.
Chase articulated the “Slave Power conspiracy” thesis well before Lincoln did, and he coined the slogan of the Free Soil Party, “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men.” He devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Power – the conspiracy of Southern slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty.
2. I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.
3. The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.
Famous Love Quotes and Love Sayings from Sara Paddison
1. As you continue to send out love, the energy returns to you in a regenerating spiral… As love accumulates, it keeps your system in balance and harmony. Love is the tool, and more love is the end product.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.
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