"Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful." 
- Annette Funicello

"Just when I thought life was off to a rough start today, I saw a Hannah Montana magazine on sale on the walk to school.  Miley Cyrus in a wig makes you remember that your life could never be as questionable as hers."
- DF

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them; every day begin the task anew."
- Saint Francis De Sales

"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day."
- Vincent Van Gogh

"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace."
- Oscar Wilde

"I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams—
Judging from picture books, apparently
Heaven is a partly cloudy place."
- Jenny Lewis, "Don't Deconstruct"

"Reproductive liberty must encompass more than the protection of an individual woman’s choice to end her pregnancy. It must encompass the full range of procreative activities, including the ability to bear a child, and it must acknowledge that we make reproductive decisions within a social context, including inequalities of wealth and power. Reproductive freedom is a matter of social justice, not individual choice."
- Dorothy Roberts (via)

"As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this Supreme Court decision not only protects a woman’s health and reproductive freedom, but also affirms a broader principle: that government should not intrude on private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose and this fundamental constitutional right. While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue—no matter what our views, we must stay united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, support pregnant woman and mothers, reduce the need for abortion, encourage healthy relationships, and promote adoption. And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams."
- President Obama (via)
 

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei

"A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless."
- May Sarton

"There's no harm in things looking fun, and you don't get extra credit for keeping things indie and grim."
- Tina Fey 

"There's no other way
around this
it's internal
buried deep.
Beneath
labyrinthe
thought tunnels
where the questions
pile in heaps."
- Saul Williams, "Where Skies Are Buried Deep"

"When you pray, move your feet."
- African proverb

"When I’m sad I stop being sad and be awesome instead."
- Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother

"Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea."
- Carl von Clausewitz

"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.  The Lord be with all of you."
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16

"Never cut what you can untie."
- Joseph Joubert 

"It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile."
- Garry Marshall

"I’m no leader. I do what I have to do. Sometimes people come with me."
- Edgar, Demolition Man

"I am so busy doing nothing… that the idea of doing anything — which as you know, always leads to something — cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything."
- Jerry Seinfeld

"Can't get up in the morning lately
and I'm just sunk in a dream
I'm always the ship in the stream"
- She & Him, "I Knew It Would Happen This Way"

"At first glance it may appear too hard.  Look again.  Always look again."
- Mary Anne Rodmacher

"Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it."
- Wayne Dyer

"He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake."
- Psalm 23:3

"In these fast and fickle times, it’s nice to know that there are some things you can always count on: the enduring brilliance of the last page of The Great Gatsby; the near-religious harmonies of the Beach Boys’ 'California Girls'; and the lifelong friendship of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck."
- Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot

"Logic will get you from A to B.  Imagination will take you anywhere."
- Albert Einstein

"Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around."
- Anna Quindlen

“He wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for.”
- Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
- Eleanor Roosevelt