Wisdom: Collected

I ran into my own mind.
-Me

The face inside is right beneath my skin.
-Linkin Park

He's got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard to see.
-The Beatles

Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that does fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong,
Hark! Now I hear them – Ding-dong, bell.
-William Shakespeare

A leash is only a rope with a noose at both ends.
-Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead)

  Gardener
Sir, I encountered Death
Just now among our roses
Thin as a scythe he stood there.

I knew him by his pictures
He had on his black coat
Black gloves, and broad black hat.

I think he would have spoken,
Seeing his mouth stood open.
Big it was, with white teeth.

As soon as he beckoned, I ran.
I ran until I found you.
Sir, I'm quitting my job.

I want to see my sons
Once more before I die.
I want to see California.

  Master
Sir, you must be that stranger
Who threatened my gardener.
This is my property, sir.

I welcome only friends here.

  Death
Sir, I knew your father.
And we were friends at the end.

As for your gardener,
I did not threaten him.
Old men mistake my gestures.

I only meant to ask him
To show me to his master.
I take it you are he?
-Donald Justice

Nothing in this world that's worth having comes easy.
-Bob Kelso (Scrubs)

The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moon's going to owe it one.
-Linkin Park

Forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the vastness of human potential.
-Norman Osborne (Spiderman)

No compromise, even in the face of armageddon.
-Rorshack (Watchmen)

The ghetto has a million promises for me to keep.
-Sonny (In The Heights: 96,000)

There are million dollar shoes on the moon while a kid is dying from lack of food.
-Me

I can lead a nation with a microphone.
-Flobots (Handlebars)

The only reward for hard work, is more hard work.
-Mr. Alexis (Middle school math teacher)

The thing that you'll most in this world, more than anything or anyone, will be your kids.
-Mr. Badell (Middle school math teacher)

No one betrays faster than student and master
-Mr. Porto (High school math teacher)

It's what you don't see that kills you.
-Mr. Baldwin (High school drama teacher)

Life is like a vast ocean, and we are all just sailors getting from point A to point B. There are those who stay on their ship, and live happy, successful lives. Then there are those who jump ship and go see what monsters, mermaids, and treasures lie beneath the water. The latter is what we call: artists.
-Mr. Baldwin (High school drama teacher)