"[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang."

-- Ella Fitzgerald

#Song Quotes #Moon Quotes #Years Quotes

“To his US Olympic team - Every day you guys look worse and worse. And today you played like tomorrow.”
“No. Absolutely not.â€ â€œSimon,â€ she said. â€œItâ€™s a perfectly fine plan.â€ â€œThe plan where you follow Jace and Sebastian off to some unknown dimensional pocket and we use these rings to communicate so those of us over here in the regular dimension of Earth can track you down? That plan?â€ â€œYes.â€ â€œNo,â€ he said. â€œNo, it isnâ€™t.â€ Clary sat back. â€œYou donâ€™t just get to say no.â€ â€œThis plan involves me! I get to say no! No.â€ â€œSimonâ€”â€ Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. â€œLet me introduce you to my good friend No.”
“If the human species, or indeed any part of the biosphere, is to continue to survive, it must eventually leave the Earth and colonize space. For the simple fact of the matter is, the planet Earth is doomed... Let us follow many environmentalists and regard the Earth as Gaia, the mother of all life (which indeed she is). Gaia, like all mothers, is not immortal. She is going to die. But her line of descent might be immortal. . . . Gaia's children might never die out-provided they move into space. The Earth should be regarded as the womb of life-but one cannot remain in the womb forever.”
“You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.”
“The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.”
“I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly.”
“There's one thing I believe, is that I don't know anything and anything could happen.”
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.”

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