"the present is the merest flicker between the long long time past and the things that haven't yet happened but most assuredly will."

“Too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run,”

“Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.”

“I'm a human being I'm not a piece of property. I am not a consignment of goods.”

“There are moments when you love babies, and you're like, "God, they are the reason why we exist." Then they start crying, and you're like "God! Jesus!"”

Source : "Zac Efron and Seth Rogen Talk About Their Characters’ Relationships, the Freedom When Making an R-Rated Movie and More on the Set of NEIGHBORS". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. January 30, 2014.

“I do think students in public school (and private) should be required to study the Bible. As a matter of pure education, it's shocking that we [the americans] are not compelled to learn the book, which is the source of our language, our common stories, our political structure, our conflicts.”

Source : "Slate: David Plotz Discusses 'Good Book' and What He Learned Blogging the Bible". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 4, 2009.

“I believe that poets have to be inside their poems somewhere, or the poem won't work.”

Source : Joy Harjo, Laura Coltelli (1996). “The spiral of memory: interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“I loved every minute of my three years majoring in classics at Berkeley.”

“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.