“I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.”

— Conor McGregor

“The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.”

— Alan Dershowitz

“I don’t see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn’t need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.”

— Joy Harjo

“I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”

— L. Frank Baum

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”

— T.S. Eliot

“I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through — then follow through.”

— Eddie Rickenbacker

“Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that’s positive and celebrate that!”

— Tyra Banks

“Never use a big word when a little filthy one will do.”

— Johnny Carson

“Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.”

— Sophocles

“I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.”

— Frances McDormand

“I’d always rather be working — and you know what? My kids would rather me be working. If I stay at home, I’ll only buy another car or spend their money.”

— Danny Trejo

“I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.”

— John Cleese

“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it’s just sort of a tired feeling.”

— Paula Poundstone

“I hate the idea that you shouldn’t wear something just because you’re a certain age.”

— Miuccia Prada

“Anyone who claims to have an entirely clear conscience is almost certainly a bore.”

— Bernard Cornwell

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”

— W. C. Fields

“I’m not sure there’s a method to my madness.”

— Selena Gomez

“Life is 10% what you make it, and 90% how you take it.”

— Irving Berlin

“Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.”

— Aaron Burr

“I like some animals more than some people, some people more than some animals.”

— Jane Goodall

“I’m definitely not for any haunted houses. They’re all scary to me.”

— Patrick Mahomes

“I feel like I’m small and mighty and pack a powerful punch, just like Tide PODS.”

— Simone Biles

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I hate to hear ‘Less is more.’ It’s a crock of crap.”

— R. Lee Ermey

“I live by ‘Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. It’s like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships, I apply that to like sports, I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how I like it.”

— Paul Walker

“Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it’s romantic.”

— Benjamin Bratt

“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”

— Morgan Freeman

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I am that weirdo that chooses the difficult route down the side of the street.”

— Taylor Lautner

“You’ve gotta be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?”

— Bernadette Peters

“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”

— Charles Dickens

“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”

— Socrates

“Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.”

— George Carlin