W. J. T. Mitchell Quotes

It's not what happens to you, It's what you do about it.

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

I really owe everything to my parents and their devotion and drive to see to it that their children had the education which led to the opportunities that they never were able to have.

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best in me and in you too.

Falling on your face, at the very least, is a forward movement.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless enough to go on supporting the system.

All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in heaven, and I think he's in New York right now.

A day without laughter is like living in darkness; you try to find your way around, but you can't see clearly.

All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.

Rationally I have no hope, irrationally I believe in miracles.

In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

For my prom I really wanted to wear a bright color - something that was going to pop and stand out.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

Yesterday a child came out to wonder Caught a dragonfly inside a jar Fearful when the sky was full of thunder And tearful at the falling of a star

Lord, there's danger in this land, you get witch hunts and wars when church and state hold hands.

Music is so powerful to me. I had my IPod and headphones, and my sad playlist. I kind of ventured off for just a little bit to get into the scene.

Walk into a room, knowing you are somebody, somebody special. Don't ever let them smash that or pull you down.

The usual masculine dissillusionment is discovering that a woman has a brain

There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The only thing I have to give to make you smile, to win you with, are all the mornings still to live.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

We went to the Moon as technicians; we returned as humanitarians.

The most important thing is to write in your own blood. I bare intimate feelings because people should know how other people feel.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Coconut oil has always been my favorite. Any dry spots I have I'll put coconut oil on them because it's a natural ingredient and it works better than anything.

They won't give peace a chance, that's just a dream some of us had

I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

If you can make me laugh, my heart is yours! I think there's nothing more attractive than someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously.

All romantics meet the same fate some day. Drunk and cynical and boring someone in some dark cafe.

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

I'm more comfortable in heels than I am in sneakers.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

I see music as fluid architecture.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

The thing that gave me the most pain in life, psychologically, and it gave me tremendous pain psychologically, is man's disrespect for nature.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

I finally realized that no one is perfect and that I like the fact that I look different and don't have the perfect body. No one does!

I realized that bullying never has to do with you. It's the bully who's insecure.

The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.