Nine different people gathered and became like a family. To me, it is a very meaningful tie.

Happiness is doubled when you share them together and sadness is halved when you share them together.

I wish food was falling from the sky.

I couldn’t stand in front of any camera, and I couldn’t go to places where there were a lot of people. I thought people would criticize me if I smiled, or even if I just stayed still.

SNSD means the coming of the era of girls, it’s filled with hope. We wish to bring a generation of health and happiness.

The first family is my kin. The other family is my SNSD family.

We want our performance to be perfect, so even if I have to stay up to practice with my unnies, even if it’s really tiring, I know it is worth it

In the midst of our struggle to find out who we are, there are infinite possibilities for beauty, and hope, and wonder, and love.

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection.

If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions.

People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.

Hard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection.

No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance.

We need a Peace Department in our national government to do extensive research on peaceful ways of resolving conflicts. Then we can ask other countries to create similar departments.

An Icelandic mayor goes on an anti-elf rant which gets him in trouble.

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.