Cool Quotes

“The minute you start comparing yourself to others, you forget that you’re doing exactly what it is you’re meant to be doing” ~Stacey Turis

“The thing most complicated to understand is the simplicity of everything.”~ Stacey Turis

“When you are fighting demons, doesn’t it seem that everything is a demon?” ~Stacey Turis

“Hang in There” ~ Viola Dansby (my amazing Great-Grandma) through a Medium on 9/22/08.

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” ~Buddha

“…when you worry, bad things happen.”
~ Murk Maddock

“… ima shove some cheetoes in my ears and slather some weed infused olive oil on my arms and chill with a hunk of beef hanging from my mouth like a cigar.”
~ Dana Moody

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
~Janice Joplin

“…maybe she and I could down a case of ‘Sixletts’ and a pack of ‘Cigettes’ and wash it down with a 8 liter of ‘K-Soda’ while swapping stories about SPANKING OUR 13 YEAR OLD’S BABIES”.
~Dana Moody

“Did you tell her Miss Piggy’s a fucking muppet?”
~Murk Maddock

Be who you are, say what you feel
because those who mind, don’t matter
and those who matter, don’t mind.
~ Dr. Seuss

“You’re like the cheap fireworks you can buy at a stand. You never know if they’ll show you beautiful colors in the sky or blow your f*cking arm off.”
~Murk Maddock

“Normal is a state that people consistently try and fail to attain, because it does not exist.”
~Stacey Turis

“Stacey….I swear to all the yoga gods, if I ever make it down there, I’m going to beat the living shit out of you. You’re very lucky there is 27 states b/w us.”
~Dena Graziano

“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.”
~ Angela Monet

“Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.”
~ Tommy A. Edison

“Resentment is the act of stabbing yourself repeatedly in the heart hoping to kill the other person.”

“Much of the human race has decided “I love you” means “I am yours. I belong to you.” Or “I own you”. This translates very soon into “I now owe you something and you owe me something. It is now my job to make you happy, and you must do the same for me.” This is NOT what it means, but this is what many people want it to mean, need it to mean and insist that it should mean. That’s why so many people want to hear it, and also why it is difficult for some people to say – and for nearly all people to live up to it.” – CWG

“Everybody is a genius.  But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
~Albert Einstein

“Even in the face of resistance, it’s imperative that we remain the natural, organic versions of our selves.  Fight for your right to be quirky, dammit.” ~Stacey Turis

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes…the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”  ~Steve Jobs, CEO Apple

“…we are not a bunch of squiggly lines trying desperately to straighten ourselves out so that we don’t bump into or offend the triangles, circles, and squares all around us.  In this room we are squiggly siblings in our own comfortable tangles of giggles and insecurity, a creative huddle of mischief makers, creative problem solvers, and…absent minded super heroes.” ~ Kaydie Paschall, Fellow ADHD Superhero

“I might give birth while camping, wouldn’t that be fun.  Stacey Turis, bigfoot doula.”  ~ Denise Brown

“You can not say I always do something or never do something.  I am not that consistent!!!”  ~Candace Gonzalez, Fellow ADHD Superhero

“I have no special talent.  I am only passionately curious.”
~Albert Einstein

“Mr. spontaneity always works a treat.”  ~Uinsionn M Breathnach, Fellow ADHD Superhero

“Angry people want you to see how powerful they are…loving people want you to see how powerful You are.”  ~Chief Red Eagle

“You must carry a chaos inside you to give birth to a dancing star.” ~Nietzsche

“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”  ~Dr. Seuss

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something- your gut, destiny, life, karma or whatever. This approach has never let me down and has made all the difference in my life.”  ~Steve Jobs

“What other people think about you is none of your business.” ~Anonymous

“Life doesn’t give me lemons anymore…not after what happened last time.”  ~Unknown

“We’re all stars. We just need the sky to shine in…”  ~Unknown

“It’s not a privilege to know others.  Know yourself.  That’s a privilege.”  ~Unknown

“I think EVERYONE should have a good cry at least quarterly. Guys or gals. Crying is basically purging old emotions that are no longer useful to us. Never crying would be like walking around with all of your dirty underwear in layers on your bottom, adding a new pair each day. Come on! Take a pair off before you put another one on…you only need one pair at a time and you’re making your ass look fat for no reason at all! I like to make fun of Dave when he cries watching those two-hour ESPN specials, but I secretly like it. Besides, guys don’t want their asses to look fat either. Now what the heck was I even talking about?” ~Stacey Turis

“Giftedness is not what you do or how hard you work. It is who you are. You think differently. You experience life intensely. You care about injustice. You seek meaning. You appreciate and strive for the exquisite. You are painfully sensitive. You are extremely complex. You cherish integrity. Your truth-telling has gotten you in trouble. Should 98% of the population find you odd, seek the company of those who love you just the way you are. You are not broken. You do not need to be fixed. You are utterly fascinating. Trust yourself!” ~ Dr. Linda Kreger Silverman

“Last night i checked into my hotel with a nice Venti Latte, all ready to work into the night. Then i left it at the front desk. Then I turned on the shower to get ready to meet my colleagues for dinner, lolligagged around the hotel room for a bit, then noticed the shower curtain was all wet…and the bathroom floor was flooded — the showerhead was pointed INTO the room…used up every fkn towel, kleenex, napkin and tp sheet to mop that shit up. Then my powerpoint crashed 2x today in front of 24 people whose $20m account i was pitching. So don’t worry about losing your douchebag greeting card…”  ~AB

“Extraordinary vocabulary just happens, we can’t help it.  Don’t hate.”  ~Chandra Rambo, Fellow ADHD Superhero

“DON-KEY-FARM! DON-KEY-FARM! RICKER-RACKER-FIRE-CRACKER! DON-KEY-FARM! YAAAYYYYY!”  ~AB

“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” ~William Gibson

“Grow into your original nature and express it to the world.”  ~Random Thought

” If you put dog poop in the batter, you’ll be pulling dog poop cookies out of the oven 20 minutes later.”  ~Stacey Turis on healthy eating

“Shut your mouth, happy girl!”  ~Nikko

“Nobody wants to see your special FRECKLE!”  ~Stacey Turis

“Thank you once again for letting me know I am not the only one, your posts are better than any support group I would forget to go to.”  ~Fellow Superhero, Kristie  Alvarez

“I laugh at myself daily because I genuinely think the stupid shit I do is funny.”  ~Stacey Turis

“Tired of trying to cram her sparkly star-shaped self into society’s beige square holes, she chose to embrace her ridiculous awesomeness and shine like the freaking supernova she was meant to be.”  ~Unknown