Quotes by Carroll Bryant Vol. One

“Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.”

“Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it's to serve as a bad example."

“Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.”

“Use a condom. The world doesn't need another you.”

“I never fail. It's just that the people around me succeed more than I.”

“I strive for perfection. I settle for satisfaction”

“I don't like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.”

“The shattering of a heart when being broken is the loudest quiet ever.”

“It's not how many times you fall. And it's not how many times you get back up. It's about how much money you have to pay people to admit that the whole incident didn't even occur to begin with.”

“If they're not going to respect you, then they best damn well fear you.” - Children of the Flower Power

“Mine is a wicked world of pure fascinastion.”

“Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!”

“The reason time is always running out is because it has nothing else better to do.” - Children of the Flower Power

“Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.”

“You are the guiding star of someone's existence”

“No matter how many plans you make or how much in control you are, life is always winging it.”

“Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.”

“Girls are always complaining that they can never meet a nice guy. Nice guys are everywhere. The problem isn’t that there aren't any nice guys, the problem is that all of the nice guys are ugly.”

“Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And then there are those who wonder, 'What the hell just happened?”

“Intelligence is being intelligent enough to know you're not so intelligent as you intelligently once thought.”

“The last word of love is ... goodbye.”

“Cool people are only cool for the first thirty minutes of knowing them. After that, they just become annoying.”

“The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about their reputation. It should be the other way around.”

“There is no need to masturbate your brain, just to ejaculate your thoughts all over the place” - From the poem "Sex Your God".

“My best days are Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday."
"Ian," Wesley noted, "that covers the whole week."
Ian nods his head. "Pretty much.” - Children of the Flower Power

“The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.”

“You can push my buttons all you want. Just don't pull any of my levers.”

“It's not adviseable to always go around doubting others all the time. However, it is logical.”

“The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.”

“Hope is believing in something that eludes you. It's a desperate feeling in a desperate situation.”

“One should never give up on hope. Unless that's the name of the girl who cheated on you in which case, yeah, give her up.”

“I believe in love. Unfortunately, it doesn't believe me. Lust, on the other hand, is a nagging wife poking constantly at my DNA.”

“You cannot prevent a war by starting a war.” - Children of the Flower Power

“He who laughs last ... just didn't get the joke.”

“I don’t think it’s proper for a girl to have three boyfriends.” Jennifer now begins to sound her age, and more like a grandmother.
Sally attempts to clear up any confusion. “They’re not my boyfriends, they’re just boys who are my friends.”
“How could I have ever misunderstood that?” - Children of the Flower Power

“You can spend your life judging people or, you can spend it making friends. Take your pick.”

“When people say they hate life, to what are they comparing it to? The alternative isn't any more appealing.”

“Luck is the bastard child of Fate and Destiny.”

“This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.” - Last Flight Out

“Like love, people don't live inside of life, life lives inside of you. Open yourselves upto it and there's no stopping your heart.” - Children of the Flower Power

“Smoking will probably kill me, but so will natural selection.”

“If I had wanted children of my own, I would have gotten married. If I had wanted to get married, I would have fallen in love. If I had wanted to fall in love, I would have met the right girl. If I had wanted to meet the right girl, I would have drank a whole lot less.”

“Slap-stick comedy is really funny, unless you're the one getting slapped with the stick.”

“If you could sum up your life in one sentence, then you didn’t live much of a life."

“Love should feel like a hand sewn quilt made by grandma, wrapping you up on a cold winter morning.”

“You are the only one who can.”

“Today I feel like I did tomorrow.”

“Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.”

“I feel like I am either on the cusp of something great, or standing on the edge of my abyss, discovering something brand new, or uncovering somebody elses lost imagination.”

“Knowledge may be power, but half of what I know I wish I could forget.”