Marti Noxon Quotes

One man's folly is another man's wife.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

When I was old enough to know better, I ate a bar of soap in the shape of the Muppets' Fozzie Bear, because I loved him so much I wanted to consume him, even if doing so made me ill. I didn't yet know the word 'foreshadowing.' Fozzie was the only first of many pop-culture icons I feel shaped by.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Watching well-meaning authors follow in the footsteps of someone going in the wrong direction breaks my heart.

A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort.

People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.

I tend to latch on to things and not let go.

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

Sometimes you do something, and you get screwed. Sometimes it's the things you don't do, and you get screwed.

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens me that I'll never own my first album ever, which sucks.

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and I felt bad about writing it. I felt bad mainly as a writer and a thinker.

He 's ruthless only because of his ideals. Unfortunately he doesn't succeed. The thing fails and gets out of hand and takes charge of him. Idealism is the only excuse he could have and it's a great excuse.

There's a certain logic to avoiding the haters, but as a strategy, it's utterly flawed. When you turn off the feedback, you lose the benefits as well as the drawbacks. It's like having a sore finger and cutting off your arm.

Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

Many of our choices have led to the predicaments we are presently complaining about.

The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.

A right decision at the wrong time is a wrong decision.

Cardinals are never off-base. They are often ill-advised.

Somebody's screwed up, and it should be evident to everybody that somebody screwed up…. We should change course. The current course is taking us over Niagara Falls.

We are pursuing a course not calculated to promote our real interests, and one that will make us detested in the world.