Quotations

"My mom is great and I make sure that we pray together before every race. She helps me put everything in perspective and remind me of the real reason I run."

— Allyson Felix, American sprinter, born 1985

"An authentic woman is not one who does not imitate anyone, but one who cannot be imitated."

— Maria Felix, Mexican film actress, born 1914

"To me, pictures are like blintzes – ya gotta get ‘em while they’re hot."

— Arthur Fellig, American photographer, born 1899

"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, born March 24, 1919

"Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, born 1919

"Beauty stands and waits with gravity to start her death-defying leap."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, born 1919

"There is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms."

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet, born 1919

"Confidence is 10% hard work and 90% delusion."

— Tina Fey, American comedian, born 1970

"I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey."

— Tina Fey, American comedian, born 1970

"Say yes and you'll figure it out afterwards."

— Tina Fey, American comedian, born 1970

"A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money."

— W. C. Fields, American actor, born 1880

"It’s morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money."

— W. C. Fields, American comedian, born 1880

"It may be that the strongest instinct of the human race, stronger than sex or hunger, is curiosity: the absolute need to know. It can and often does motivate a lifetime, it kills more than cats, and the prospect of satisfying it can be the most exciting of emotions."

— Jack Finney, American author, born 1911

"Would you have references? I'm awfully sorry but I haven't. I just arrived in New York, and don't know a soul. Except you. I smiled but she didn't smile back. She stood hesitating, and I said, It's true that I'm an escaped convict, an active counterfeiter, and occasional murderer. And I howl during the full of the moon. But I'm neat."

— Jack Finney, American author, born 1911