Quotations

"My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic."

— Peter Sellers, English actor, born September 8, 1925

"As a kid, all I thought about was death. But you can't tell your parents that."

— Maurice Sendak, American illustrator, died May 8, 2012

"Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them."

— Maurice Sendak, American illustrator, born June 10, 1928

"Fear makes you weak; anger makes you strong."

— Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and social worker, born February 15, 1910

"According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular and private hell."

— Rod Serling, American screenwriter, born 1924

"If you write, fix pipes, grade papers, lay bricks or drive a taxi - do it with a sense of pride. And do it the best you know how. Be cognizant and sympathetic to the guy alongside, because he wants a place in the sun, too. And always...always look past his color, his creed, his religion and the shape of his ears. Look for the whole person. Judge him as the whole person."

— Rod Serling, American screenwriter, born 1924

"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on."

— Rod Serling, American screenwriter, born 1924

"Everything we choose in life for its lightness soon reveals its unbearable weight."

— Richard Serra, American sculptor, born November 2, 1939

"Our breath is brief, so let's make our heaven here below."

— Robert Service, English poet, born 1874

"It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe."

— Robert Service, English poet, born 1874

"Ah! the clock is always slow; It is later than you think."

— Robert Service, English poet, born 1874

"Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night, The healing dark."

— Robert Service, English poet, born 1874

"Let's go and get drunk on light again - it has the power to console."

— Georges Seurat, French painter, born December 2, 1859

"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."

— Theodor Seuss, American cartoonist, born 1904