“My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town.
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you.
Nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone.
That you know flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone:
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't."”

“Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly you mean what you mean. But if you have vitality enough of knowing enough of what you mean, somebody and sometime and sometimes a great many will have to realize that you know what you mean and so they will agree that you mean what you know, what you know you mean, which is as near as anybody can come to understanding any one.”

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays

“I don't know. It's been terribly hard for me. How do I know you won't do it again?'
'Nobody is ever quite sure of what they will do. You aren't sure what you might do.”

Charles Bukowski book Women

“It just goes to show you: every baby is born beautiful.
It's what we project on them that makes them ugly.”

Jodi Picoult book Small Great Things

“Still, she knows one thing for certain: never judge a relationship unless you are the one wrapped up in its arms.”

Alice Hoffman (1952) Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer

“You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at.
We'll get lost on this dance floor,
Spinnin' around
And around
And around
And around.”

Toby Keith (1961) American country music singer and actor

“It's my life and you know what? Nobody invited you so there's the door.”

Billie Joe Armstrong (1972) American singer and guitarist

“You entered my aura and fell into my arms.
I just wrapped around you like a snake that's been charmed.”

Amber (1970) Dutch born German singer, songwriter, label owner and executive producer

“Nobody knows you.
You don't know yourself.
And I, who am half in love with you,
What am I in love with?
My own imaginings?”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“You do realize as you grow older that almost nobody knows what they are talking about.”

John Cleese (1939) actor from England