Terry Pratchett quote: “Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.”

“His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching.”

Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author

“Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director”

David Mamet (1947) American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director

Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (2007)

“You can’t really yell at your boyfriend for stealing your seat and your best friend. You also can’t yell at your best friend for stealing your boyfriend. Or you can…but Hi seemed like a much easier way to start the morning.”

Ally Carter Out of Sight, Out of Time

Source: Out of Sight, Out of Time

“You ever see that sign that says 'speed limit enforced by aircraft'? Wow. Man, you get pulled over by a plane, you're going to have a hard time talking your way out of that ticket. 'You know how fast you were going son?' Uh, 70? 'You were going 300 m. p. h. buddy, what the hell are you doing?' Sorry sir, I had that large coffee back at the truck stop — I'm fuckin' flyin'. HUGE coffee. I bought some dirt thought that would slow me down. Biggest motherfuckin' coffee you ever seen. He pumped it right up my nose. I'm just skin coverin' coffee right now.”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

Sane Man (1989)

“If your country needs you, you should be right there, that is the way I felt when I was young, and that's the way I feel today.”

Frank Buckles (1901–2011) United States Army soldier and centenarian

On service in the U.S. Army, as quoted in The Knoxville News.

“Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.”

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer

The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
Context: There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who is a man will defile and pollute his conscience at the bidding of any legislature. Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.