“Whether you have a Ph. D. or no D. we're in this bag together.”

“Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. -- ”

“I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.”

“Life is about choices, and you have the ability to choose. You always have had this ability. I suggest that not only do you have the ability, you have the responsibility to make choices for yourself. It is your life, and you are in the driver's seat, if you choose to be.”

“If you have no more happiness to give me, / Well then! you still have your pain.”

“Hazel: Listen babe you have to search for your luck it's nice if it just falls in your lap but I look for my lucky pennies. ... Maggie: What do you do with all your pennies Hazel: I give them away. It's good to spread your luck around and it always comes back to you.”

“If you're bored with life, if you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things, you don't have enough goals.”