we can't keep falling forever, you know

But don't let us worry over such things... we can't help ourselves just now, you know, and I've always been told it's foolish to borrow trouble.
-Frank Baum, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

and also they babble

Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.
-Steven Pinker, NYT

so tell me what I want, what I really really want

We often go to absurd lengths to ignore our better judgment.
-Susan Schwartz, The Gazette

ecstatic truth

"Many among the scientific community agree the end of human life is assured. Human life is a part of an endless chain of catastrophes, the demise of dinosaurs being just one of those events. We seem to be next."
-Werner Herzog, "The Agony and the Ecstasy," Seed Magazine Dec 2008

and more delicious too

A good tart is far more admirable than a decayed intellect.
-Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz

wow

However lousy it is to sit in your basement and pretend to be an elf, I can tell you from personal experience it's worse to sit in your basement and try to figure if Ginger or Mary Ann is cuter.
-Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

nature or nurture

"This is a strange affair, very strange!" declared the Guardian. "But you seem harmless. Folks do not smile so delightfully when they mean mischief."

"As for that," said Jack, "I cannot help my smile, for it is carved on my face with a jack-knife."

-Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz