The Quote List: Part One

I've had a request to post some of the more absurd, silly or downright outrageous quotes that I have collected over the years. Like this blog, I try to capture a balance of inspirational, amusing and randomness with these small snippets. Also note that many of the quotes here are from my friends and family. So if you happened to say something stupid or inspiring, maybe you might see it here.

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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
- F. P. Jones

Hey, the word 'fruit' on this box of Kellogg’s Froot Loops one too many 'O's in it.
-Mark Johnson (early 1989)

I have hundreds of iguanas.
-Holly Johnson (9/30/00)

Don't you think it would be cool to see some of your organs before you die.
-Aimee Ohlsen (8/29/00)

Television has brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
-Alfred Hitchcock

There is nothing wrong with being a genius. Some of the world’s smartest people were geniuses.
-Loralee Jessen (11/8/05)

Are there two Elvises?
-Katie Johnson 8/3/94

Can skunks be de-stink-atized?
-Katie Johnson (8/11/99)

It would be hard to say which is the more miraculous, to make a stone to speak, or to make a philosopher stop speaking.
-Sozomen

I’m excited about my public spleaking class.
-Katie Johnson (2001)

No little girl can be happy unless she has faith in her daddy.
–Marge Simpson

Every man is a moon and each has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
–Samuel Clemens

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
–Charles A. Beard

Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny…Who knows what mysteries will be solved in our lifetime, and what new riddles will become the challenge of future generations?
-Neil A. Armstrong

To go places and to do things that never have been done before, - that’s what living is all about.
–Michael Collins

Don’t get stuck in the stagnant swamp of self-pity.
–Neal A. Maxwell

Happiness is not getting something, rather happiness is being something.
–Marvin J. Asthon

Christmas: It's kind of like a holiday.
-Mark Johnson (12/25/99)