15 Ultra-Cool Quotes From Some Extraordinary Humans to Make Your Brain Grin From Ear to Ear.

Ready for some instant n̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶ joy and sarcasm?

Sweety Mohanty, M.Sc.
ILLUMINATION
3 min readApr 12, 2023

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A toddler is grinning.
Photo by Alexander Dummer: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-toddler-smiling-1912868/

Some quotes have the power to bring out the crazy in us. They steer our souls to appreciate the crazy. They plant a seed of belongingness in this wild world full of many more crazies.

Some people know how to hold on to humor in dark times. They have expressed self-worth, self-confidence, self-love, and many things with self and a hyphen via words put beautifully.

I have collected numerous quotes from exceptionally famous personalities over the years and am sharing some with you today. I hope they convey a sense of admiration for your gorgeous existence.

Here is some food for your thoughts.

  1. To be is to do — Socrates
    To do is to be — Sartre
    Do Be Do Be Do — Sinatra
    Kurt Vonnegut
  2. I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
    Mae West
  3. If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
    Laurence J. Peter
  4. I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
    Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
  5. I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
    Maya Angelou
  6. I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
    Jerome K. Jerome
  7. Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because men wrote most books on witchcraft.
    Neil Gaiman
  8. So what? All writers are lunatics!
    Cornelia Funke, Inkspell
  9. Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.
    Charles Bukowski
  10. I suppose I’ll have to add the force of gravity to my list of enemies.
    Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril
  11. I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
    Albert Einstein
  12. Occasionally, I like to do as I’m told, just to confuse people.
    Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones
  13. Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
    J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
  14. I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
    Mark Twain
  15. I don’t know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.
    Woody Allen

How mesmerizing it is to see how people voice their bottomless sentiments through words! May these words resonate with your profound feelings waiting to be spoken out loud.

Cheers!

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Sweety Mohanty, M.Sc.
ILLUMINATION

A Computer Science PhD Student | Writing about the joy of being who I am and how do I recreate to improve.