Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: That's a really good perfume. [he holds the bottle out to Baldini, who turns away] Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: Don't you want to smell it, Master? Giuseppe Baldini: I'm not in the mood to test it now. I have other things on my...
Harold Crick: What do these questions have to do with anything? Professor Jules Hilbert: Nothing. The only way to find out what story you're in is to determine what stories you're not in. Odd as it may seem, I've just ruled out half of Greek literatu...
Buzz Lightyear #2: Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. I have an AWOL Space Ranger. Buzz Lightyear: Tell me I wasn't this deluded... Buzz Lightyear #2: No back talk! I have a laser, and I will really use it. Buzz Lightyear: You mean a laser that's a ligh...
Woody: I know! It's okay, Buzz. I actually want to go. Mr. Potato Head: What? Are you crazy? Woody: Look, the thing is, I'm this rare "Sheriff Woody" doll, and these guys, are my - round-up gang. Buzz Lightyear: Woody, what are you talking about? Woo...
Mr. Potato Head: Oh, let's just go straight to Exhibit F - the kidnapper's vehicle was seen fleeing in this direction. [pushes the car left] Hamm: Oh, your parts are in backwards, it's this way! [pushes the toy car right] Mr. Potato Head: Hey, put a ...
Molly: [Andy is climbing up the ladder to the attic to put his toys away when Molly walks out of her room carrying a box] Uh! [a small heavy ball falls out of the box] Andy: You need a hand? Molly: I got it! Andy: Here. [he puts the ball back and pic...
Woody: Hey, if any of you get to Sunnyside Daycare, you tell 'em Woody made it home. Dolly: You came from Sunnyside? Trixie: But how'd you escape? Woody: Well, it wasn't easy. I... What do you mean "escape"? Mr. Pricklepants: Sunnyside is a place of ...
Walter Sobchak: Were you listening to The Dude's story, Donny? The Dude: Walter... Donny: What? Walter Sobchak: Were you listening to The Dude's story? Donny: I was bowling. Walter Sobchak: So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a...
Jesse: I heard this story once about when the Germans were occupying Paris and they had to retreat back. They wired Notre Dame to blow, but they had to leave one guy in charge of hitting the switch. And the guy, the soldier, he couldn't do it. You kn...
The burden God places on each of us is to become who we are meant to be. We are most fully ourselves when Christ most fully lives in us and through us. The mother shines brightest with her child in her arms, the father when he forgives his wandering ...
Your power is in your story and all the wisdom it has brought you.
How stupid lovers can be! But if they were not, there would be no story.
Stories do not change, only the lives they live in do.
Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.
It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.
In a market, preceptions could be as important as reality. p.403
It's the broken plans you have made that are the hardest to get over.
Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")
Daa-r'uu Wee-z'oo." -Ettie the Explorer
Every song deserves lyrics. Deserves a story to tell.
99 percent of all statistics only tell 49 percent of the story.