Can't go wrong with this guy.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

~Mark Twain

”Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”
Hitch

I saw Christopher Hitchens mentioned, and it reminded me that one of my very favorite quotes is one of his:

“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”

Well behaved women seldom make history.

What if it's not all about the Hokie Pokey?

This one hangs on my fridge door. "Do one thing every day that scares you". Eleanor Roosevelt

"There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." -- Leonard Cohen

I'm a big fan of just about any good quote, but I also like the occasional humorous Jack Handey quote:

If a kid asks where rain comes from,
I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying."
And if he asks why God is crying,
another cute thing to tell him is
"Probably because of something you did."

"A time will come when we must choose between what is right and what is easy." - Albus Dumbledore

When Fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. This has often been attributed to Sinclair Lewis, but Snopes cannot confirm it.
It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees. Emiliano Zapata
The best you can possibly do with your life is tackle the motherfucking shit out of it. Cheryl Strayed

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. What differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.

Abraham Lincoln, 1858

Social progress can be measured by the position of the female sex.
From each according to his abilities; to each according to his need.
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Karl Marx

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion." Abe Lincoln

I’m doing two because I’m a rebel (without a clue)

“I'm a pacifist, but the most American thing you can do is to dissent, and the most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent. When you feel threatened by the suppression of your liberties, you exercise them to the nth degree, you scream your head off every chance you get. You talk to people you don't agree with. Really good advice: Every day, talk to at least two people who don't agree with you. It's the only way it is going to get done.”
Utah Phillips

"I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not." ~ Kurt Cobain

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Robert A. Heinlein, one of my favorite authors.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Polonius to Hamlet

I don't have a favorite, although I've collected thousands over the years. One that struck me As fascinating in the past few hours comes from a book I just read, or more precisely heard as it was an audiobook, Till We Have Faces by the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis. The novel is a reworking of 2nd century writer Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Orual, Psyche's older sister.

“As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream.”
~ Lewis' character Orual.

How can you expect your life to change if first you don't change?

Change is good but it don't last

"Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility"

I have 2 favorite quotes really.

1. Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
   --Richard Feynman
   I have a BS in Physics so it definitely resonates with me.

2. Grief is the price we pay for love.
   Seriously helped me when a friend killed himself. Also helps with heartbreak.

Life is what happens when youre making other plans! -John Lennon?

The quote I listed as my favorite quote in my high school yearbook remains my favorite quote.

"If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice."

Neil Peart/Rush, "Freewill"