„I don’t know what you think you’re trying to do, but the krauts ought to pin a medal on you for helping them mess up discipline for us.“

— George S. Patton

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„"I know you don't have to help us out-it's a favor-""Stop. I don't do favors, Alec. I do things for you because-- well, why do you think I do them?“
— Cassandra Clare
„Now, what I do reject is when folks just sit on the sidelines and they're rooting for failure — whether it's on health care or energy or the economy — or the Olympics. [.. ] What I reject is when scoring political points is so important that you'd rather see failure. What I reject is when some folks want to go to the policies that helped get us into this mess in the first place — as if we don't remember. [.. ] We don't mind cleaning up the mess that was left for us. We're busy, we got our mops, we're, you know, mopping the floor here. But I don't want the folks who made the mess to just sit there and say, you're not mopping fast enough. I don't — I don't want them saying, you're not holding the mop the right way, or, that's a socialist mop. I want them to grab a mop. Grab a mop. Grab a mop — or a broom or something. Make yourself useful.“
— Barack Obama
„Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like… you think they know something, but usually they are just messes.“
— Anne Sexton
„You Keep Using the Word Help. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means“
— Rick Riordan
„You've got a degree in philosophy,So you think you're cleverer than me.But I'm not just some drama queen,Cos it's where you're at not where you've been.So what do you expect from me,To hold your head above the sea?And there are you even though you're bigger,Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure?And anyway we're still so youngAnd this isn't yet the day.I can't help you if you won't help yourself.“
— Amy Winehouse