„John Clellon Holmes … and I were sitting around trying to think up the meaning of the Lost Generation and the subsequent Existentialism and I said, ‘You know, this is really a beat generation’ and he leapt up and said ‘That’s it, that’s right!“

— Jack Kerouac

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„Not to the extent of throwing up my hands and saying, "Well, it's all over." No. I think whichever generation and at whatever time, when the time comes, the generation that is there, I think will have to go on doing what they believe is right.“
— Ronald Reagan
„I like this place” he said with a grin “I like to sit up here and look down at the beach and think of all the good things I could do with a Luger.“
— Hunter S. Thompson
„I think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition.“
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
„“Well, what are you doing? What have you done?”“I am sitting in this char,” said Poirot. “Thinking,” he added.“Is that all?” said Mrs. Oliver.“It is the important thing,” said Poirot.“
— Agatha Christie
„God is sitting here, looking into my very soul to see if I think right thoughts. Yet I am not afraid, for I try to be right and good; and He knows every one of my struggles.“
— Emily Dickinson
„Shut up, me" Leo said out loud."What?" Piper asked."Nothing," he said. "Long night. I think I'm hallucinating. It's cool.“
— Rick Riordan
„In the bathtub. My dad came in and said, "Guess who they want to play Harry Potter?" I think I said the name of another actor, because I was sure it wasn't me. Then he said, "No, it's you," and I started to cry with joy. That night, I woke up at 2 in the morning and woke up mom and dad and asked, "Am I dreaming? Will I really play Harry Potter?"“
— Daniel Radcliffe