Cryptonomicon Review Quotes

#1. I didn't apply to any colleges - I lied to all my friends and told them I was going to UCSD, because all their parents would be like, 'Mark, where're you going to college?' and I'd just lie 'cause I felt it was unrealistic to be an actor.

Mark Ruffalo

#2. Was I going mad? I prayed for warmth and daylight. I prayed for my sanity.

Robin Bridges

#3. Is there a club for bitchiness management, like Alcoholics Anonymous? Because, seriously, I think you should visit it.

Alexandra Engellmann

#4. I dropped out of school and I never took acting classes.

Alice Englert

#5. Yet many of the biggest slaughterhouses would sell their meat only to hamburger makers like Cargill if they agreed not to test their meat for E. coli until it was mixed together with shipments from other slaughterhouses.

Michael Moss

#6. People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Francis Bacon

#7. For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.

Laura Prepon

#8. What's so noble about being dead?

Dalton Trumbo

#9. She tried to compose herself then, with several deep breaths. I gave her as long as she needed, all the while mentally designing my tombstone. R.I.P, Captain Abraham R. Griswold. He was completely useless and made girls cry.

Lia Habel

#10. In novelas, sometimes you get the most ridiculous situations, but you make the best of it. But novelas are a very special genre.

Genesis Rodriguez

#11. I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

Dick Cavett