Obscure Reference Quotes

#1. Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand. You might make an obscure reference to Monty Python or Iron Eagle that only some people will get, but if they do it conveys a world of meaning.

Ernest Cline

#2. One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible.

Peter Jackson

#3. True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable.

Joseph Addison

#4. You can say what Pilates is in three words. Stretch with Strength and Control. And the control part is the most important because that makes you use your mind.

Romana Kryzanowska

#5. There are three kinds of liars: liars, damned liars, and statisticians

Mark Twain

#6. The chicken's still dancing
the chicken won't stop

Sarah Kane

#7. She cried. She moaned. She ate heaps of junk food. She wished her perfect partner would soon drop out of the sky so she could get on with her life.

Kym Petrie

#8. Unfortunately those eyes - his eyes - never fade. They've haunted my dreams for years." - Hannah (Forsaken)

Kristen Day

#9. I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s, and I've not seen it.

Amy Adams

#10. I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day.

Michael J. Fox

#11. What is life without laughter?

Trenton Lee Stewart

#12. We are women of the world
The colors of our souls, rich and beautiful
We sing from the same heart, with many voices

Laurel Burch

#13. The world could screech to a halt on its axis and the dock could be swept out to sea in an apocalyptic current, and we wouldn't notice. Our universes have condensed into each other.

Kirsten Hubbard

#14. Because I also teach college, I am around a lot of young women who are just starting out, and I often see them coming up against certain expectations that may be more gender-specific.

Liza Johnson

#15. Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.

Louis L'Amour