Curse us eh/I'll make you pay!/I don't want to rhyme all day!

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez

I try very hard to be annoying. Don’t insult my ability to annoy.

"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."

Narcissus turned and scowled at Leo. “Who are you?” “I’m the Super-sized McShizzle, man!” Leo said. “I’m Leo Valdez, bad boy supreme. And the ladies love a bad boy.

This is Leo. I'm the... What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or..." "Repair boy." "Very funny, Piper.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi. Leo: Rainbows, ponies... Butch: I'm gonna toss you off this chariot.

It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends.

I mediate on God’s word, therefore, I have hope.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Every lie a person tells is an emotional dead end road that puts weight on the heart. Satisfaction is always in the truth.

Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

For now, we assume that self-evolving robots will learn to mimic human traits, including, eventually, humor. And so, I can't wait to hear the first joke that one robot tells to another robot.

Don't wait for anything; simply because what you are waiting for may never come!

As bees gather honey, so we collect what is sweetest out of all things and build.

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.