Misfits Quotes

“Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be part of. A misfit,like us.”

“Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie, Tookis and Addie Carle and Joe Bunch and me. We call ourselves the Gang of Five, but there are only four of us. We do it to keep people on their toes. Make 'em wonder. Or maybe we do it because we figure that there's one more kid out there who's going to need a gang to be part of. A misfit,like us.”

“We took off for the tree line, leaving the wounded soldiers to wonder how they'd been beaten by four misfits and a horse.”

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

“I am here, come closer,” the old donkey said with her eyes. “I will mother you.”

“One measure of a civilization, in fact, is the percentage of misfits in its society.”

“And my experience in the music scene had shown me that there were places for places in the world where misfits were welcome.”

“Blessed are the misfits who make their own rules and stick to them for they shall inherit peace of mind”

“. . . the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious, praised most, while the crank, misfits and malcontents praised least.”