Penelope Garcia quotes from Criminal Minds

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[thinking Gideon sent her a bouquet of flowers] Thank you for the flowers. [reading from the card] "I know I can be challenging, but your work is appreciated. J. Gideon." I appreciate the appreciation. And, BTW, you're not challenging. Well, no, you're totally challenging, but you're not challenging at all in a bad way, Sir.

Garcia

William Shakespeare wrote, "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

Garcia

When I was in the ambulance, I could hear the song Heroes, playing in my head. I kept flashing in and out of consciousness. Everything was really bright. And I remember thinking, wait, is David Bowie really God?

Garcia

[mortified that Kevin will talk with Rossi about their relationship] If you get within a hundred feet of Agent Rossi, I will unleash an unrecoverable virus onto your personal computer system that will reduce your electronic world into something between a Commodore 64, and a block of government cheese.

Penelope Garcia

"Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theater of the tragedy of man." John Morley

Penelope Garcia

Ralph W. Sockman said, "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength."

Penelope Garcia

Abraham Lincoln said, "Whatever you are, be a good one." [NOTE: This quote is frequently misattributed to Lincoln and was first published in an 1897 memoir by Laurence Hutton, who attributed the quote to William Makepeace Thackeray.]

Penelope Garcia

"Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live." Marilyn Monroe

Penelope Garcia

I believe humanity was born from conflict. Maybe that’s why in all of us lives a dark side. Some of us embrace it. Some have no choice. The rest of us fight it. In the end, it’s as natural as the air we breathe. At some point, we’re forced to face the truth. Ourselves.

Penelope Garcia

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." George Iles

Penelope Garcia

We are each on our own journey. Each of us are on our very own adventure, encountering all kinds of challenges, and the choices we make on that adventure will shape us as we go. Those choices will stretch us and test us and push us to our limit, and our adventure will make us stronger than we ever knew we could be. There's a quote by my favorite author, Joseph Campbell, and it goes like this: "Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain."

Penelope Garcia

Mitch Albom said, "Death ends a life, not a relationship."

Penelope Garcia

"To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble." Bill Watterson

Penelope Garcia

"Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you." Michael Murdock

Penelope Garcia

"It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go." J. C. Watts