Quotes from Stephen Schwartz

Cause getting your dreams It's strange, but it seems A little -- well -- complicated There's a kind of a sort of : cost There's a couple of things get : lost There are bridges you cross You didn't know you crossed Until you've crossed.

Everyone deserves a chance to fly!

We can't all come and go by Bubble!

Don't wish. Don't Start. Wishing only wounds the heart.

I'm through accepting limits ''cause someone says they're so Some things I cannot change But till I try, I'll never know! Too long I've been afraid of Losing love I guess I've lost Well, if that's love It comes at much too high a cost!

Let the green girl go!

Popular, You're gonna be Popular! I'll teach you the proper ploys when you talk to boys! Little ways to flirt and flounce! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair, everything that really counts, to be POPULAR!!

Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.

I believe if I refuse to grow old, I can stay young 'til I die.

So if you care to find me/ Look to the western sky/ As someone told me lately/ Everyone deserves the chance to fly!/ And if I'm flying solo/ At least I'm flying free/ Tell those who'd ground me/ Take a message back from me/ Tell them how I am defying gravity!/ I'm flying high defying gravity/ And soon I'll match them in renown./ And nobody in all of Oz/ No Wizard that there is or was/ Is ever gonna bring me down!/

Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

So much of me is made of what I learned from you; you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine by being my friend

I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason bringing something we must learn. And we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them, and we help them in return. Well, I don't know if I believe that's true, but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you...

Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?

Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone

I've heard it said, that people, come into our lives for a reason. Bringing something we must learn and we aren't, to help us most to grow, if we let them, and we help them in return. Well I don't know if I believe that's true, but I know I'm who I am today because I knew you

Dancing through life Swaying and sweeping And always keeping cool Life is faught less When you're thoughtless Those who don't try Never look foolish Dancing through life Mindless and careless Make sure you're where less Trouble is rife Woes are fleeting Blows are glancing When you're dancing Through life...

Day by day, dear Lord, Of Thee three things I pray. To see Thee more clearly, Love Thee more dearly, Follow Thee more nearly, Day by day.

People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul.

Elphaba: "I just wish ..." Fiyero: "What?" Elphaba: "I wish I could be beautiful ... for you." Fiyero: "Elphaba ..." Elphaba: "Don't tell me that I am. You don't need to lie to me." Fiyero: "It's not lying! It's looking at things another way.

You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you, but if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message.

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.