Top 30 James Ponti Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “If we lose faith and trust, then we’ve lost everything.”

— James Ponti

2. “My mom had mismatched eyes. It’s called “heterochromia,” and I have it too. My left eye is blue and my right is green, just like hers. She said it was our special genetic bond.”

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3. “But you don’t have to be part of a group to understand that they’re being mistreated. Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong.”

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4. “We’ll have to go down into Dead City.”

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5. “To manufacture trinitrotoluene, you must first produce mononitrotoluene by nitrating toluene with a mixture of sulfuric and nitric acids. This must be renitrated to dinitrotoluene and then nitrated to trinitrotoluene by using an anhydrous mixture of nitric acid and oleum.”

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6. “Nerds really do make the world go round.”

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7. “Only fools and liars speak with certainty about things beyond their control.”

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8. “You’re one of us! We are a team. It doesn’t matter if you are living or undead, you will always be one of us.”

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9. “Death is part of the natural order of life,” she would explain. “You shouldn’t be scared of it. You should be respectful of it.”

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10. “You cannot achieve what you cannot believe.”

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11. “It seemed like everything was moving too fast for me to do anything about it.”

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12. “The video was impressive the first time or two we saw it, but by the fifth viewing we pretty much hated everything about the school.”

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13. “He was tall like a basketball player, and superthin. His hair had been dyed shoe-polish black, and he had dark circles under his eyes. He wore mismatched earrings and, judging by the splotches along his jawline, he also wore makeup. Very bad makeup. Even by New York subway standards he was weird.”

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14. “I don’t get involved in anything that’s stupid.”

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15. “This was my James Bond moment. Except, rather than racing a sports car along a cliffside road overlooking the Mediterranean, we were crammed onto the subway riding the Red Line toward Metro Center Station.”

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16. “Of course she said that. She’s my mom. She also hung my crayon drawings on the wall like they were masterpieces. You can’t really trust her analysis of my artistic endeavors.”

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17. “Bad guys never wait, so good guys can’t be late.”

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18. “If it was easy, what fun would it be?”

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19. “Mr. Campbell and I did so many high fives the palm of my hand turned red.”

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20. “I’m incomplete. Like a book with the first chapter torn out.”

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21. “Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong.”

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22. “Never forget that ‘ordinary’ is part of ‘extraordinary’; you can’t have one without the other.”

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23. “Dead ends are only course corrections to help you find the right direction.”

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24. “Who am I? Am I the blood within my veins? The heart that always strains, to ease the pains of others? Am I the name that I’ve been given? Does that explain why I am driven? Does that honor my father and my mother? What is it that you find, when the stars somehow align? And begin to define the essence that is mine? “Who am I? I am brother, I am son I am many, I am one I am more than I can comprehend And forever I’m your friend.”

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25. “It’s totally your choice.” He tried to answer but the best he could do was “Amp-li-dope.” She shook her head. “I’m sorry. I can’t understand what you’re saying.” “Amp-li-dope!” he pleaded. “I still can’t understand, but I’m guessing it’s probably antidote,” she answered. “That would be the wise choice.”

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26. “No buts,” Rio said, cutting her off. “There’s no way I’m changing my mind.” “I’ll give you the other half of my sandwich,” she said, holding it up. “Deal,” he said without hesitation as he snatched it from her hand. “Kat’s the lookout.”

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27. “Kindness, interest, sensitivity, sincerity?”

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28. “It’s a reminder that sometimes when you’re reading a situation, the answer lies not in what you see, but in what is missing.”

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29. “When I landed on the mat, the image that ran through my head was that of my mother slamming dough against the counter when she makes homemade pizza.”

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30. “Everything’s math.”

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31. “Don’t feel bad. He does that to everyone. You just got TOASTed.”

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32. “Okay,” Rivers replied. “Maybe I wasn’t supposed to say anything about that. Just act surprised when they tell you.”

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33. “DISLIKES: Practically allergic to following rules.”

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34. “Nerdy Book Club.”

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