Prom Quotes

• It wasn't that no one asked me to the prom, it was that no one would tell me where it was.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Humor, Comedy

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• Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

  Jena Malone

  Inspirational, Teenage, Teens

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• I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.

  Victoria Justice

  Thinking, Enjoy

  "Exclusive Victoria Justice Prom Pics!". www.seventeen.com. December 20, 2010.

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• I got hate letters from girls all over America because I wouldn't go to the prom with them.

  Davy Jones

  Girl, Hate, America

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• We had to decide: Do we want to do Saturday Night or go to our Senior Prom? We opted for Saturday Night Live.

  Mary-Kate Olsen

  Senior, Night, Want

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• Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is used to cut diamonds.

  John Green

  Cutting, Prom Queen, Ideas

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.16, A&C Black

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• I'll take being on Baywatch over being Prom Queen any day.

  Brande Roderick

  Queens, Prom Queen, Baywatch

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• I wore a woman's antique fur jacket to my high school junior prom.

  Lance Loud

  School, Fur, Antiques

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• My friends and I are collecting prom dresses to give to girls who can't afford them for their proms.

  Lauren Bush

  Girl, Giving, Dresses

  "My Uncle George" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2001.

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• One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress.

  Allison Janney

  Men, Dancing, Office

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• I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.

  Hunter Hayes

  Nerd, Geek, Homecoming

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• I was fascinated by my own prom pictures.

  Mary Ellen Mark

  My Own, Fascinated

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• Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read.

  Frank Zappa

  Motivational, Senior, Educational

  "Song: "Hungry Freaks Daddy" ("Freak Out!")". June 27, 1966.

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• Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!

  Lord Byron

  Night, Slumber, Glorious

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.113, Cambridge University Press

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• I don't believe in prom,' I reminded her as she rounded a corner. I expertly angled my raisin bran to accomodate the g-forces. I'd done this before.

  John Green

  Believe, Done, Force

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.11, A&C Black

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• Prom has all the elements of a popular story. It reeks of all-Americanness, tension, drama. It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.

  Adora Svitak

  Drama, School, Dancing

  "Prom: An American Tradition Gone Awry" by Adora Svitak, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2011.

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• My ideal prom date would have to be cute, funny, sweet, nice.

  Kendall Jenner

  Cute, Sweet, Nice

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• There's a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won't matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

  Drew Barrymore

  Football, Queens, Team

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• It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.

  Gregg Popovich

  Kings, Jobs, Goal

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• Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.

  Shawn Johnson

  Ask Me, Wells, Knows

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• April ... hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

  William Shakespeare

  Nature, Spring, Garden

  Sonnet 98

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• I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

  Michael Michele

  Queens, Cheerleading, Moving

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• The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.

  Anna Quindlen

  Kids, School, Talking

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• Patent leather wedges-they were big when I went to prom!

  Candace Bushnell

  Patents, Bigs, Leather

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• I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.

  Sarah Dessen

  Wall, Waiting, Hopeful

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