--- title: "4 Bullshit Quotes By John Green" description: "4 Bullshit quotes by John Green. Plus more from John Green and more Bullshit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/john-green-12_bullshit_maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-so_499020.jpg" --- > [Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-some-bullshit-markers/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/john-green-12_bullshit_maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-so_499020.jpg) > [Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/incidentally-did-you-know-that-the-whole-eight-glasses-a-day-thing-is/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/john-green-12_assuming_incidentally-did-you-know-that-the-whole_1155480.jpg) > [It's total bullshit," he said. "The whole thing. Eighty percent survival rate and he's in the twenty percent? Bullshit. He was such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/it-s-total-bullshit-he-said-the-whole-thing-eighty-percent-survival-3/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/john-green-12_bullshit_it-s-total-bullshit-he-said-the-whole-th_2408727.jpg) > [I went on spouting bullshit Encouragements as Gus's parents, arm in arm, hugged each other and nodded at every word. Funerals, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-went-on-spouting-bullshit-encouragements-as-gus-s-parents-arm-in/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/john-green-12_arms_i-went-on-spouting-bullshit-encouragemen_3216374.jpg) ## Other authors on Bullshit - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/george-carlin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-sarah-moores-648.jpg) Sarah Moores 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/sarah-moores/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-glen-rambharack-269.jpg) Glen Rambharack 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/glen-rambharack/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-toba-beta-105.jpg) Toba Beta 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/toba-beta/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/stephen-king/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-harry-frankfurt-40664.jpg) Harry Frankfurt 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/harry-frankfurt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-foster-wallace-27461.jpg) David Foster Wallace 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/david-foster-wallace/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-scott-lynch-83666.jpg) Scott Lynch 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/scott-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-justin-halpern-54644.jpg) Justin Halpern 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/justin-halpern/) ## More by John Green > [Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters." Computer: "I don't understand-" Issac: "Me neither. Pause](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/issac-i-dislike-living-in-a-world-without-augustus-waters-computer-i/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“I just want to stay away from people and read books and think”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-just-want-to-stay-away-from-people-and-read-books-and-think/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [She smiled with all the delight of a kid on Christmas morning and said, "Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die." -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/she-smiled-with-all-the-delight-of-a-kid-on-christmas-morning-and/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [A Margo for each of us--and each more mirror than window.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/a-margo-for-each-of-us-and-each-more-mirror-than-window/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“No one ever says good-bye unless they want to see you again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/no-one-ever-says-good-bye-unless-they-want-to-see-you-again/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/neither-novels-or-their-readers-benefit-from-any-attempts-to-divine/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Traffic's not too bad on Sheridan, and I'm cornering the car like it's the Indy 500, and we're listening to my favorite NMH song,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/traffic-s-not-too-bad-on-sheridan-and-i-m-cornering-the-car-like-it-s/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“Praise God for good nurses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/praise-god-for-good-nurses/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/so-i-was-ugly-i-was-never-fat-really-and-i-never-wore-headgear-or-had/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/nothing-has-ever-looked-like-that-ever-in-all-of-human-history/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“said to him quietly, as if I couldn’t hear or something. Dad was about to respond but I interrupted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/said-to-him-quietly-as-if-i-couldn-t-hear-or-something-dad-was-about/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I believe humans have souls, and I believe in the conservation of souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-believe-humans-have-souls-and-i-believe-in-the-conservation-of-souls/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [“He was hot. A nonhotboy stares at you relentlessly and it is, at best, awkward and, at worst, a form of assault. But a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/he-was-hot-a-nonhotboy-stares-at-you-relentlessly-and-it-is-at-best/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [I think if you keep the box closed long enough you do kill the cat, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-think-if-you-keep-the-box-closed-long-enough-you-do-kill-the-cat/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) > [Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/imagining-the-future-is-a-kind-of-nostalgia-you-spend-your-whole-life/) [John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bullshit/john-green/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bullshit Quotes By John Green", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Green" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-some-bullshit-markers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/john-green-12_bullshit_maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-so_499020.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/john-green-12_bullshit_maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-so_499020.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/john-green-12_bullshit_maybe-life-is-not-about-accomplishing-so_499020.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.” — John Green", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? 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