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“We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.”
“2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2.”
“In a country as big as the United States, you can find fifty examples of anything.”
“Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.”
“Oh, I don’t blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I’d be irresponsible, too.”
“I don’t really trust a sane person.”
“Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world.”
“An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer.”
Ability quotes
- "Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile" – Stephen R. Covey
- "I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do and like it" – Harry S Truman
- "Ability is of little account without opportunity." – Napoleon Bonaparte
Abstinence quotes
- "Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards." – Ali ibn Abi Talib
- "But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss." – Bible
- "Abstinence engenders maladies." – William Shakespeare
Achievement quotes
Action quotes
- "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." – Jim Rohn
- "We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action." – Frank Tibolt
- "The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life." – Albert Einstein
Addiction quotes
- "I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question ”Why did you start using narcotics in the first place?” should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area." – William S. Burroughs
- "Actually, I think all addiction starts with soda. Every junkie did soda first. But no one counts that. Maybe they should. The soda connection is clear. Why isn’t a presidential commission looking into this? Or at least some guys from the National Carbonation Council." – Chris Rock
- "Marijuana is a much bigger part of the American addiction problem than most people – teens or adults – realize." – John Walters
Admiration quotes
- "I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration." – Orson Scott Card
- "If a man could mount to heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had some one to share in his pleasure" – Marcus Tullius Cicero
- "When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it" – Joseph Joubert
Adversity quotes
- "We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery is a choice, that though you may lose, you shall never be defeated." – Jill Anzinger
- "Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity" – Seneca
- "As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity." – Ovid
Advice quotes
- "The things that we love tell us what we are." – St. Thomas Aquinas
- "Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes." – Ann Landers
- "I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite." – G. K. Chesterton
Affection quotes
- "Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality." – Martin Luther King Jr.
- "Never regret anything you have done with a sincere affection; nothing is lost that is born of the heart" – Basil Rathbone
- "A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away–the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us–is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow." – Charles Dickens
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Age quotes
- "Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age" – Friedrich Nietzsche
- "Old age is not a disease – it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses." – Maggie Kuhn
- "Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle." – Bob Hope
Ambition quotes
- "I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." – Thomas Carlyle
- "Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be." – Bob Dylan
- "Me only have one ambition, y’know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together – black, white, Chinese, everyone – that’s all." – Bob Marley
Anger quotes
- "If you go through life angry you will end up with nothing but you and your anger." – Kenneth waters Jr
- "Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly – hurt, bitterness, grief, and, most of all, fear" – Joan Rivers
- "Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you." – Horace
Appreciation quotes
- "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated." – William James
- "Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it." – Ralph Marston
- "Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom." – Theodore Isaac Rubin
Arts - Artists quotes
- Jeff Rich
- "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." – Scott Adams
- "Art knows no boundaries…. Expressive art; Timeless piece; Artistic representation of feelings without imitations built from creative interpretations; however you want to call it… For us, this is…. Art. "ART ACROSS BOUNDARIES"" – Mako Antenor
Attitude quotes
- "I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them, I couldn’t imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!" – Sasha Azevedo
- "When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them." – Plato
- "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." – Donald Trump
Beauty quotes
Birthday quotes
Break-up quotes
- "To me, he’s a loss, yes. But I’m a greater loss." – Henannie Zaragoza
- "We dated for some months, in the end i realised i was happy for what i never had. Long distances relationship has more chances of failing than succeeding.." – Taiwo OlaSOT
- "after a break-up people always claim that things will get better, and in fact they do… but not because we in fact ARE better but that the pain, has beaten every last ounce of feeling from us. after we are wasted away, because food and drink seems to be like sand being choked down, and sleep is no comfort because you know you’ll dream of them, and have to wake with knowing they’ll not be there. after all this is accepted, we are what people claim is ‘better’" – Johnny Morphine
Business quotes
- "I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming with a goal in front and not behind" – George Bernard Shaw
- "“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”" – J.R.R. Tolkien
- "Local businesses are under attack by an in invading army of franchisees. the mom & pops are a dying breed" – Kenneth waters Jr
Change quotes
- "Making the change from poverty to middle class is a 12 round boxing match. but the the change from middle class to wealthy will be a fight to the death" – Kenneth waters Jr
- "We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." – William Somerset Maugham
- "Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable." – Denis Waitley
Children quotes
- "All franchises are un AMERICAN they are a dictatorship that make it almost impossible for pride of ownership and customer serves to survive" – Kenneth waters Jr
- "The great recession is upon us" – Kenneth waters Jr
- "Is there nothing we won’t outsource, China is the world’s largest producer of American flags how many American jobs where lost in that deal" – Kenneth waters Jr
Christian quotes
- "The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma." – Abraham Lincoln
- "life is a dark cave, Jesus is the flash light, the bible is the batteries and your will to turn the flash light on is your faith" – akiba
- "if a person is not into the word of God, than God is not in them" – akiba
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Cute Love quotes
- "If i owned a jet, i would fly you to heaven, just to show you where you came from." – Roni Polus
- "My Utopia? Is you on my lap!" – Dani Mroue
- "You ask me why I am happy with you right now? Well, it’s been 50 years of long story and it keeps counting and counting each moment. I bet you can’t wait to hear the end of it. It’s way further than forever." – Dison Arnibal
Death quotes
- "The ache of grief is always there, but the emptiness will lift one day. Their life to us the greatest gift, and only by living can it be repaid." – Jill Anzinger
- "Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other." – Leo F. Buscaglia
- "I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories."" – Maya Angelou
Dreams quotes
Education quotes
- "In America it is easier to Obtain a Gun Than to Obtain a Quality Education For our Children" – hamlet garcia
- "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
- "Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly." – Arnold Edinborough
Faith quotes
Family quotes
- "It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start." – Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- "I’m the mother of 5. When God said, ‘Multiply and replenish the earth’ I thought he meant me personally!" – Dee Shihady
- "When you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses" – Dr. Joyce Brothers
Famous Quote Topic
- "He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked" – Voltaire
- "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." – T.S. Eliot
- "Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance" – Will Durant
Famous quotes
- "Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." – Martin Luther King Jr.
- "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them." – Albert Einstein
- "Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons." – Will Cuppy
Famous Quotes by Authors
Frase del día
Friendship quotes
Funny quotes
Graduation quotes
Great Quotes
- "If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotionally we find that, invariably, greatness was developed, tested and revealed through the darker periods of their lives. One of the largest tributaries of the RIVER OF GREATNESS is always the STREAM OF ADVERSITY." – Cavett Robert
- "It would be nice to be known for being great. But it’s great being known for being nice." – Richard ‘Grimesy’ Grimes
- "Don’t let nobody overshadow your greatness, for you were intrusted with this task! So, protect it with your life if you must!" – Philip T. M.
Happiness quotes
- "Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." – Joseph Campbell
- "Contentment is not something to be gained by possession. You can not work simply at being content, but must work at making a difference. True contentment is gained by the difference you make in the lives of others." – Jill Anzinger
- "Stop wishing, be it!…" – Philip T. M.
Hope quotes
- "Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn’t permanent." – Jean Kerr
- "Hope in reality is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of man" – Friedrich Nietzsche
- "Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star…" – E. E. Cummings
Humor quotes
- "Nobody says you must laugh, but a sense of humor can help you overlook the unattractive, tolerate the unpleasant, cope with the unexpected, and smile through the day" – Ann Landers
- "A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life." – Hugh Sidey
- "Humor comes from self-confidence." – Rita Mae Brown
Imagination quotes
Inspirational quotes
Joke of the Day
Laughter quotes
- "And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears." – Kahlil Gibran
- "Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory." – Alan Alda
- "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." – Victor Hugo
Life quotes
- "We have energy and electricity running through us just like a light switch. When you turn a light switch off the energy doesn’t disappear, it still exists somewhere. That’s why I believe in an afterlife. When we die our energy has to go somewhere, it’s impossible for this life to simply be the end of our existence." – Danielle Cales
- "Someone once asked me, "What if you were about to die right now, what would you do?" I responded, "I will smile, as long as it is not painful."" – Gideon O. Omoruyi
- "It’s a shame that people get so caught up in the afterlife! That they forget to live in the now and enjoy the current life they have been given." – Marcos Curiel
Love quotes
Marriage quotes
- "Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal." – Louis K. Anspacher
- "Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation…" – Oscar Wilde
- "Some women pick men to marry–and others pick them to pieces." – Mae West
Men quotes
- "I’ll say publicly that old men like myself need to be careful. Not as much as in yesteryears, but our youth are still watching and listening." – Bobby W. Miller
- "The woman who appeals to a man’s vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him" – Helen Rowland
- "Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you’re gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold." – Alice Hoffman
Motivational quotes
Movie quotes
- "With doing the movies I’ve done I don’t think I would be half the person I am today." – Angelina Jolie
- "Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo." – Mary Pickford
- "No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul" – Ingrid Bergman
Music quotes
On this day
Pain quotes
- "Pain , happiness, peace, love, friends and your partner, is very common ! Every body does have these facts! But remember the partner who made you cry, you are not the only person who crying for a men ! There are many more women’s who crying every single minute for a men in this planet including Insects to Animals! End of the day we all have a thing called HEART!" – Shanuka Shasthri Fernando
- "Everyone says love hurts, actually its not true. Loneliness hurts, Rejection hurts, losing someone hurts, envy hurts .Everyone gets these things confused with love , but in reality love is the only thin is this world that covers up all pain and makes someone feels wonderful again." – Rana Magdy
- "Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable." – John Patrick
Patriotic quotes
- "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." – Abraham Lincoln
- "You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." – Malcolm X
- "Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it." – Mark Twain
Perseverance quotes
Poems
Quotes of the day
Relationships quotes
- "A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself — to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart." – Leo F. Buscaglia
- "Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you’d bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I’d be the talk of the day." – John Mayer
- "Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others." – Wayne Dyer
Religious quotes
- "One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always." – A. W. Tozer
- "I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy." – Thomas Paine
- "Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists." – Dennis Prager
Success quotes
Teachers quotes
War quotes
- "No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country." – General George S. Patton
- "I have a scheme for stopping war. It’s this — no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one." – Will Rogers
- "Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives." – Chuck Palahniuk
Wisdom quotes
Women quotes
- "Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible." – Richard J. Needham
- "If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days." – Robin Williams
- "She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm." – Oscar Wilde
Work quotes
- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." – Thomas Alva Edison
- "Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working." – Pablo Picasso
- "It is not difficulty to differentiate between the working rich from the working poor,just sense the type of anxiety that builds up before paycheck finally arrives." – david atta (a.k.a davied attlars & mr dain)
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