"I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry" – Edgar Allan Poe
“All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry” – Edgar Allan Poe
"Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow." – Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama
“Who provides the opportunity to cultivate patience? Not our friends. Our enemies give us the most crucial chances to grow.” – Tenzin Gyatso The 14th …
"They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Newton. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." – Carl Sagan
“They laughed at Galileo. They laughed at Newton. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.” – Carl Sagan
"using no way as a way, using no limitations as a limitation." – Bruce Lee
“using no way as a way, using no limitations as a limitation.” – Bruce Lee
"Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy." – Barack Obama
“Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most …
"The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved." – Aldous Huxley
“The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.” – Aldous Huxley
"To find yourself, think for yourself" – Socrates
“To find yourself, think for yourself” – Socrates
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." – Nelson Mandela
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that …
"There’s just sand. There’s no fuel for it to burn." – John Wayne
“There’s just sand. There’s no fuel for it to burn.” – John Wayne
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science." – Isaac Newton
“To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.” – Isaac Newton
"Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard." – Bruce Lee
“A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.” – Bruce Lee
"John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded." – Barack Obama
“John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.” – Barack Obama
"Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world." – Arthur Schopenhauer
“Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"an enormous young man" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“an enormous young man” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy contest for superiority be crowned with honour, if not with success." – Akhenaton
“Scorn also to depress thy competitor by any dishonest or unworthy method; strive to raise thyself above him only by excelling him; so shall thy …
"Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid." – John Wayne
“Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne
"Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once." – Isaac Asimov
“Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn’t look up. Well, maybe once.” – Isaac Asimov
"If I saw further than other men, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. " – Isaac Newton
“If I saw further than other men, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. ” – Isaac Newton
"Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge." – Dante Alighieri
“Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.” – Dante Alighieri
"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself" – Charles Dickens
“It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself” – Charles Dickens
"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"Just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not hesitate one moment to use our military might to keep America safe and secure." – Barack Obama
“Just as Lieutenant Kerry did not hesitate to risk his life to protect the men who served with him in Vietnam, President Kerry will not …
"the blind German mechanic" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“the blind German mechanic” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The examined life is no picnic" – Robert Fulghum
“The examined life is no picnic” – Robert Fulghum
"Reason is immortal, all else mortal." – Pythagoras
“Reason is immortal, all else mortal.” – Pythagoras
"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance." – Isaac Asimov
“Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we …
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." – Isaac Newton
“If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton
"They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly… Hence they have had no trouble in finding men who would preach the damnability and heresy of the new doctrine from the very pulpit.." – Galileo Galilei
“They know that it is human nature to take up causes whereby a man may oppress his neighbor, no matter how unjustly… Hence they have …
"Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair . . . in short, the period was so far like the present period . . . ." – Charles Dickens
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . …
"without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace and earn the respect of the world." – Barack Obama
“without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace and earn the respect of the world.” – Barack Obama
"A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“A sense of humor is the only divine quality of man” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"some small jollification" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“some small jollification” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself." – Aldous Huxley
“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” – Aldous Huxley
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." – Isaac Asimov
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking." – Henry Ford
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” – Henry Ford