"Play tricks with me, and I’ll crush you." – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“Play tricks with me, and I’ll crush you.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel" – Socrates
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel” – Socrates
"What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?" – Robert Fulghum
“What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” – Robert Fulghum
"Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul" – Pythagoras
“Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for …
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" – Nelson Mandela
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our …
"take it or leave it" – Madonna
“take it or leave it” – Madonna
"the recipe was supposed to be from a chef on a location catering truck." – John Wayne
“the recipe was supposed to be from a chef on a location catering truck.” – John Wayne
"Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." – Isaac Asimov
“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.” – Isaac Asimov
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy." – Isaac Newton
“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Isaac Newton
"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste." – Henry Ford
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” – Henry Ford
"All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." – H. P Lovecraft
“All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those …
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." – Dr. Carl Sagan
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” – Dr. Carl Sagan
"Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to act in the presence of fear." – Bruce Lee
“Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to act in the presence of fear.” – Bruce Lee
"don’t expect government to solve all their problems." – Barack Obama
“don’t expect government to solve all their problems.” – Barack Obama
"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people" – Arthur Schopenhauer
“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people” – Arthur Schopenhauer
"the notorious canary-trainer" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
“the notorious canary-trainer” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work." – Aldous Huxley
“Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work.” – Aldous Huxley
"Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou." – Akhenaton
“Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that …
"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak." – Socrates
“Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.” – …
"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." – Robert Fulghum
“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and …
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few." – Pythagoras
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.” – Pythagoras
"I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man’s court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice." – Nelson Mandela
“I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the …
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt." – Madonna
“To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall …
"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation … even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind." – Leonardo da Vinci
“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation … even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci
"Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway" – John Wayne
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway” – John Wayne
"Oh Diamond! Diamond! Thou little knowest the mischief done! (Said to a pet dog who knocked over a candle and set fire to his papers" – Isaac Newton
“Oh Diamond! Diamond! Thou little knowest the mischief done! (Said to a pet dog who knocked over a candle and set fire to his papers” …
"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life." – Henry Ford
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.” – Henry Ford
"Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind." – H. P Lovecraft
“Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind.” – H. P Lovecraft
"It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment." – Galileo Galilei
“It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and …
"The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship." – Francis Bacon Sr.
“The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.” – Francis Bacon Sr.
"I just hope that it turns out in good light for the community," – Edgar Cayce
“I just hope that it turns out in good light for the community,” – Edgar Cayce
"The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true" – Edgar Allan Poe
“The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on …
"Beauty awakens the soul to act." – Dante Alighieri
“Beauty awakens the soul to act.” – Dante Alighieri
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." – Dalai Lama
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama
"For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves, … This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise." – Carl Sagan
“For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves, … This is a time of great danger, …
"Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own." – Bruce Lee
“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.” – Bruce Lee
"Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell." – Aldous Huxley
“Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.” – Aldous Huxley
"If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another." – Akhenaton
“If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto …