Quotes

There are 427 quotes by various authors in this list.

Margaret Mitchell

There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.

There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking. ...

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Abraham Lincoln

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.  ...

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Menelaus — Sparta, Greece

May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds!

May the gods keep the wolves in the hills and the women in our beds! ...

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Georges Braque

A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence.

A vase gives form to the void, and music to silence. ...

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Omar Khayyam

Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where. ...

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Buckminster Fuller

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model ...

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Joseph Heller

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you. ...

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Jaromír Nohavica

Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá.

Naděje je nejkrásnější prokletí — naděje je jediné co zbývá. ...

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Albert Einstein

Never memorize what you can look up in books.

Never memorize what you can look up in books. ...

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Winston Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something!

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something! ...

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Dan Brown

Religion: Because thinking is hard.

Religion: Because thinking is hard. ...

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Publilius Syrus

Saxum volutum non obducitur musco.

Saxum volutum non obducitur musco. ...

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Francis Bacon

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. ...

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Saint Augustine

There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity.

There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to ...

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Voltaire

An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true.

An optimist believes that we are living in the best of all possible worlds and a pessimist is afraid that it is true. ...

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George Bernard Shaw

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. ...

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Lao Tzu

A good runner leaves no track.

A good runner leaves no track. ...

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. ...

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ABBA

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time.

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture and save it from the funny tricks of time. ...

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Ernest Rutherford

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.

In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting. ...

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