More Inspiring, Insightful Or Funny Quotes From Famous People

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More Inspiring, Insightful Or Funny Quotes From Famous People


“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
– Maya Angelou (1928-)

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.”
– Mel Brooks

“This book fills a much-needed gap.”
– Moses Hadas (1900-1966)

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
– Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

“We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?”
– Niels Bohr (1885-1962)

“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
– Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”
– Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance
– Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

“Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.”
– Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

“In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.”
– Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

“A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.”
– Paul Erdos (1913-1996)

“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.”
– Paul Erdos (1913-1996)

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”
– Plato (427-347 B.C.)

“There’s a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I’m not there yet.”
– Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.”
– Rene Descartes (1596-1650), “Discours De La Methode”

“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.”
Richard Bach

“We are all atheists about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
– Richard Dawkins (1941-)

“I would have made a good Pope.”
– Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

“When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.”
– Robert Pirsig (1948-)

“Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.”
– Saint Augustine (354-430)

Sex and religion are closer to each other than either might prefer.”
– Saint Thomas More (1478-1535)

“The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad.”
– Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
– Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.”
– Samuel Palmer (1805-80)

“The mistakes are all waiting to be made.”
– Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”
– Seneca (3Bc – 65Ad)

Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.”
– Sharon Stone

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