Quotes by some famous People
And some not quite so famous people
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. ~ ~ Blaise Pascal
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the
soul with evil. ~~ Socrates
"Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
From none but self expect applause.
He noblest lives, and noblest does,
Who makes and keeps his self-made laws." ~~
Sir Richard Francis Burton
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. And also, "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed." ~~ US President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success...seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving.
They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ~~Conrad Hilton
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.
~~ John Adams
Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth
- more than ruin - more even than death...
Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive
and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege,
established institutions, and comfortable habit.
Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid.
Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world,
and the chief glory of man. ~~ Bertrand Russel
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
~~ Edmund Burke (Generally attributed)
"He
who hesitates is a damned fool. " Mae West (1892-1980)
For evil to triumph it only
remains for good men to do nothing -- John Locke (attributed)
Close alliances with despots
are never safe for free states. -- Demosthenes
"He, who will not reason, is
a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave."
-- William Drummond, Laird of Hawthornden
Quality is never an accident. It is
always the result of intelligent effort -- John Ruskin
Never
argue with an idiot, he will drag you down to his level then beat you
with experience" -- Bony
Never
try to teach teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and annoys the
pig. -- Anon
"Humanity has many enemies. The worst of them are ignorance, arrogance, extremism, and violence" - Abbas Kadhim
Take a chance! All life is chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The "sure thing" boat never gets far from shore. - Dale Carnegie
"Never
take counsel of your fears." -- Gen. T. J. Jackson
No
one is born wise. -- Ptahhotpe, c. 2350 B.C.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a
chance to get its pants on. Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965)
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually
right. " Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"Life
is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It' the transition that' troublesome."
Isaac Asimov
You
like my Website, you must be Krazee -- Axel Klystron
"People
who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much
say little." -- -Jean Jacques Rousseau
"Knowledge
speaks, but wisdom listens." Jimi Hendrix
"Obstacles
are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your
goal." Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"I'll sleep when I'm dead." Warren Zevon
"It
has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our
humanity. " Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
It
is not for him to pride
himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the
whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."
-Baha'u'llah
"I
would have made a good Pope. " Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
"Every
man should be his own master." Gautama Buddha
Service
to others is the rent that you pay for your room here on earth.--
Mohammed
Sic
buisctius desintigratus. Its how the cookie crumbles
"You cannot make anything foolproof, as they keep
inventing better fools" -- Anon
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink. ~ ~George Orwell
"Reality
is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)
"Forgive
your enemies, but never forget their names. " John F. Kennedy
(1917-1963)
"The
graveyards are full of indispensable men. " Charles de Gaulle
(1890-1970)
"The
covers of this book are too far apart. " Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914)
Convincing
yourself doesn't win an argument."
-Robert Half
"Too
many pieces of music finish too long after the end. " Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)
"When
choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before. " Mae West (1892-1980)
"If
I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865)
"Well done is better than well said. " Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
"A
pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty. " Sir Winston Churchill
(1874-1965)
"I
think there is a world market for maybe five computers. " Thomas Watson
(1874-1956), Chairman of IBM, 1943
"I
think it would be a good idea. " Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked
what he thought of Western civilization
"There
is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. " Ken Olson,
president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,
1977
"640K ought to be enough for anybody. " Bill Gates (1955-), in
1981
"Everything
that can be invented has been invented. " Charles H. Duell,
Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
"The
difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. -- "
Tom Clancy
"It's
not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the
dog. " Mark Twain (1835-1910)
In the first place, God created idiots. That was for
practice. Then he made school boards. -- Mark Twain
What would men be without women? Scarce sir, mighty
scarce.-- Mark Twain
God
gave us a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to run one at a
time." Robin Williams, commenting on the Clinton/Lewinsky
affair
"He
would make a lovely corpse."-- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
"I'
just learned about his illness. Let' hope it' nothing trivial." --
Irvin S. Cobb
"I
worship the quicksand he walks in." Art Buchwald
"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction." --
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
Time
is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. --
Hector Berlioz
Laughter
is the shortest distance between two people. -- Victor Borge
In
time of war the first casualty is truth. - Boake Carter
It
may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to
create him.
-- Arthur C. Clarke
Real
knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. --
Confucius
You
shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. -- Joseph
Conrad
I
never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget. -- Benjamin
Disraeli
Youth
is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret. -- Benjamin
Disraeli
I
never think of the future - it comes soon enough. -- Albert
Einstein
We
are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it. -- Dwight D.
Eisenhower
A
people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I am
free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. -- W.C.
Fields
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov
A
bank is a place where they
lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins
to rain. - Robert Frost
In
this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. -- Benjamin
Franklin
One
of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not
know. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
Drama
is life with the dull bits cut out. - Alfred Hitchcock
In
the fight between you and the world, back the world. -- Franz
Kafka
The
ultimate measure of a man
is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at
times of challenge and controversy.
-- Martin Luther King Jr
The
illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
-- Henry Kissinger
Right
who has questions for my answers -- Henry Kissinger
A
monopoly is a terrible thing - until you have one -- Rupert
Murdoch
I
have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their
thoughts.
-- John Locke
"To
be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed,
legislated, regimented, closed in, indoctrinated, preached at,
controlled, assessed, evaluated, censored, commanded; all by creatures
that have neither the right, nor wisdom, nor virtue... To be governed
means that at every move, operation, or transaction one is noted,
registered, entered in a census, taxed, stamped, priced, assessed,
patented, licensed, authorized, recommended, admonished, prevented,
reformed, set right, corrected. Government means to be subjected to
tribute, trained, ransomed, exploited, monopolized, extorted,
pressured, mystified, robbed; all in the name of public utility and the
general good. Then, at the first sign of resistance or word of
complaint, one is repressed, fined, despised, vexed, pursued, hustled,
beaten up, garrotted, imprisoned, shot, machine-gunned, judged,
sentenced, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed, and to cap all,
ridiculed, mocked, outraged and dishonoured. That is government, that
is its justice " -- Proudhon
In
war there is no substitute for victory. -- General Douglas
MacArthur
Ten
people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. --
Napoleon
In
politics stupidity is not a handicap. -- Napoleon
If
you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver
nothing. -- Napoleon
A
man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. --
Napoleon
History
is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
-- Napoleon
When
the rich make war it's the poor that die. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Assassination
is the extreme form of censorship. -- George Bernard Shaw
A
single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic. -- Joseph
Stalin
The
trouble with the rat-race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
-- Lily Tomlin
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. -- Lily Tomlin
If
you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry S Truman
No
man is rich enough to buy back his past. -- Oscar Wilde
Only
the winners decide what were war crimes. -- Gary Wills
It
is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! -- Emiliano
Zapata
"Let
us consider, my lords,
that arbitrary power has seldom or never been introduced into a country
at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and, as it were, step
by step, lest the people should see it approach. The barriers and
fences of the people's liberty must be plucked up one by one, and some
plausible pretense must be found for removing or hoodwinking, one after
another, those sentries who are posted by the constitution of a free
country, for warning the people of their danger. When these -
preparatory steps are once made, the people may then, indeed, with
regret, see slavery and arbitrary power making long strides over their
land; but it will be too late to think of preventing or avoiding the
impending ruin."
-- Lord Erskine in 1792 defending Thomas Paine in London
"Good
judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."
--Jim Horning
"Remember
when life's path is steep to keep your mind even." -- Horace
"If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the
video camera and come help me." --Bobcat Goldthwait
"I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock
every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands
there picking the locks, they are always locking three." --Elayne
Boosler
"I'm half-Italian and half-Polish. So I'm always putting a hit
out on myself." --Judy Tenuta
"Ever wonder if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet
soup?" --John Mendoza
"Relationships are hard. It's like a full-time job, and we should
treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave
you, they should give you two weeks' notice. There should be
severance pay, and before they leave you, they should have to
find you a temp." --Bob Ettinger
"I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting
C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I
actually bought a congressman." --Bruce Baum
POLITICS
"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary,
in the same hands ... may justly be pronounced the very definition of
tyranny." -- James Madison, Federalist 47
The price good people pay to their indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
- Plato
Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people."
(August 1765) John Adams
"Those who control the past, control the future; and those who control
the present, control the past." George Orwell
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization,
it expects what never was and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
security deserve neither liberty nor security." --Benjamin Franklin, 1759
"If you make peaceful change impossible..... you make violent revolution
inevitable." -- President John F Kennedy
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