Quotes

Quotes About Life in General

If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed. Kate Halvorson
An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail Edwin Land
You're never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditka
I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unnatractive, beautiful, lazy and driven. Barbra Streisand
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine, and you'll never see the shadows. Helen Keller
Show me a person who had never made a mistake in life, and I'll show you someone who has never had much success. Unknown
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Unknown
Kind words and short and easy to speak, but the echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa
Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference. Roosevelt
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings
Without making a mistake, you cannot make somthing right. Unknown
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. Henry Kaiser
Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Unknown
Real riches are the riches possessed inside. B. C. Forbes
The tongue weighs practically nothing, yet so few people can hold it. Unknown
Learn from the mistakes of others, you can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Unknown
Don't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do. Unknown
I've learned that our background and circumstances may influence who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. Unknown
We take on the strength of that which we overcome. Unknown
I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. Unknown
Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it. Unknown
Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep. Unknown
When it comes time to die...make sure all you got to do is die. Unknown
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Unknown
Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. R. E. Shay
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Unknown
I never exaggerate. I just remember big. Chi Chi Rodriquez
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
I've learned.... That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned.... That just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.
I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned.... That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost
I never let schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain
Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others. Morrie Schwartz
The best things in life aren't things. Art Buchwald
The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall. Nelson Mandela
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas Edison
I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I don't. George Burns
Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence. Will Henry
If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Marie Osmond
Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying. Harry Anderson
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else. Judy Garland
If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place. Robert Alexander Schumann
I'm not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Martin Luther King Jr.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. Mahatma Gandhi
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
Criticism is prejudice made plausible. H. L. Mencken
"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." Stephen Wright
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. H. L. Mencken
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss. Noam Chomsky
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. Frank Sinatra
It is disconcerting to reflect on the number of students we have flunked in chemistry for not knowing what we later found to be untrue. Unknown
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who agreed but to those who challenged.Unknown

Friendship

A friend is a gift you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson
A true friend is the best possesion Benjamin Franklin
You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Doug Floyd
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Mark Twain
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable. Unknown
He who loses money loses much, he who loses a friend loses more, he who loses faith loses all. Unknown
It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. Unknown
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you. Winnie the Pooh
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Charles Caleb Colton
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say. Unknown
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. Lee Iacocca
I've learned.... That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Love

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. Lucille Ball
To handle yourself, use your head, to handle others, use your heart. Unknown
Never give up on anyone. Miracles happen everyday Unknown
You cannot make someone love you, all you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. Unknown
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world. Unknown
I love you not only for who you are but for who I am when I am with you. Unknown
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Morrie Schwartz
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Gustav Jung
All my life I was afraid I'd never find love...and now that I've found it, I'm afraid that I'll lose it.
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
I've learned.... That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. Helen Keller
You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. Henry Drummond
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. Ingrid Bergman
Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken

Funny...

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universeis that it has never tried to contact us. Bill Watterson
Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and Viagra than is spent on Alzheimer's Disease research, it is believed that by the year 2030 there will be a large number of people wandering around with huge breasts and erections...who can't remember what to do with them. Andy Rooney
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" Brian O'Rourke
The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house. Jeff Foxworthy
See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time. Robin Williams
Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God.... I could be eating a slow learner. Lynda Montgomery
Did you ever hear one of these corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? "Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is: "Share the love." Beep. "Uh, yeah...this is the VD clinic calling....Speaking of being positive, your test results are back. Stop sharing the love." Andy Rooney
Was heard on a public transportation vehicle while in Orlando. "When you exit this vehicle, please be sure to lower your head and watch your step. If you fail to do so, please lower your voice and watch your language. Thank you."
The organization is like a tree full of monkeys, all on different limbs at different levels. Some monkeys are climbing up, some down. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes. Unknown
You know those shows where people call in and vote on different issues? Did you ever notice there's always like 18% that say "I don't know." It costs 90 cents to call up and vote and they're voting "I don't know." Honey, I feel very strongly about this. Give me the phone. (Says Into Phone) "I DON'T KNOW!" (Hangs up looking proud.) Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe you're not sure about." This guy probably calls up phone sex girls for $2.95 to say, "I'm not in the mood." Andy Rooney
My grandmother has a bumper sticker on her car that says, 'Sexy Senior Citizen.' You don't want to think of your grandmother that way, do you? Out entering wet shawl contests. Makes you wonder where she got that dollar she gave you for your birthday. Andy Rooney

The World in General

It is easier to make war than to make peace. Georges Clemenceau
One day more, another day, another destiny. from the musical Les Miserables
Yesterday's the Past, tomorrow's the future, but today's a gift..that's why it's called the present Unknown
Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstien
Heroes are people who do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. Unknown
After God created the world, He made man and woman. Then to keep the whole thing from collapsing, he invented humour Mark McGinnis
A coincidence is when God performs a miracle, and decides to remain anonymous. Unknown
Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. Unknown
The ones who are crazy enough to believe that they can change the world are usually the ones who do. Unknown
We all have the same beginning - birth, and the same ending - death. So how different can we be? Morrie Schwartz
Every man has his follies, and often they are the most interesting things he has got. Josh Billings
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde
Maybe this world is another planet's Hell. Aldous Huxley
I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Winston Churchill
The people who oppose your ideas are inevitably those who represent the established order that your ideas will upset. Anthony D'Angelo
Adolescence is like a house on moving day -- a temporary mess. Julius Warren
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein
Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another. Morrie Schwartz
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi van Nagyrapolt
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Gandhi
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. Carl Sagan
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and soon we'll all be blind and toothless. Gandhi
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King Jr.
Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. Martin Luther King Jr.
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative. Martin Luther King Jr.
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? Mahatma Gandhi
Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. Clarence Darrow
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow
Victory attained through violence is tantamount to defeat for it is momentary." Mahatma Gandhi
As one reads history, one is absolutely sickened not by the crimes the wicked have committed but by the punishments the good have inflicted. Oscar Wilde
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? Edgar Bergen
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority kenn to set brush fires in people's minds. Samuel Adams
Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.
Knowledge makes man unfit to be a slave. Fredrick Douglass
New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. John Locke
It's my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. Albert Einstein
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. Fredrick Douglass
Such as it is, the press has become the greatest power in the Western world, more powerful than the legislature, the executive, and judiciary. One would like to ask; by whom is it elected, and to whom is it responsible? Unknown

Movie and Theatre Quotes

"After all, tomorrow is another day!" - Gone With the Wind
"I play hockey and I fornicate, 'cause those are the funnest things to do in cold weather." - Mystery, Alaska
"This is hockey, OK? It's not rocket surgery." - Mystery, Alaska
"Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this? I mean what you're fighting for."
"You might as well question why we breathe. If we stop breathing, we'll die. If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die."
"Well, what of it? It'll be out of its misery." - Casablanca
"All I know is that I love you"
"That's your misfortune" - Gone With the Wind
"There's only us, there's only this. Forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road, no other way. No day but today." - Rent
"What is your nationality?"
"I'm a drunkard" - Casablanca
Kyle: No, he's talking about "fck". You can't say "fck" in school, you fcking fat-ass!
Cartman: Why the fck not?
Mr. Garrison: Eric!
Stan: Dude, you just said "fck" again!
Mr. Garrison: Stanley!
Kenny: Fck!
Mr. Garrison: Kenny!
Cartman: What's the big deal? It doesn't hurt anybody. Fck-fckety-fck-fck-fck.
Mr. Garrison: How would you like to go see the school councelor?
Cartman: How would you like to suck my balls?
Mr. Garrison: What did you say?
Cartman: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Actually, what I said was... [picks up a megaphone] HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUCK MY BALLS?
Stan: Holy sht, dude. - South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut
"What if this is as good as it gets?" - As Good as it Gets
"In a place that won't let us feel, in a life where nothing seems real, I have found you." - Miss Saigon
"Sex? Yes please!" - Austin Powers
"Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?"
"I can guess, baby."
"We play chess."
"I guessed wrong." - Austin Powers II
"Hey, you're Norma Desmond. You used to be big!"
"I still AM big. It's the pictures that got small." - Sunset Blvd
"I am the greatest star of them all." - Sunset Blvd
"Do you hear the people sing, lost in the valley of the night. It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light. For the wretched of the earth, there is a flame that never dies. Even the darkest night will end when the sun will rise." - Les Miserables
"Gee Officer Krupke, you gotta understand, it's just our bringing upkie that gets us out of hand. Our mothers all are junkies, our fathers all are drunks - golly moses, naturally we're punks!" - West Side Story
"Have you NO morals, man?"
"Nah. Can't afford none. Neither could you, if you were as poor as me." - My Fair Lady
"It can't be anything like love, can it?"
"No, no, it can't be."
"Would it be inconvenient?"
"Terribly." - The Philadelphia Story
"I hold myself in contempt! Why should you be any different?" - Liar, Liar
"Darling, nothing is final 'til you're dead, and even then, I'm sure God negotiates." - Ever After
"I'd heard love hurts, but I never knew it could hurt this much. It was like missing dinner, going to the vet, and getting a bath all rolled into one." - Homeward Bound II
"One man's life touches so many others, when he's not there it leaves an awfully big hole." - It's a Wonderful Life
"I don't want realism. I want magic!" - A Streetcar Named Desire
"Oh, er, do you mind if I ask you a question, frankly? Do you love my daughter?"
"Any guy that'd fall in love with your daughter ought to have his head examined."
"Now that's an evasion!"
"She picked herself a perfect running mate -- King Westley -- the pill of the century! What she needs is a guy that'd take a sock at her once a day, whether it's coming to her or not. If you had half the brains you're supposed to have, you'd done it yourself, long ago."
"Do you love her?"
"A normal human being couldn't live under the same roof with her without going nutty! She's my idea of nothing!"
"I asked you a simple question! Do you love her?"
"YES!! But don't hold that against me, I'm a little screwy myself!" - It Happened One Night
"If you can't appreciate what you've got, you'd better get what you can appreciate." - Pygmalion
"Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental." - Sleepless in Seattle
"You realize we're all going to go to college as virgins. They probably have special dorms for people like us." - American Pie
"I don't swear for the hell of it. Language is a poor enough means of communication. We've got to use all the words we've got. Besides, there are damn few words anybody understands." - Inherit the Wind
"Gentleman, progress has never been a bargain. You've got to pay for it. Sometimes I think that there is a man behind the counter who says "Alright, you can have a telephone; but you'll have to give up the charm of distance. Madam, you may have the right to vote; but at a price; you lose the right to retreat behind apowder-puff and petticoat. Mister, you may conquer the air, but the birds will lose their wonder and the clouds will smell of gasolene." - Inherit the Wind
"It is only in the mysterious equations of love that logic or reason can be found." - A Beautiful Mind
"All motion is relative. Maybe it is you that has moved away - by standing still." - Inherit the Wind

Sports Quotes

Pat Glenn - Weightlifting Commentator:
"This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria.... I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing."
Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator:
"This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother."
Murray Walker: Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix race:
"The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."
Greg Norman:
"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
Alan Minter: Brit pro boxer turned commentator:
"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."
Ron Atkinson: another English soccer coach:
"He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it - you can see it all over their faces."
Harry Carpenter - BBC TV - Varsity Boat Race 1977:
"Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew."
Metro Radio: English soccer game:
"Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."
David Coleman at the Montreal Olympics ... womens 400 yards final.
" ... and there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening her legs and showing her class."
US TV Commentator:
"One of the reasons Arnie [Arnold Palmer] is playing so well is that, before each tee-shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"