Famous Quotes, Quotations, Aphorisms and Sentences

A quotation, also called a quote, is a fragment of a human expression, most often written or oral, which has been inserted into another human expression. This latter type of quotation is almost always taken from literature, though speech transcripts, film dialogues, and song lyrics are also common and valid sources.




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H. E. Martz
He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination--and taxes."

H. G. Wells
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

H. G. Wells
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. Wells
The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.

H. G. Wells
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

H. G. Wells
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

H. G. Wells
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

H. H. Williams
Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Strive for excellence, not perfection.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Every once in a while, take the scenic route.

H. L. Hunt
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

H. L. Mencken
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

H. L. Mencken
It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.

H. L. Mencken
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
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

H. L. Mencken
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

H. L. Mencken
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

H. L. Mencken
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

H. L. Mencken
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell.


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