Add to Del.icio.usFamous Quotes
Inspirational Quotes & 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.
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
Queen Christina
It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
Queen Juliana
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it.
Quentin Crisp
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"
Quentin Crisp
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin Crisp
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
Quentin Crisp
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Quentin Crisp
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
Quentin Crisp
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
Quentin Crisp
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp
Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
Quida
Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
Quincy Jones
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
Quintilian
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Quintilian
A liar should have a good memory.
Quintilian
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quintilian
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
Quintilian
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Quintilian
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Quintilian
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
[1] [2]
Quotes are sorted in alphabetical order by the authors first name.
a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
Queen Christina
It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
Queen Juliana
I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it.
Quentin Crisp
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"
Quentin Crisp
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin Crisp
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
Quentin Crisp
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.
Quentin Crisp
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
Quentin Crisp
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
Quentin Crisp
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp
Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.
Quida
Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
Quincy Jones
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
Quintilian
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
Quintilian
A liar should have a good memory.
Quintilian
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quintilian
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
Quintilian
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Quintilian
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Quintilian
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
[1] [2]