More Inspiring, Insightful Or Funny Quotes From Famous People

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“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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