Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Love is not selfish.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
Live your dreams.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
Well done is better than well said.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.