Classic Quote

Classic Quote

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. — John Donne. 1572-1631

For the past two weeks, you've been reading about a bad break. Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to look for.

— Lou Gehrig.

1902-1941

A picture is worth a thousand words.

— Fred R. Barnard, 1921.

Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open.

— Thomas Dewar.

I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys --- tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy.

— "Knute Rockne, All-American"

I'd kiss you good night, but I just washed my hair.

— Mae West.

1893-1980

If I have seen further it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.

— Sir Isaac Newton.

1642-1727

Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

— Groucho Marx.

1890-1977

Give a hungry person a fish, he eats for a day, teach a hungry person to fish, he eats for a lifetime.

— Confucius.

551-479 B.C.

What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

— William Shakesphere.

1564-1616

May Heaven bestow the best of blessings on this house, and may none but honest and wise men ever rule beneath this roof.

— President John Adams (1735-1826), as he wrote in his diary during the first night the White House was open, November 1, 1800.

There but for the grace of God go I.

— George Whitefield (1714-1770), 18th century clergyman, watching a condemned criminal being led to the execution chamber.

Fish and houseguests smell after three days.

— Benjamin Franklin.

1706-1790

It was a dark and stormy night...

— Edward George Bulwer-Lytton.

1803-1873

This is the beginning of the end.
Voilà le commencement de la fin.

— Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand.

1754-1838

The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

— Mark Twain.

1835-1910

I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would accept me as a member.

— Groucho Marx.

1890-1977

Close doesn't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

— Frank Robinson.

1935-

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

— Milton Friedman.

1912-

Our Constitution is in actual operation. Everything appears to promise that it will last, but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

— Benjamin Franklin.

1706-1790

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

— Andrew Carnegie.

1835-1919

Moderation in the protection of liberty is no virtue; extremism in the defense of freedom is no vice.

— Senator Barry Goldwater.

1909-1998

There is no justice among men.

— Czar Nicholas II.

1868-1918

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

—Unknown.

It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved before.

—Unknown.

That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

— Viktor Frankl.

1905-1997

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

—Unknown.

Don't forget the Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.

—Unknown.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

— Voltaire.

1694-1778

Anyone who goes to see a psychiatrist should have his head examined.

— Samuel Goldwyn.

1882-1974

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog.

— President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), January 31, 1958.

Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

— George Santayana.

1863-1952

All that is gold does not glitter.

— J.R.R. Tolkien.

1892-1973

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

1809-1892

I think, therefore I am.

— Rene Descartes.

1596-1650

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton.

1834-1902

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.

— Sir Winston Churchill.

1874-1965

Let us brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: "This was their finest hour."

— Sir Winston Churchill.

1874-1965

I had rather be right than President.

— Senator Henry Clay.

1777-1852

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

— General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1820-1891

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

— Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.

1785-1819

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.