Everything makes me nervous - except making films. - Elizabeth Taylor
Frank Zappa Quotes
Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read. - Frank Zappa
Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it. - Elizabeth Taylor
J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. - J.R.R. Tolkien
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes
Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mae West Quotes
A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction. - Mae West
Frank Zappa Quotes
Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass. - Frank Zappa
Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life. - Robert Louis Stevenson
Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
Elizabeth Taylor Quotes
I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on. - Elizabeth Taylor
Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
William Shakespeare Quotes
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. - William Shakespeare
Albert Camus Quotes
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State. - Albert Camus
Clint Eastwood Quotes
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. - Clint Eastwood
Sigmund Freud Quotes
He does not believe that does not live according to his belief . - Sigmund Freud
Robert Kennedy Quotes
The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means. - Robert Kennedy
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. - Elbert Hubbard
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society. - William Makepeace Thackeray
Edward de Bono Quotes
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen. - Edward de Bono
Marilyn Monroe Quotes
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. - Marilyn Monroe
Buddha Quotes
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha
Buddha Quotes
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. - Buddha
Margaret Mead Quotes
Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive. - Margaret Mead
Marilyn Monroe Quotes
First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. - Marilyn Monroe
Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. - Leonardo da Vinci
Groucho Marx Quotes
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. - Groucho Marx
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Robert Kennedy Quotes
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert Kennedy
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
James Allen Quotes
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? - James Allen
Sigmund Freud Quotes
A belligerent state permits itself every such misdeed, every such act of violence, as would disgrace the individual. - Sigmund Freud
Robert Kennedy Quotes
I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me. - Robert Kennedy
David Livingstone Quotes
I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. - David Livingstone
Sigmund Freud Quotes
Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. - Sigmund Freud
Napoleon Hill Quotes
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. - Napoleon Hill
Winston Churchill Quotes
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill Quotes
Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham. - Winston Churchill
Napoleon Hill Quotes
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited. - Napoleon Hill
Muhammad Ali Quotes
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace. - Muhammad Ali
Marilyn Monroe Quotes
An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. - Marilyn Monroe
Nelson Mandela Quotes
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. - Nelson Mandela
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A clever man commits no minor blunders. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thomas A. Edison Quotes
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. - Thomas A. Edison
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. - Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience. - Elbert Hubbard
Lance Armstrong Quotes
Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place. - Lance Armstrong
Ingrid Bergman Quotes
I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart. - Ingrid Bergman
Judy Garland Quotes
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland
Marilyn Monroe Quotes
Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one. - Marilyn Monroe
Groucho Marx Quotes
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. - Groucho Marx
Napoleon Hill Quotes
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. - Napoleon Hill
Lucille Ball Quotes
I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact, without one. - Lucille Ball
William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. - William Makepeace Thackeray
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thomas A. Edison Quotes
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. - Thomas A. Edison
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes. - George Bernard Shaw
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Victor Hugo Quotes
A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. - Victor Hugo
Carl Jung Quotes
Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own. - Carl Jung
Ronald Reagan Quotes
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. - Ronald Reagan
Lucille Ball Quotes
How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them. - Lucille Ball
Ronald Reagan Quotes
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk. - Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan Quotes
Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States. - Ronald Reagan
William Shakespeare Quotes
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. - William Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. - George Bernard Shaw
Elbert Hubbard Quotes
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them. - Elbert Hubbard
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A person hears only what they understand. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England. - William Makepeace Thackeray
George Bernard Shaw Quotes
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mark Twain Biography
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| Twain in his later years |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lenny Bruce Quotes
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. - Lenny Bruce
Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. - Martin Luther King, Jr
William Shakespeare Quotes
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. - William Shakespeare
Tony Robbins Quotes
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean. - Tony Robbins
William Shakespeare Quotes
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. - William Shakespeare
Tony Robbins Quotes
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. - Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins Quotes
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. - Tony Robbins
Martin Luther King, Jr Quotes
Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better. - Martin Luther King, Jr
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