Quotes

If somebody famous--or maybe not so famous--said something witty or especially intelligent about literature, the arts, or life, you’ll find it here!
Assuming, of course, that it also happens to be one of our favorites.

(If no author is listed, it is anonymous or unknown.)

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"Being in power is like being a lady: if you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
Margaret Thatcher

"Those who would give up essential liberties to ensure freedom, deserve neither liberty nor freedom."
Benjamin Franklin

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”
Leo Rosten

"This is the true joy in life – that being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. That being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It’s a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
George Bernard Shaw

"Gossip = saying something behind a person's back you wouldn't say to his face.  Flattery = saying something to a person's face you wouldn't say behind his back."

"No matter how often you fall down, you're not a failure until you blame somebody else for pushing you."

"Heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences."

"No one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

"The path of least resistance makes rivers and people crooked."

"Show me a Bible that's falling apart, and I'll show you someone who isn't."

"Amateurs built the ark.  Professionals built the Titanic."

"If you see someone without a smile, stop and give them yours."