Quotes

There are 406 quotes by various authors in this list.

2010-11-03 Alain De Botton

Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends.

Over 50 guests, you can be sure most people will be bitching about the hosts. Few of us have so many loyal friends. ...

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2010-07-30 Umair Haque

In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now.

In an unpredictable world, the challenge isn't seeing further into the future. It's seeing deeper into now. ...

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2010-05-10 Alain De Botton

Power is sex for the old.

Power is sex for the old. ...

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2010 Stephen Hawking

Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.

Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist. ...

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2009-05-13 Jaromír Nohavica

Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme.

Důležitá je stopa v srdcích živých, kterou za sebou zanecháme. ...

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2009 Mark Zuckerberg

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough. ...

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2007-12-17 Tomáš Fülöpp — Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium

Výnimočnosť klíči v samote.

Výnimočnosť klíči v samote. ...

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2006 Richard Dawkins

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. ...

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2006 Daniel Suarez

The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over.

The promise of eternal life is a threat unless you get to start over. ...

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2005-06-14 Steve Jobs

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because ...

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2005-03-11 Tomáš Fülöpp — Anderlecht, Belgium

Conception is a death sentence.

Conception is a death sentence. ...

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1991 Arthur C. Clarke

he greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

he greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. ...

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1982 Fernando Pessoa

Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido.

Narrar é criar, pois viver é apenas ser vivido. ...

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1982 Fernando Pessoa

To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived.

To narrate is to create, for living is just being lived. ...

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1974 Richard P. Feynman

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool. ...

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1971 John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today...

Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... ...

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1969 (Anti-Vietnam war protest)

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity. ...

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1965 The Beatles

It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home. I've been away now, oh how I've been alone. Wait till I come back to your side. We'll forget the tears we cried.

It's been a long time, now I'm coming back home. I've been away now, oh how I've been alone. Wait till I come back to your ...

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1964 Rick Evans

Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a billion tears for what he never knew

Now it's been ten thousand years man has cried a billion tears for what he never knew now man's reign is through But through eternal ...

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1962 John Steinbeck

If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere but doesn't greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.

In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It ...

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