Quotes

There are 433 quotes by various authors in this list.

Lucretius

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. ...

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Bertrand Russell

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. ...

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(unknown)

Beauty is only a light switch away.

Beauty is only a light switch away. ...

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C. Northcote Parkinson

The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change.

The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change. ...

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Socrates

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command. ...

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Ann Landers

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ...

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(unknown)

Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice.

Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice. ...

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself.

In abstract love of humanity one almost always only loves oneself. ...

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Gerald Ford

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything that you have. ...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body.

Loneliness is for the spirit what food is for the body. ...

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo.

La solitudine è per lo spirito ciò che il cibo è per il corpo. ...

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(unknown)

Slowly, slowly catchee monkey!

Slowly, slowly catchee monkey! ...

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(unknown)

Pomaly, pomaličky chytaj opice!

Pomaly, pomaličky chytaj opice! ...

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(unknown)

Asti, asti bandar ko bakaro!

Asti, asti bandar ko bakaro! ...

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Publilius Syrus

Kameň čo sa kotúľa neobrastá machom.

Kameň čo sa kotúľa neobrastá machom. ...

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Publilius Syrus

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

A rolling stone gathers no moss. ...

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Margaret Mitchell

There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking.

There's good money in empire building. But, there's more in empire wrecking. ...

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Stephen Hawking

So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It's a blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe.

So look carefully at the map of the microwave sky. It's a blueprint for all the structure in the universe. We are the product of ...

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Stephen Hawking

If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher.

If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher. ...

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Stephen Hawking

People asked a computer: "Is there a God?" And the computer said, "There is now," and fused the plug.

People asked a computer: "Is there a God?" And the computer said, "There is now," and fused the plug. ...

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