Famous Quotes & Sayings

Will Rogers

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back

W. C. Fields

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.

W. C. Fields

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

Zayn Malik

Get on in life because life will get on without you if you don't keep up.

Voltaire

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Voltaire

A witty quote proves nothing.

Voltaire

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

Walter Savage Landor

Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.

Winston Churchill

If you wanted nothing done at all, Balfour was the man for the job.

Winston Churchill

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Winston Churchill

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Walter Raleigh

Silence in love betrays more woe - Than words though ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, may challenge double pity.

Wynonna Judd

Without love in you life, you have nothing.

Neale Donald Walsch

There is no truth except the truth that exists within you. Everything else is what someone is telling you.

Marcel Proust

Life is extraordinarily suave and sweet with certain natural, witty, affectionate people who have unusual distinction and are capable of every vice, but who make a display of none in public and about whom no one can affirm they have a single one. There is something supple and secret about them. Besides, their perversity gives spice to their most innocent occupations, such as taking a walk in the garden at night.

Joseph Addison

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.

Joseph Addison

The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society.

Joseph Addison

It is a melancholy consideration that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded as to think an oath a proper subject for a jest; and to make this, which is one of the most solemn acts of religion, an occasion of mirth. Yet such is the depravation of our manners at present, that nothing is more frequent than to hear profligate men ridiculing, to the best of their abilities, these sacred pledges of their duty and allegiance; and endeavouring to be witty upon themselves, for daring to prevaricate with God and man.

Kenneth Grahame

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.

Kenneth Grahame

Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.

Kathy Reichs

Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

Henry Adams

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Henry A. Kissinger

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Henry David Thoreau

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Henry David Thoreau

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Laurence J. Peter

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

Johnny Vegas

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

Lord Chesterfield

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

Eric Idle

A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate

Emo Philips

My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Oriana Fallaci

I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where in Europe can you find old Hungary, old Russia, old France, old Italy? In Europe you're trying to copy America, you're almost American. But here you'll find Europeans who immigrated a hundred years ago - and we haven't spoiled them. Oh, Gio! You must see why I love New York. Because the whole world's in New York....