Famous Quotes & Sayings

M. C. Escher

I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough.

Lord Chesterfield

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Lord Chesterfield

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

Lord Chesterfield

Remember that the wit, humour, and jokes of most mixed companies are local. They thrive in that particular soil, but will not often bear transplanting.

Lord Chesterfield

Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.

Malcolm de Chazal

A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.

Malcolm Forbes

The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.

Malcolm Forbes

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.

Malcolm Gladwell

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

Malcolm Bradbury

I like the English. They have the most rigid code if immorality in the world.

Magic Johnson

On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.

Magic Johnson

On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.

Magic Johnson

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

Maimonides

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

Mahatma Gandhi

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Gene Wilder

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.

Gail Collins

Unfortunately, he was about as deep as a melted ice cube.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, the day your descendant's outnumber your friends.

Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy, but it's very funny- Have you ever tried to buy them without money?

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it.

I am a conscientious man, when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned.

No man is greater than his respect for sleep.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

Norman Wisdom

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry

Norman Wisdom

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

Norman Ralph Augustine

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'

Orson Welles

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind-and all the worse for the fishes.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Norman Vincent Peale

America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.