Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Bacon

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Francis Bacon

Knowledge is power.

Francis Bacon

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Francis Bacon

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

Francis Bacon

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Francis Bacon

You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

Francis Bacon

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

Jean Sibelius

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Jean Rostand

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

Jean Rostand

Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror.

Jean de La Fontaine

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Jean de La Fontaine

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Grover Cleveland

Good ball players make good citizens.

Grover Cleveland

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

Groucho Marx

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.

Groucho Marx

Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.

Groucho Marx

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Groucho Marx

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Groucho Marx

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Groucho Marx

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

Groucho Marx

Time wounds all heels.

Groucho Marx

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Groucho Marx

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Graham Chapman

I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am.

Graham Greene

When we are not sure, we are alive.

Goran Persson

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Goldie Hawn

Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle.

Goldie Hawn

There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

Golda Meir

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Giovanni Boccaccio

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

Gisele Bundchen

Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act-it's how you carry yourself.

Harri Holkeri

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.