Daily Famous Quotes

Today's Famous Quotes:

William Saroyan


Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, And when you laugh, laugh like hell, And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.

Epictetus


We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness


Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

Richard Feynman, Letter to Koichi Mano, February 3, 1966


The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.

William Arthur Ward


To make mistakes is human to stumble is commonplace to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Ruth Benedict


The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

Thomas Love Peacock


I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Robert Cecil


Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, chapter 6


When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.

Barbara Kingsolver, "Life Without Go-Go Boots" (personal essay)


High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad.

Swami Sivanada


When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

Aristotle


Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

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