Quotes

Quotes to inspire and reflect

Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson

Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches.
1,200
Xenocrates

Xenocrates

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
765
W. B. Prescott

W. B. Prescott

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
730
Paul Erdos

Paul Erdos

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
731
Gloria Leonard

Gloria Leonard

The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.
706
Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
973
Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.
1,445
Yoda

Yoda

Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.
687
Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.
1,639
Woody Allen

Woody Allen

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.
1,241
Wolfgang Pauli

Wolfgang Pauli

This isn't right, this isn't even wrong.
911
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sometimes it is not enough that we do our best; we must do what is required.
1,558
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

If you are going through hell, keep going.
1,584
Wilson Mizner

Wilson Mizner

Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
1,123
Vince Lombardi

Vince Lombardi

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
1,114
Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
1,111
Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
1,243
Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
790
Socrates

Socrates

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
1,265
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
1,020
Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.
1,282
Robin Williams

Robin Williams

God gave men both a penis and a brain, but unfortunately not enough blood supply to run both at the same time.
1,216
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance
1,146
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
1,260