Favourite Quotes

597 quotes by 509 authors

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and… — Mark Twain
Change is one of my favourite words. — Carol Vorderman
A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms. — George Wald
Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining? — George C. Wallace
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories -… — David Walliams
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy… — David Walliams
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. — Horace Walpole
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward
The way to succeed is to double your error rate. — Thomas J. Watson
All of my favourite albums have this incredible amount of conceptual glue to them, even if they are not telling a story. — Gerard Way
My favourite two festivals have always been the Big Day Out and Summersonic in Japan. The Big Day Out is a little more fun because… — Gerard Way
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. — Oscar Wilde
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. — George Will
If we're gonna progress as a people we are going to realise that, as one of my favourite poets says, the other is a lie.… — Saul Williams
I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records. — Brian Wilson
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination… — Lin Yutang
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. — Henny Youngman
My favourite stuff is visual, and I always want to work with visual artwork. I think it depends on the person, but for me, photographs… — Neill Blomkamp
'The Week' is my favourite magazine. Everyone from presidents to CEOs of companies love it, politicians, people in the massive charity business in America, in… — Felix Dennis
I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. — Helen McCrory

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