Memorable Quotes

1012 Memorable quotes by 485 unique authors

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford. — Hannah Arendt
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in… — Diane Ackerman
The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
I am not a has-been. I am a will be. — Lauren Bacall
It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. — Lauren Bacall
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. — Joan Baez
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it. — Pearl Bailey
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by… — Abigail Adams
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. — Faith Baldwin
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman. — Tallulah Bankhead
Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive? — Roseanne Barr
You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the… — Ethel Barrymore
Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well… — Mary Catherine Bateson
Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. — Mary Ritter Beard
Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled. — Jane Addams
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable… — Henry Ward Beecher
Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom. — Candice Bergen
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying. — Ingrid Bergman

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