Memorable Quotes

1012 quotes by 485 authors

By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific, because the United… — Barack Obama
My staff was very excited for Brisvegas. When I arrived, they advised I needed some XXXX. — Barack Obama
Ladies and gentlemen, well may we say 'God Save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General. The proclamation you have just heard was countersigned… — Gough Whitlam
Maintain your rage and enthusiasm for the campaign for the election now to be held and until polling day. — Gough Whitlam
Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put… — Gough Whitlam
I was profoundly embarrassed by it (the White Australia Policy) and did all I could to change it. — Gough Whitlam
He is lofty, and I am eminent. — Gough Whitlam
Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a quarter century of… — Gough Whitlam
Poverty is a national waste as well as individual waste. We are all diminished when any of us are denied proper education. The nation is… — Gough Whitlam
Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular soldiers. We will… — Gough Whitlam
My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that… — Gough Whitlam
The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race. — Gough Whitlam
It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is… — Kurt Vonnegut
Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors… — Kurt Vonnegut
The more success the quantum theory has, the sillier it looks — Albert Einstein
A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings. — Albert Einstein
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to… — Albert Einstein
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously. — Albert Einstein
Science will stagnate if it is made to serve practical goals. — Albert Einstein
I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly. — Albert Einstein

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