Memorable Quotes

1012 Memorable quotes by 485 unique authors

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say. — Elizabeth Gaskell
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. — Germaine Greer
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next. — Ursula K. Le Guin
If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it. — Joan Collins
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. — Mason Cooley
You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will… — Francis Ford Coppola
'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all… — Timothy Dalton
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead… — Bette Davis
Old age is no place for sissies. — Bette Davis
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying. — Bette Davis
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. — Doris Day
They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. — Emily Dickinson
In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact. — Marlene Dietrich
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. — Phyllis Diller
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. — Benjamin Disraeli
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art… — Isadora Duncan
People don't live nowadays: they get about ten percent out of life. — Isadora Duncan
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. — Ariel Durant
Adventure is worthwhile in itself. — Amelia Earhart
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. — Albert Einstein
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. — George Eliot
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. — George Eliot
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. — George Eliot
If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel… — Ben Elton

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