Memorable Quotes

1012 Memorable quotes by 485 unique authors

What's the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning? Wish I hadn't. — Steven Morrissey
If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens. — Grandma Moses
Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. — Alfred de Musset
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing. — Anais Nin
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. — Anais Nin
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. — Anais Nin
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar… — Anais Nin
The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. — Edna O'Brien
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. — Cesare Pavese
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed. — Claude Pepper
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. — Abigail Van Buren
Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality. — Beatrix Potter
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! — Ronald Reagan
Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself. — Oscar de la Renta
We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in… — Oscar de la Renta
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date. — Ann Richards
I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again. — Joan Rivers
I've had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware. — Joan Rivers
People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made. — Joan Rivers
I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery. — Joan Rivers
I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking. — Joan Rivers
I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them. — Joan Rivers
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It… — Joan Rivers
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. — Joan Rivers
I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage. — Joan Rivers

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