Random Quotes

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Lyndon B. Johnson American President

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Gene Tierney American Actress

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

Elbert Hubbard American Writer

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German Poet

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

Ashlee Simpson American Musician

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Ivy Compton-Burnett English Novelist

It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.

Juan Cole American Educator

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

Marina Tsvetaeva Russian Poet

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.

Martha Beck American Author

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.

Elizabeth I English Royalty

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

Anthony Edwards American Actor

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

A. E. van Vogt Canadian Author

If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders.

John Buford American Soldier

While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.

Robin Trower English Musician

I don't think I've found the perfect job for me, but I know what I like, so that's halfway there, right?

Colleen Haskell American Celebrity

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.

Jean Claude Van Damme Belgian Actor

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight.

Frederica Montseny

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

William Henry Harrison American President

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

Oliver Herford American Author

But I think it's always difficult when a product that you're using and accustomed to changes.

Mitchell Baker