Random Quotes

If Ted Williams just tip his cap once he could be elected Mayor of Boston in five minutes.

Eddie Collins American Athlete

You know, people can't fall in love with me just because I'm good at what I do.

Robert Plant British Musician

By the end of the week, if I'm still alive, I get to write whatever I want about it all.

Michael Musto American Writer

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

Mason Cooley American Writer

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Carl Sagan American Scientist

I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.

Paige Davis American Actress

Three events. Three gold medals. I was news, big news, in the sports world.

Esther Williams American Actress

I think each player and myself live things differently because I have no physical effort to make.

Guy Forget French Athlete

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

Claude Pepper American Politician

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit.

John Owen English Theologian

People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.

Sun Ra Musician

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Juan Cole American Educator

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

Peter Sarsgaard American Actor

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

Rebecca West Irish Author

Nannies love working in our house because they never know who's gonna walk through the door.

Ruby Wax American Comedian

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

Brendan Behan Irish Dramatist

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

Anthony Trollope English Author

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

Henry David Thoreau American Author

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.

Paula Poundstone American Comedian

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket... it's part-ownership of a business.

Peter Lynch American Businessman