Random Quotes

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.

Oliver Wendell Holmes American Writer

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

Francis Bacon English Philosopher

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Samuel Johnson English Author

The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.

Steve Carlton American Athlete

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

William Penn English Leader

For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.

Steven Wright American Comedian

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

Samuel Butler British Poet

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Carol Burnett American Actress

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

Nicholas Meyer American Writer

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?

Rebecca West Irish Author

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

Bruce Boxleitner American Actor

We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters.

Roger Moore English Actor

As a young athlete, it was first about having fun; then it was about winning.

Dan O'Brien American Athlete

I really enjoy not getting in a car and running errands on bikes.

Stone Gossard American Musician

Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.

Rebecca De Mornay American Actress

We got into a recession because the global economy went into the recession and we're a big exporting nation.

Stephen Harper Canadian Politician

No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.

Helen Rowland American Writer

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

Richard Pryor American Actor

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

Don Johnson American Actor

If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago.

Graham Nash British Musician