Serious :
"All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take root in the world is for enough good men to do nothing."
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
"Life is what happens while you are planning something else."
"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."
| From : As You Like It | [William Shakespeare, 1564 - 1616] |
"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see."
"But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people."
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect intended us to forgo their use."
"If I have seen further than other men, it is only because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."
Humorous :
"I am always willing to learn. I do not, however, always enjoy being taught."
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure, and the intelligent are full of doubt."
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'm going to make an exception!"
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
"When it's a choice between two evils, I always pick the one I've never tried before."
"My only regret in life is that I wasn't born someone else."
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it through not dying!"
"Every time I feel the urge to exercise, I lie down until it goes away."
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
| From : Lady Windemere's Fan | [Oscar Wilde, 1885 - 1900] |
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
"There are three classes of people:
those who see;
those who see when they are shown;
those who do not see."
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."