| "My mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be
a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope.' Instead, I became
a painter and wound up as Picasso." ~ Pablo Picasso |
| "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll
waste no time reading it." ~ Moses Hadas |
| "The
problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and
thinking that having problems is a problem." ~ Theodore Rubin |
| "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But
this wasn't it." ~ Groucho Marx |
| "No
pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land,
or opened a new doorway for the human spirit." ~ Helen Keller |
| "The only difference between me and a madman
is that I am not mad." ~ Salvador Dali |
| "In
the theatre of life, you can choose to be an actor, a spectator or a critic. The
decision is entirely up to you." ~ Stefan Krause |
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"I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes"
~ Anthony Trollope |
| "I was a buffoon and an
idiot until the age of forty" ~ Madonna, Entertainer |
| "Any woman who calls herself a post-feminist
has kept her Wonderbra and burnt her brains" ~ Kathy Lette |
| "If at first you don't succeed then try, try, again. Then
quit. No use being a damn fool about it." ~ W.C. Fields |
| "To do just the opposite is also a form
of imitation" ~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg |
| "I've
never learned anything while I was talking." ~ Larry King |
| "I’m tired of all this nonsense, about
beauty being only skin deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable
pancreas?" ~ Jean Kerr |
| "Art is making
something out of nothing and selling it." ~ Frank Zappa |
| "Too many people spend money they haven't
earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."
~ Will Rogers |
| "I grew up in Europe, where history
comes from." ~ Eddie Izzard |
| "Nihilism
is best done by professionals." ~ Iggy Pop |
| "It
is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." ~ Anatole
France |
| "Look wise, say nothing, and
grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought." ~ Sir William Osler |
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What's
YOUR favourite quotation?
