Interesting Quotations Bank

Bacon, Francis

"Knowledge is power."

Capote, Truman

"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs at one go."

Churchill, Winston

"Eating words has never given me indigestion."

"No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye."

Cousteau, Jacques

"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea."

Da Vinci, Leonardo

"He who truly knows has no occasion to shout."

de Saint-Exupery, Antoine

"The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something."

Disraeli, Benjamin

"Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars."

Drucker, Peter

"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility."

Einstein, Albert

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Eisenhower, Dwight, D.

"Pessimism never won any battle."

Freud, Sigmund

"Thought is action in rehearsal."

Frost, David

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally."

Golding, William

"Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand."

Goldwyn, Samuel

"What we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax."

Keating, Paul

"Leadership is not about being nice. It's about being right and being strong."

Klein, Calvin

"The only way to advertise is by not focusing on the product."

Lincoln, Abraham

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

Michelangelo

"Genius is eternal patience."

Morton, Jelly Roll

"Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty of rhythm."

Paine, Thomas

"Character is much easier kept than recovered."

Plato

"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."

Saint Laurent, Yves

"Fashions fade, style is eternal."

Stevenson, Robert Louis

"It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire."

Stoppard, Tom

"Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where is it going to end."

Wilder, Billy

"Hindsight is always twenty twenty."

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