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QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

Famous Quotes by Famous People

3 December 2020 Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

3 December 2020 Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

In my book, I detail the critical information we obtained from al Qaeda terrorists after they became compliant following a short period of enhanced interrogation. I have no doubt that that interrogation was legal, necessary and saved lives.

3 December 2020 Jerry Saltz

Now people look at ‘The Scream’ or Van Gogh’s ‘Irises’ or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently equate capital with value.

3 December 2020 Bill Frist

I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend… to that legal entity of a union between what traditionally in our Western values has been defined as between a man and a woman.

3 December 2020 Jim Rohn

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

3 December 2020 Immanuel Kant

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three following questions: 1. What can I know? 2. What ought I to do? 3. What may I hope?

3 December 2020 Duke Ellington

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

3 December 2020 Jerry West

When it’s time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.

3 December 2020 Suzanne Vega

You have to defend your honor. And your family.

3 December 2020 Britney Spears

I find it so funny that people find me so interesting.

3 December 2020 P. J. O'Rourke

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

3 December 2020 Margaret Thatcher

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

3 December 2020 Hugh Jackman

I’m doing ‘Les Miserables,’ the movie. I’ve done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I’ve been like, ‘Come on, let’s do a movie/musical.’

3 December 2020 Jack Kevorkian

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

3 December 2020 Vince Gill

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there’s an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

3 December 2020 Donald Rumsfeld

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to ‘carry it off.’

3 December 2020 Mary J. Blige

Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.

3 December 2020 Bob Woodward

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they’re watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

3 December 2020 Ralph Fiennes

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator – he’d have me put on a jacket to see a film.

3 December 2020 William Hague

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

3 December 2020 Charles Dickens

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

3 December 2020 Pat Robertson

Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

3 December 2020 Zach Braff

I’m by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I’ve seen it save a lot of people’s lives.

3 December 2020 Johnny Depp

It’s good to experience Hollywood in short bursts, I guess. Little snippets. I don’t think I can handle being here all the time, it’s pretty nutty.

3 December 2020 Iain Duncan Smith

Getting a family into work, supporting strong relationships, getting parents off drugs and out of debt – all this can do more for a child’s well-being than any amount of money in out-of-work benefits.

3 December 2020 Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

3 December 2020 Taylor Dayne

That’s really my goal now. I’m trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it’s hard. It’s hard to enjoy it when you’re in it.

3 December 2020 Janeane Garofalo

I actually was class clown, but I don’t know how that happened because I’ve never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.

3 December 2020 Jo Brand

Anything is good if it’s made of chocolate.

3 December 2020 Tulsi Gabbard

I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.

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