Almost every famous person at least once in their life said something that was remembered by the society, and considered meaningful, important or just funny. Those quotations can be mentioned in various situations. Often they are used in speeches or in a humorous way. In order to find some of them grub around.
Robert a. heinlein
Date: October 16, 2007
The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it contains until it destroys.
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
A pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun - and neither can stop the march of events.
Premenstrual Syndrome: Just before their periods women behave the way men do all the time.
Remind me to write an article on the compulsive reading of news. The theme will be that most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishfull thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.
Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life.
The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius.
A poet that reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.