Quotes I like
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close‑up, but a comedy in long‑shot.”
— Charlie Chaplin
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
— Mark Twain
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain
"Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't."
— Mark Twain
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
— Mark Twain
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
— Mark Twain
"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog."
— Mark Twain
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."
— Mark Twain
"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."
— Mark Twain
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
— Mark Twain
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
— Mark Twain
“One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”
— Albert Einstein
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“Anyone who does not know the value of words does not understand men.” — Confucius
“The sleep of reason brings forth monsters.”
— Goya
“Americanism: Using money you haven’t earned to buy things you don’t need to impress people you don’t like.”
— Robert Quillen, Baltimore Sun, 1928
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
— Bertrand Russell
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
— Bertrand Russell
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
— Bertrand Russell
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
— Bertrand Russell
"The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts."
— Bertrand Russell
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."
— Bertrand Russell
“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.”
— Bertrand Russell
"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom”
— Bertrand Russell
“Understanding that you can’t truly take credit for your successes, nor truly blame others for their failures will humble you and make you more compassionate.”
- Tim Minchin
“Life is best filled by learning as much as you can about as much as you can, taking pride in whatever you’re doing, having compassion, sharing ideas, running, being enthusiastic.”
- Tim Minchin
“Most of society’s arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies, then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions, like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of separate tennis courts..“
- Tim Minchin
"A communist has read Marx and Lenin and an anti-communist understands Marx and Lenin"
- Ronald Reagan
"Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience"
- Mark Twain