Miscellaneous quotes
973 quotes from 439 people
People want to forget the impossible. It makes their world safer.
Neil Gaimanborn 1960The Graveyard Book (2008), Ch. 7
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948From an article on dealing with snake bites, published in Indian Opinion dated August 9th, 1913, in the Gujarti language edition, English translation available in the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. 12, April 1913—December 1914, p. 158.I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
- Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948Non-Violence in Peace and War p. 254 (1948)
James A. Garfield1831–1881Garfield’s Words (1882)
Lou Gehrig1903–1941Farewell speech on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, Yankee Stadium (4 July 1939)If there is one sound the follows the march of humanity, it is the scream.
- DGDavid Gemmell1948–2006Legend, Ch. 1
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Edward Gibbon1737–1794The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776–1788), Chap. 68- Edward Gibbon1737–1794The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776–1788), Chap. 71.
- Edward Gibbon1737–1794Memoirs (1796), Vol. i. p. 117
