Famously Said Random quote

Miscellaneous quotes

973 quotes from 439 people

Most readBy personPage 63 of 65

The sunshine is a glorious birth;
But yet I know, where’er I go,
That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
William Wordsworth1770–1850Ode: Intimations of Immortality (1807)In context
- Change
- Nature
Ability is a poor man’s wealth.
Matthew Wren1585–1667Often credited to John Wooden
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
Frank Lloyd Wright1867–1959
Cliches are made because they’re true.
MWMiriam M. Wynn
Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.
Xunzi313–231 BCOften credited to Confucius
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
W. B. Yeats1865–1939The Second Coming (1920)In context
- Change
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
W. B. Yeats1865–1939Easter, 1916 (1920)In context
- Beauty
- Change
India is a nation of unfulfilled greatness. Its potential has lain fallow, under used.
Lee Kuan Yew1923–2015From Third World to First: The Singapore Story 1965-2000 (2000)
If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.
Henny Youngman1906–1998
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution.
Malala Yousafzaiborn 1997Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly, New York (12 July 2013)
- Change
- Education
I think that if a person doesn’t feel cynical then they’re out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization — you can’t just swallow it whole.
Frank Zappa1940–1993The Dub Room Special (1982).
Memory is so corrupt that you remember only what you want to; if you want to forget about something, slowly but surely you do.
Stefan Zweig1881–1942The Post Office Girl (published posthumously in 1982)