Who Quotes

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

He is not a lover who does not love forever.

If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him.

Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.