Who Quotes

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

The planter, the farmer, the mechanic, and the laborer... form the great body of the people of the United States, they are the bone and sinew of the country men who love liberty and desire nothing but equal rights and equal laws.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page of your screenplay, in your head, you're also writing your Oscar acceptance speech.

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.