favorite famous quote?
include the quote and who it's by.
2007-09-30 14:21:37 · 10 answers · asked by Hal 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
I have three:
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
"What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God." - Eleanor Powell
"Life is far too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde
2007-09-30 15:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by El Guapo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Benjamin Franklin once said: "Well done is better than well said." I have tried to live by that. Anyone can talk, and talk is cheap. But those who DO are much more respected than those who just talk.
To edit Nando's quote: it should read :"I would rather keep my mouth shut and let them think I am a fool, than open it and remove all doubt".
2007-09-30 14:26:52 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have two:
In the depths of winter I finally learned that there within me lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
and...
For an inpenetratable shield, stand inside yourself.
Thoreau
2007-09-30 14:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by susanbamboozlin 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yogi Berra, commenting unfavorably on a popular restaurant
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
2007-09-30 14:33:27 · answer #4 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Gates: Why carry a computer, with all that information, under my arm, when I can access that information, carrying nothing around, in my head?
2007-09-30 14:46:23 · answer #5 · answered by charlie the 2na 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I rather keep my mouth shut than open it and become a fool and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
2007-09-30 14:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by Nando 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you can't feed em'
Don't breed em' Biker Wisdom
2007-10-04 23:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by vpsinbad50 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." - Eric Hoffer.
This quote opened my eyes.
2007-09-30 14:25:59 · answer #8 · answered by impaKt 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"I've notice that nothing I've never said has hurt me." - Calvin Coolidge
2007-09-30 14:29:43 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
happiness is not having what you want.............but wanting what you have. anonymous :)
2007-09-30 14:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋