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William Shakespeare11 quotes
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date. — William Shakespeare · 1609O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. — William Shakespeare · 1597Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace! — William Shakespeare · 1597Is it sin to rush into the secret house of death
Ere death dare come to us? — William Shakespeare · 1607Can one desire too much of a good thing? — William Shakespeare · 1616Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field? — William Shakespeare · 1594All 11 quotes →Apostle Paul7 quotes
If God be for us, who can be against us? — Apostle Paul · 56O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory? — Apostle Paul · 55For who hath known the mind of the Lord? — Apostle Paul · 56Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? — Apostle Paul · 55What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? — Apostle Paul · 56Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? — Apostle Paul · 55All 7 quotes →Jesus7 quotes
Why seek ye the living among the dead? — Jesus · 61For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? — Jesus · 60Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven." — Jesus · 60Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk. — Jesus · 60So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" — Jesus · 60My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? — Jesus · 60All 7 quotes →God4 quotes
Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? — God · 62Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. — God · 500 BCCan these bones live? — God · 570 BCCan any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. — God · 570 BCBob Dylan3 quotes
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone? — Bob Dylan · 1965How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?...
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind. — Bob Dylan · 1963How many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn't see? — Bob Dylan · 1962Ernest Hemingway3 quotes
Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her? — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Isn't it pretty to think so? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? — Ernest Hemingway · 1926Job3 quotes
But where shall wisdom be found? — Job · 500 BCShall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? — Job · 500 BCIf a man die, shall he live again? — Job · 500 BCSocrates3 quotes
How, then, might we contrive... One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city? — Socrates · 375 BCMust not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? — Socrates · 360 BCCrito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt? — Socrates · 360 BCWilliam Blake3 quotes
Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrows too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief? — William Blake · 1789Oh why was I born with a different face?
Why was I not born like the rest of my race? — William Blake · 1803When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee? — William Blake · 1794Abraham Lincoln2 quotes
If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? — Abraham Lincoln · 1865What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? — Abraham Lincoln · 1860Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion. — Benjamin Franklin · 1744Who has deceiv’d thee so oft as thy self? — Benjamin Franklin · 1738Confucius2 quotes
Does Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything? — Confucius · 221 BCIf we are not yet able to serve man, how can we serve spiritual beings?... If we do not yet know about life how can we know about death? — Confucius · 221 BCJeremiah2 quotes
Is there no balm in Gilead? — Jeremiah · 570 BCThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? — Jeremiah · 570 BCLewis Carroll2 quotes
Life, what is it but a dream? — Lewis Carroll · 1871Will you, wo'n't you, will you, wo'n't you, will you join the dance? — Lewis Carroll · 1865Marty McFly2 quotes
Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean? — Marty McFly · 1985Wow. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me? — Marty McFly · 1985Will Smith2 quotes
Roses are red, violets are blue, Jazz and I are black, but Carlton what are you? — Will Smith · 1990Have you always been this stuck up, or did it take, like, years of practice? — Will Smith · 1991A.E. Housman1 quote
Oh how am I to face the odds
Of man's bedevilment and God's?
I, a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made. — A.E. Housman · 1922Aeschylus1 quote
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? — Aeschylus · 458 BCAl Michaels1 quote
Do you believe in miracles? Yes! — Al Michaels · 1980Aladdin1 quote
When did you last let your heart decide? — Aladdin · 1992Allen Ginsberg1 quote
What if someone gave a war & Nobody came?
Life would ring the bells of Ecstasy and Forever be Itself again. — Allen Ginsberg · 1973Annie Besant1 quote
Someone ought to do it, so why not I? — Annie Besant · 1893Antoine de Saint-Exupery1 quote
Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life…but what is that something? — Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1931Arthur Conan Doyle1 quote
It is cocaine...a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it? — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1890Arundhati Roy1 quote
If you're happy in a dream... does that count? — Arundhati Roy · 1997Beck1 quote
I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me? — Beck · 1993Ben Braddock1 quote
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me...aren't you? — Ben Braddock · 1967Benjamin Disraeli1 quote
Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1864Bertolt Brecht1 quote
Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? — Bertolt Brecht · 1936Billy Beane1 quote
How can you not be romantic about baseball? — Billy Beane · 2011