Quotes
Every quote on Dicta, sorted by author. 111
- Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
- Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
- Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
- Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
- Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
- Get busy living, or get busy dying.
- Well done is better than well said.
- To infinity and beyond!
- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
- You're gonna need a bigger boat.
- The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
- Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
- Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
- You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
- I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.
- Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!
- The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.
- Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
- My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
- Stupid is as stupid does.
- Without music, life would be a mistake.
- Fly, you fools!
- All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
- Be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
- Do, or do not. There is no try.
- I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.
- I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.
- Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
- I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
- Go ahead, make my day.
- I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!
- It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.
- Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
- It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
- We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.
- Not all those who wander are lost.
- Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile away and have their shoes.
- Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
- The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.
- Bond. James Bond.
- I hate housework. You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.
- Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
- The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
- So it goes.
- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
- After all, tomorrow is another day.
- Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
- Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
- Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
- Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge.
- What we do in life echoes in eternity.
- People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs.
- Free your mind.
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
- Winter is coming.
- The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- It always seems impossible until it's done.
- Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
- These go to eleven.
- You come at the king, you best not miss.
- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
- We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
- I am always late on principle, my principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
- Nobody's perfect.
- We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!
- The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
- You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
- I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
- It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
- Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
- There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
- The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.
- The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
- Stay hungry, stay foolish.
- I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
- The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
- 'Tis but a scratch.
- The Dude abides.
- Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
- If you're good at something, never do it for free.
- Why so serious?
- I'll be back.
- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- You talkin' to me?
- The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
- A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone.
- I drink and I know things.
- One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
- I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
- A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
- Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
- I am the one who knocks.
- You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
- Brevity is the soul of wit.
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
- A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
- If you're going through hell, keep going.
- Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.