All Time Best Quotes:

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

- Aristotle

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation, Inspirational Education, Keep An Open Mind

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

- Peter Sellers

source: "Fictional character: President Merkin Muffley". "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", www.imdb.com. 1964.

topic: War, Fighting, Gentleman, Film Music, Best Film

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational Life, Ambition, People, Social Entrepreneurship, Importunate

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

- Peter Benchley

source: "Fictional character: Chief Martin Brody". "Jaws", www.imdb.com. June 20, 1975.

topic: Inspirational, Movie, Needs, Best Film, Improvising

A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.

- Thomas Harris

source: The Silence of the Lambs ch. 3 (1991)

topic: School, Littles, Beans, Best Film, 80s And 90s

I wish I knew how to quit you.

- Annie Proulx

source: Annie Proulx (2005). “Brokeback Mountain”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

topic: Romantic Love, Romance, Wish, Memorable Movie, All Time Favorite

Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

- Kurt Vonnegut

topic: Sorry, Mean, Need Love, Sorry For Him, Vasectomy

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

- Mario Puzo

topic: Refuse, Offers, Best Film, Memorable Movie, Damn You

My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

- Winston Groom

source: "Fictional character: Forrest Gump". "Forrest Gump", www.imdb.com. 1994.

topic: Life, Motivational, Movie, Favorite Book, 80s And 90s

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

- Mario Puzo

topic: Inspirational, Enemy, Classic, Memorable Movie, Institute

May the Force be with you.

- George Lucas

source: Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

topic: Movie, Film History, Psychics, Chosen One, Best Film

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

- Billy Wilder

topic: Bigs, Memorable Movie, Institute, All Time Favorite, One Line Movie

Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

- Marc Ribot

topic: Sorry, Mean, Avant Garde, Need Love, Sorry For Him

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

- Les Brown

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Dream, Make People Feel Better, Fear None

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Thought Of The Day, Try Again

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

- Nora Ephron

source: Nora Ephron (2011). “When Harry Met Sally. . .”, p.97, Knopf

topic: Love, Marriage, Want, My Girlfriend, Worthy Of Love

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Interesting Life, Make Up Your Mind

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

- John Wooden

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Strength, I Am Strong, Inspirational Stay Strong

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

- Norman Vincent Peale

source: Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Best Success, Managing Change

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Business, Pushing On, Taking Risks

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

- Marlon Brando

topic: Classic, Refuse, Offers, Best Film, Memorable Movie

Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

- Julia Roberts

topic: Love, Girl, Boys, Memorable Movie, All Time Favorite

You make me want to be a better man.

- Jack Nicholson

topic: Love, Romantic, Men, Good As It Gets, Memorable Movie

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement, Unsuccessful, Journey To Success

A boy's best friend is his mother.

- Joseph Stefano

source: "Fictional character: Norman Bates". "Psycho", www.imdb.com. 1960.

topic: Mom, Mother, Boys, Mother Son, Best Film

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?

- Dustin Hoffman

topic: Trying, Seducing, Memorable Movie, Institute, Misquoting

You can't handle the truth!

- Jack Nicholson

topic: Movie, Memorable, Great Year, Memorable Movie, Lexicon

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

- Clark Gable

source: "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

topic: Movie, Badass, Wind, Best Film, War Movie

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

- Mel Gibson

topic: Badass, May, Space Movie, Memorable Movie, Inspiring Movie

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

- Horace

source: Horace, Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz (2008). “The Odes of Horace”, p.27, JHU Press

topic: Movie, Wise, Latin, Best Film, Seize The Moment

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

- Anthony Hopkins

topic: Nice, Tests, Chianti, Best Film, Census

Vasectomy means never having to say you're sorry.

- Larry Adler

source: Larry Adler, Philip Judge (1994). “Me and My Big Mouth”, Blake Pub

topic: Sorry, Mean, Vasectomy, Need Love, Sorry For Him

I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr.

- John Green

topic: Movie, Romantic, Real Love, Memorable Movie, All Time Favorite

For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.

- William J. Bernstein

topic: Sorry, Mean, Investing, Need Love, Sorry For Him

Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.

- Karolyn Grimes

source: "Fire In Belltown, USA Destroys Last Bell Factory". Interview with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. May 31, 2012.

topic: Angel, Wings, Bells, Meaningful Christmas, Memorable Christmas

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

- Oscar Wilde

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Military History, Military Soldier

Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.

- Roy M. Goodman

topic: All Time Best

The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

- Robert Kiyosaki

topic: Past, Way, Study, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

- Margaret Mitchell

source: Gone with theWind pt. 5, ch. 63 (1936) See Proverbs 302

topic: Thinking, Way, Another Day, Get Him Back, Memorable Movie

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

- Peter Drucker

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

- Zig Ziglar

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Life, Young Entrepreneurs, Make People Feel Better

If you think you can't, you're right.

- Carol Bartz

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Smart, Thought Of The Day, Best Success

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, it's not a destination.

- Cecelia Ahern

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Inspiration And Life, Life And Inspirational

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

- Alan Kay

topic: Worry, Way, Live By, Way In Life, Young Entrepreneurs

I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

- Graeme Simsion

source: Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

topic: Love, Cute, Tonight, Marriage And Love Inspirational, Marriage Ceremony

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

- Kathryn Stockett

source: Kathryn Stockett (2009). “The Help”, p.212, Penguin

topic: Kindness, Smart, Love Yourself, Kind Words, All Time Best

Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle. No shirt, no shoes, no weapons. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.

- Chuck Palahniuk

topic: Fighting, Shoes, Two, 80s And 90s, Something Beautiful