Unknown Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

3,397 Famous Quotes by Unknown
“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.”
Maxims Quotes
“Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.”
Shame Quotes
“However boldly their warm blood was spilt, Their life was shame, their epitaph was guilt; And this they knew and felt, at least the one, The leader of the hand he had undone,-- Who, born for better things, had madly set His life upon a cast, which linger'd yet.”
Guilt Quotes
“Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.”
Modesty Quotes
“Wit is educated insolence.”
Wit Quotes
“What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul.”
Epigrams Quotes
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
Newspapers Quotes
“Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a managed or well-conducted one.”
Newspapers Quotes
“All I know is what I read in the papers.”
Newspapers Quotes
“You may delay, but time will not.”
Procrastination Quotes
“Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.”
Procrastination Quotes
“Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
Procrastination Quotes
“A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter.”
Fanaticism Quotes
“We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.”
Fanaticism Quotes
“Nothing you can't spell will ever work.”
Spelling Quotes
“Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding.”
Skepticism Quotes
“I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”
Thinking Quotes
“Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.”
Thinking Quotes
“We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”
Thinking Quotes
“Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.”
Thinking Quotes
“Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.”
Thinking Quotes
“Give me a museum and I'll fill it.”
Artists Quotes
“I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.”
Artists Quotes
“Even turkeys can fly in a stiff wind.”
Turkeys Quotes
“"Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics.”
Arithmetic Quotes
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