Witty quotes and sayings
If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. – Anonymous
What does not kill me makes me stronger. – Goethe
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. – Ann Landers
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing. – Georges Guynemer
If you choose not to decide – you still have made a choice! – Neil Peart
Isn’t it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? – Kelvin Throop
The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others. – Anonymous
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. – Oscar Wilde
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. – Woody Allen
If you can’t convince them, confuse them. – Harry S Truman
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way. – Anonymous
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. – Appius Claudius
The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. – Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
There are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. – Thomas A. Edison
Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. – Anonymous
If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. – G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Parker
Nothing endures but change. – Heraclitus
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates
All jobs are easy to the person who doesn’t have to do them. – Holt’s Law
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Chinese proverb
It’s better to be quotable than to be honest. – Tom Stoppard
A free society is a place where it’s safe to be unpopular. – Adlai Stevenson
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. – Anonymous
The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up. – Harold R. McAlindon
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. – Will Durant
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. – William Saroyan
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain. – Friedrich von Schiller
No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience. – John Locke
The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts. – Paul Erlich
Wine is bottled poetry. – Robert Louis Stevenson
He who cannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them. – Chinese proverb
“Reality” is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes. – Anonymous
I think; therefore I am. – Rene Descartes
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. – Voltaire
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. – Casey Stengal
A picture is worth a thousand words is not an old proverb. – 1921 ad copy by Fred R Barnard
Wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. – Lucius Accius
‘Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. – Samuel Johnson
Necessity is the mother of invention. – Plato
Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. – Ovid
‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. – W. C. Fields