Famous Quotes

Famous Quotes


The most important thing about having goals is having one.
Geoffrey F. Abert

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely
-- Lord Acton

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
-- Douglas Adams

Love doesn't make the world go round. Love just makes the ride worthwhile.

--Franklin P. Adams

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education

-- Henry Adams

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

-- John Quincy Adams

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only de-motivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

-- Scott Adams

Set your expectations high; find men and women whose integrity and values you respect; get their agreement on a course of action; and give them your ultimate trust.

-- John Akers

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

– Herm Albright

If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.

-- M.H. Alderson

I have just returned from Boston. It is the only thing to do if you find yourself up there.

-- Fred Allen

Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.

Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.

Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman.

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.

Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go it's one of the best.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

-- Woody Allen


Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

-- Henri-Frederic Amiel

If everything's under control, you're going too slow.

-- Mario Andretti


Women like silent men. They think they're listening.

-- Marcel Archard

Anyone can become angry--that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is not easy.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

-- Aristotle

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

-- Dick Armey