Quotes from different people

Some random quotes

Andrea Bocelli:All that counts in life is

Andrea Bocelli | intention | counts | life | All

All that counts in life is intention.
by Andrea Bocelli


Hannah Arendt:Action without a name, a 'who'

Hannah Arendt | meaningless | attached | without | Action | name, | 'who' | it,

Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.
by Hannah Arendt


Francis Bacon:No pleasure is comparable to the

Francis Bacon | comparable | pleasure | standing | vantage | ground | Truth | upon

No pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.
by Francis Bacon


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:Know'st thou the land

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | lemon-trees | thicket's | Know'st | laurel | gloom, | groves | heaven | blows, | myrtle

Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Lord Chesterfield:Never seem more learned than

Lord Chesterfield | learning | learned | hidden | pocket | people | hours, | asked | Never | count

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
by Lord Chesterfield


Oscar Wilde:I can resist anything but temptation.

Oscar Wilde | temptation | anything | resist | can | but

I can resist anything but temptation.
by Oscar Wilde


Hubert Humphrey:In real life, unlike in

Hubert Humphrey | Shakespeare, | sweetness | respects, | important | depends | Things | unlike | life, | bears

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
by Hubert Humphrey


Ralph Waldo Emerson:A friend is a person with

Ralph Waldo Emerson | sincere | person | friend | Before | think | aloud | whom | may | him

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson