Category: Famous Quotes

Progress Quotes

Posted on April 18, 2010April 18, 2010 by

– “All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

– “Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

– “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson

– “Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” – Albert Einstein

– “If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” – Barack Obama

– “There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.” – Ronald Reagan

– “We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.” – Mohandas Gandhi

– “Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” – Mohandas Gandhi

– “Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.” – Mohandas Gandhi

– “It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.” – Jim Rohn

– “Make measurable progress in reasonable time.” – Jim Rohn

– “Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.” – Jim Rohn

– “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” – Kahlil Gibran

– “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

– “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” – John F. Kennedy

– “The best road to progress is freedom’s road.” – John F. Kennedy

– “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.” – C. S. Lewis

– “It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Funny Famous Quotes

Posted on February 13, 2010 by

– “If Harry Potter’s so magical, why cant he cure his own eyesight and get laid. A teenage lad shouldn’t need a broomstick to cling onto.” – Frankie Boyle

– “Barack Obama will appeal to both black and white voters in America. White voters who’ll think he’s Tiger Woods.” – Frankie Boyle

– “A vasectomy means never having to say you’re sorry.” – Unknown

– “It’s a recession when your neighbour loses his job: it’s a depression when you lose yours.” – Harry S. Truman

– “Scientists say because of global warming they expect the world’s oceans to rise four and a half feet. The scientists say this can mean only one thing – Gary Coleman is going to drown.” – Conan O’Brien

Johnny Depp Quotes

Posted on January 24, 2010January 24, 2010 by

– “Am I a romantic? I’ve seen Wuthering Heights ten times. I’m a romantic.”
– “Anything I’ve done up till May 27th 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”
– “As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.”
– “France, and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster.”

– “How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.”

– “I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.”

– “I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”

– “I guess I’m attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.”

– “I may have a feather duster down my pants.”

– “I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.”

– “I remember in that red leisure suit I sort of felt like a Pizza Hut employee, and the white one was the ultimate, with the white turtleneck collar, that was the ultimate in bad taste.”

– “I think everybody’s nuts.”

– “I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you’re on it.”

– “I was ecstatic they re-named ‘French Fries’ as ‘Freedom Fries’. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.”

– “I’m an old-fashioned guy… I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.”

– “I’m not sure I’m adult yet.”

– “I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”

– “If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.”

– “If you catch me saying ‘I am a serious actor,’ I beg you to slap me.”

– “It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.”

Buddha Quotes

Posted on January 20, 2010November 3, 2010 by

– “A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
– “A jug fills drop by drop.”
– “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
– “All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.”
– “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”

– “Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.”

– “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

– “An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

– “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

– “Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”

– “Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”

– “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”

– “Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”

– “Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.”

– “Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

– “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”

– “Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

– “Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.”

– “He is able who thinks he is able.”

– “He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.”

Will Smith Quotes

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

will-smith – “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.”
– “I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.”
– “I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.”
– “I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.”
– “If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.”
– “In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.”
– “It’s quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can’t imagine what else I could do beyond this. It’s really a bittersweet kind of feeling.”

– “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”

– “My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I’m still a virgin in a lot of ways. I’m not used to being shot down for no reason.”

– “On learning to swim: I’m too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say «Now kick your feet.»”

– “There’s so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I’ve got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father – and how come that’s not as newsworthy?”

– “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.”

– “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”

– “Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.”

– “You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.”

Best Quotes about music

Posted on October 13, 2009 by

– “If music be the food of love, play on; /Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die.” – Shakespeare

– “There is only one better thing than music – live music.” – Jacek Bukowski

– “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley

– “Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.” – George Bernard Shaw

– “I hate music, especially when it’s played.” – Jimmy Durante

– “I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” – George Eliot

– “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo

– “Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” – Martin Luther

– “Music is what I love and it’s what I feel and it’s in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through is an incredible felling and I am just really thankful for it.” – Mariah Carey

– “Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s nerves – which is the same thing nowadays.” – Oscar Wilde

– “There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.” – George Eliot

– “The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, «Is there a meaning to music?» My answer would be, «Yes.» And «Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?» My answer to that would be, «No.»” – Aaron Copland

Best Michael Jackson Quotes

Posted on October 7, 2009October 8, 2009 by

– “And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.” – Michael Jackson
– “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson
– “The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.” – Michael Jackson

– “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” – Michael Jackson

– “I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.” – Michael Jackson

– “People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You’re cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don’t accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star.” – Michael Jackson

– “I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of innocent victims, … There is a tremendous need for relief dollars right now and through this effort each one of us can play an immediate role in helping comfort so many people.” – Michael Jackson

– “Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.” – Michael Jackson

– “It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf region of my country.” – Michael Jackson

The Beatles Famous Quotes

Posted on October 1, 2009October 1, 2009 by

the-beatles – “That guitar is okay but you’ll never make a living with it” – John’s Aunt Mimi
– “What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.” – John Lennon
– “We thought that if we lasted for two to three years that would be fantastic.” – Ringo Starr
– “When you’re drowning, you don’t say «I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me», you just scream.” – John Lennon, 1970
– “I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.” – Paul McCartney, 1969
– “I’m a tidy sort of bloke. I don’t like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.” – George Harrison, 1969

– “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one” – The Catcher in the Rye

– “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans” – John Lennon

– “We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?” – John Lennon

– “I think people who truly can live a life in music are telling the world, «You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you don’t need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it’s the very best, and it’s the part I give most willingly»” – George Harrison

– “I am not the Beatles. I’m me.Paul isn’t the Beatles…The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate.” – John Lennon

– “The things is, we’re all really the same person. We’re just four parts of the one.” – Paul McCartney

– “John had his thing, and Paul had his, and together there were two different things all together. But they fit.” – Billy Preston

– “When I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody’s noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius…I am one, and if there isn’t, I don’t care.” – John Lennon

“As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.” – George Harrison

– “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.” – John Lennon in a 1966 interview

– “I’m not saying we’re better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing, or whatever it is. I just said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong. And now it’s all this.” – John Lennon

– “There’s a lot of random in our songs…writing, thinking, letting others think of bits-then bam, you’ve the jigsaw puzzle.” – Paul McCartney

– “Love is like a flower, give it time and it will grow” – John Lennon