One of my favorite quotes is from the Elvis Presley song “Are you lonesome tonight?” where he sing, “Someone once said, the world is a stage…” Well I think that person was Shakespere but I could be wrong. Having the right quote at the right time can add a lot to your writing and speaking. So here are some quotes from some very quotable people, feel free to submit your favorites:
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
H. L. Mencken -
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.
Orson Welles -
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
Will Rogers -
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It’s just a cycle.
Mike Tyson -
A person who won’t read has no advantage over one who can’t read.
Mark Twain -
I don’t think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
James Caan -
For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.
Johnny Carson -
I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people.
Rodney Dangerfield -
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make sense.
James Thurber -
A man’s got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
Ernest Hemingway -
I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.
Arnold Palmer -
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
Yogi Berra -
I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
Yogi Berra -
I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
J. D. Salinger -
I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses. Stephen King
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
Salvador Dali -
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it. Clint Eastwood
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Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
Bob Dylan
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