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Quotes by American Authors

"All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned."

"All men are fools, and all men are knights where women are concerned."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Relationship, Love, Gender, Emotion

110

"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

Jeff Miller, American Politician

Sacrifice, Gratitude, America, Country

109

"If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man."

"If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man."

J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

109

"People who are employed in a way they don't like - my heart cries for them."

"People who are employed in a way they don't like - my heart cries for them."

Fred L. Turner, American Businessman

108

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

108

"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

"Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

Opinion, Writers

108

"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."

"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Opportunity, Luck

108

"Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress."

"Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress."

Herbert Hoover, American President

Progress, Competition, Protection

107

"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."

"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

107

"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."

"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference."

Barack Obama, American President

Wealth, Money, Difference

106

"My point is: maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it.But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

"My point is: maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it.But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Time, Life, Waiting, Hope

106

"Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch."

"Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

Family, Son, May

106

"Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people."

"Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people."

David Sarnoff, American Inventor

People, Competition

106

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Education, Successful, Man, Mistakes, Profit

105

"You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments."

"You can be enticed by food, wooed by food, sex, money, or instruments."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

Food, Money, Sex

105

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

John Cage, American Composer

Time, Fact, May, Silence

105

"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

Leadership, Failure, Care, Confidence

105

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

105

"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."

"One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough."

James Thurber, American Comedian

104

"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences."

"The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences."

Ruth Benedict, American Scientist

Purpose, Anthropology, World

104

"The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited."

"The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited."

Neil Armstrong, American Astronaut

Achievement, Humanity, Visions

104

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

Tony Robbins, American Author

Success, Time, People, Will

104

"Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful."

"Religion, culture, education are all things that sound wonderful in theory. In practice, however, they are not so wonderful."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Society, Religion, Culture, Education, Theory

104

"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."

"In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls."

Lenny Bruce, American Comedian

104

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

Mark Twain, American Author

Courage, Fear, Absence

103

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Motivational, Success

103

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Optimism, Shadows, Will

103

"Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed."

"Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed."

Peter Drucker, American Businessman

103

"I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself."

"I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself."

Steve Earle, American Musician

103

"The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me."

"The thing about coming back to the Bay Area, it's like coming home for me."

Richard Serra, American Sculptor

103

"I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled."

"I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Thought, People, Now

103

"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."

"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

Idea, First, Name, Right

103

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Leadership, May

103

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness."

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Success, Sacrifice, Achievement, Result, Selfishness

102

"And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway."

"And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

101

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness."

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Friendship, Happiness, Friend

101

"I made my money by selling too soon."

"I made my money by selling too soon."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

100

"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."

"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."

Maria Mitchell, American Scientist

Knowledge, Desire, Gain, Hunger

100

"Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another."

"Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another."

Toni Morrison, American Novelist

Self-Control, Ownership, Self

100

"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."

"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."

William J. Clinton, American President

100

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Self-Control, Day, Man

100

"My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music."

"My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could so I could research the music."

Steve Cropper, American Musician

Music, Favorite, Research

100

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

"Better to fight for something than live for nothing."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

99

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

Brian Tracy, American Author

Now, Right, World

99

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Wisdom, Time, Glory, Lies, Living

99

"I don't think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven't had a date in a year so I'm obviously doing something wrong. It's not that my standards are too high, I haven't even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!"

"I don't think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven't had a date in a year so I'm obviously doing something wrong. It's not that my standards are too high, I haven't even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please!"

Yasmine Bleeth, American Actress

99

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."

Lionel Hampton, American Musician

Gratitude, Heart, Memory, Mind

97

"Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence."

"Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence."

George Steiner, American Critic

Language, Reality, Rest, Silence

97

"I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done."

"I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said, you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

Dream, Country, Want

97

"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."

"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Patience, Dress

97

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