Famous Quotes https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous Great archive of famous expressions, sayings, aphorisms and quotes for every day. Available on Telegram: https://t.me/en_quote_of_the_day en-us Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:48:58 +0300 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:48:58 +0300 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) root@sky-net-eye.com (noreply) Famous Quotes https://www.english-slang.com/images/logo_en.png https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous David Lloyd George https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3222 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3222 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1863—1945)
English politician
Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Mordecai Richler https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2451 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2451 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1931--), Canadian writer
Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Gallegher https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2926 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-2926 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
American comedian
I don't know why they say "you have a baby."
The baby has you.
Categories: children humor

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Sophocles https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2936 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2936 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(495—405), Greek playwright
Not to be born is best.
]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Norman Douglas https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-2607 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/d/aphorism-2607 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1868—1952)
British author
It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 John Ciardi https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3292 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3292 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1916—1986), Saturday Review, 1966
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 A.A. Milne https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3909 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3909 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1882—1956)
English author
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 George Moore https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-2342 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-2342 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1852—1933), Irish author
I am too much interested in other men's wives to think of getting one of my own.

]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Judith Viorst https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3887 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3887 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1931--)
U.S. poet
Love is the ame as like except you feel sexier.
Categories: love

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Rita Mae Brown https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4429 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4429 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(b. 1944)
U.S. author, playwright
My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there are praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Erma Bombeck https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3627 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-3627 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1927—1996)
U.S. humorist
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Robert Bloch https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4091 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4091 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1917—1994)
U.S. horror writer
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Marilyn Manson https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-4866 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-4866 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Find out what's really out there. I never said to be like me, I say be like you and make a difference.

]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:30:04 +0300 H.L. Mencken https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3114 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3114 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1880—1956)
U.S. journalist
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Texas Guinan https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4003 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-4003 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1878—1933)
U.S. bartender
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Walt Kelly https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/k/aphorism-4171 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/k/aphorism-4171 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
U.S. cartoonist, "Pogo"
Now is the time for all good men to come to.

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Paul Rodriquez https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4584 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4584 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1957--)
U.S. comedian
Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography.

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 James Patterson https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-2800 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-2800 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
U.S. writer
Cats are like Baptists. You KNOW they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Environment https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/environment https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/environment Famous Quotes Einstein Albert #quoteoftheday #sayings
The environment is everything that isn't me.
]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Amy Leslie https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3018 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3018 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.
]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Alfred North Whitehead https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-2302 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/w/aphorism-2302 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study.

]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 John P. Mahaffy https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3741 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3741 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1839—1919), Irish scholar
Ireland is a country in which the probable never happens and the impossible always does.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 William James https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4308 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-4308 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1842—1910)
U.S. philosopher
There is no God, but Mary is His mother.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Oscar Levant https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3682 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3682 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1906-- ), TV personality in US
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left.

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Alex Levine https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3438 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-3438 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Albert Einstein https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/aphorism-2173 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/aphorism-2173 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
What I am really interested in is whether God could have made the world in a different way; that is whether the necessity of logical simplicity leaves any freedom at all.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Corey Ford https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-2856 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-2856 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1902—1969)
U.S. humorist
Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend.
Categories: humor

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Paul Valery https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3488 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/v/aphorism-3488 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1871—1945), French poetessayist
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

]]> Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Humphrey Bogart https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4392 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4392 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1899—1957)
U.S. actor
Nothing beats making love. It's the most fun you can have without laughing.

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Billy Rose https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2627 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2627 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1899—1966)
U.S. entrepreneur, author of song "Me and My Shadow"
Never invest in anything that eats or needs repairing.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Elmore Leonard https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-4791 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-4791 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1925--)
U.S. suspense writer
I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Les Triades de l https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-3329 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/t/aphorism-3329 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
In all the four corners of the earth one of these three names is given to him who steals from his neighbor: brigand, robber or Englishman

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Charles Schulz https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2885 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/s/aphorism-2885 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1922—2000)
U.S. cartoonist, "Peanuts"
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Hesiod https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2608 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/h/aphorism-2608 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(8th century B.C.), Greek poet
It will not always be summer. Build barns.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Robert Frost https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4676 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4676 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1874—1963)
U.S. poet
Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Carolyn Green https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-3234 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/g/aphorism-3234 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
I don't believe in divorce. I believe in widowhood.
]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:30:01 +0300 Beryl Pfizer https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4144 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/p/aphorism-4144 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
If the shoe fits, ask for it in another color.
]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 P.J. O'Rourke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-3527 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-3527 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1947--), Modern Manners, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989
Because of their cuisine, Germans don't consider farting rude. They'd certainly be out of luck if they did.

]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Edward Burlingame https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-2806 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-2806 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
I love cats. I even think we have one at home.
]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Leo Rosten https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2606 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-2606 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1908—1997)
U.S. writer
If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Roseanne Barr https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4656 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4656 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
U.S. comic
Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.

]]> Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Georg G. Lichtenberg https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-4407 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/l/aphorism-4407 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1742—1799), German writer
What they call 'heart' is located far lower than the fourth waistcoat button.

]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Tommy John https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-3427 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/j/aphorism-3427 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1943--)
U.S. baseball player
I'm a light eater. When it gets light, I start eating.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Leo J. Burke https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4453 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/b/aphorism-4453 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Albert Einstein https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/aphorism-2251 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/e/Einstein_Albert/aphorism-2251 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.

]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Ronald Reagan https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4072 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/r/aphorism-4072 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1911- )
U.S. President
We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem.

]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Evert Jan Ouweneel https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/o/aphorism-2282 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/o/aphorism-2282 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
True profundity resists true vanity.
]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 George Canning https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3385 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/c/aphorism-3385 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1770—1827)
British politician
I can prove anything by statistics--except the truth.

]]> Sun, 30 Aug 2026 03:30:03 +0300 Thomas Fuller, 1732 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4132 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/f/aphorism-4132 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
Good swimmers are oftenest drowned.
]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:30:02 +0300 Addison Mizner https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3284 https://www.english-slang.com/eng/famous/m/aphorism-3284 Famous Quotes #quoteoftheday #sayings
(1872—1933)
U.S. resort architect
Never drink from your finger bowl--it contains only water.

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